Cercomegistidae
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Cercomegistidae is a family of mite
s in the order Mesostigmata
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Mite
Mites, along with ticks, are small arthropods belonging to the subclass Acari and the class Arachnida. The scientific discipline devoted to the study of ticks and mites is called acarology.-Diversity and systematics:...
s in the order Mesostigmata
Mesostigmata
Mesostigmata is an order of mites belonging to the Parasitiformes. Unlike most members of that group, many of these mites are not parasitic but free-living and predatory. They can be recognized by the single pair of spiracles positioned laterally on the body....
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Species
Cercomegistidae contains four genera, with six recognized species:- Genus Celaenogamasus Berlese, 1901
- Celaenogamasus hirtellus Berlese, 1901
- Genus Cercoleipus D.N.Kinn, 1970
- Cercoleipus coelonotus D.N.Kinn, 1970
- Genus Cercomegistus Berlese, 1914
- Cercomegistus abires Domrow, 1976
- Cercomegistus bruckianus Berlese, 1914
- Cercomegistus varaderoensis Wisniewski & Hirschmann, in Hirschmann & Wisniewski 1994
- Genus Vitzthumegistus Kethley, 1977
- Vitzthumegistus paguroxenus (André, 1937)