Diplogyniidae is a family of parasitic mite

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 belonging to 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....

. Many are parasites on beetle

Beetle

Coleoptera is an order of insects commonly called beetles. The word "coleoptera" is from the Greek , koleos, "sheath"; and , pteron, "wing", thus "sheathed wing". Coleoptera contains more species than any other order, constituting almost 25% of all known life-forms...

s but some live on larger animals (e.g., rat

Rat

Rats are various medium-sized, long-tailed rodents of the superfamily Muroidea. "True rats" are members of the genus Rattus, the most important of which to humans are the black rat, Rattus rattus, and the brown rat, Rattus norvegicus...

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Taxonomy

This is a list of the described species. The data is taken from Joel Hallan's Biology Catalog.

• Bilongicauda Elsen, 1975
• Bilongicauda brevis Elsen, 1981 — host unspecified beetle
  Beetle
  Coleoptera is an order of insects commonly called beetles. The word "coleoptera" is from the Greek , koleos, "sheath"; and , pteron, "wing", thus "sheathed wing". Coleoptera contains more species than any other order, constituting almost 25% of all known life-forms...
  
  ; Ivory Coast
• Bilongicauda gigantica Elsen, 1981 — host unspecified beetle; Congo
  Democratic Republic of the Congo
  The Democratic Republic of the Congo is a state located in Central Africa. It is the second largest country in Africa by area and the eleventh largest in the world...
  
  : Kinshasa
  Kinshasa
  Kinshasa is the capital and largest city of the Democratic Republic of the Congo. The city is located on the Congo River....
  
  
• Bilongicauda microseta Elsen, 1981 — host Didimus aloysi sabandiae (Coleoptera: Passalidae); Congo Kinshasa
• Bilongicauda modesta Elsen, 1981 — host Pentalobus barbatus
  Pentalobus barbatus
  Pentalobus barbatus is a beetle of the Family Passalidae....
  
  (Coleoptera: Passalidae); Congo Kinshasa
• Bilongicauda triseta Elsen, 1981 — host unspecified beetle; Congo Kinshasa

• Bingervillia P. Elsen, 1981
• Bingervillia hirsuta P. Elsen, 1981

• Burgeonium Elsen, 1975
• Burgeonium latipecten Elsen, 1975
• Burgeonium megabasis Elsen, 1981 — host Pentalobus simia (Coleoptera: Passalidae); Congo Kinshasa
• Burgeonium prolongus Elsen, 1981 — host Coleoptera; Ivory Coast
• Burgeonium retrolongus Elsen, 1981 — host Coleoptera; Ivory Coast

• Brachysternum Trägårdh, 1950
• Brachysternum acuminatum Trägårdh, 1950

• Brachysternopsis P. E. Hunter, 1993
• Brachysternopsis flechtmanni P. E. Hunter, 1993

• Ceratocelaenopsis Trägårdh, 1950
• Ceratocelaenopsis womersleyi Trägårdh, 1950

• Cingulacarus Elsen, 1975
• Cingulacarus gangeticus Elsen, 1975

• Crassoseta P. E. Hunter, 1993
• Crassoseta cornutum (Hyatt, 1964)
• Crassoseta fonsecai Hunter, 1993 — host Passalus coniferus (Coleoptera: Passalidae); Brazil
• Crassoseta roseae Hunter, 1993 — host Passalus convexus; Brazil
• Crassoseta starri P. E. Hunter, 1993

• Crenamargo Hicks, 1958
• Crenamargo binuseta Hicks, 1958

• Cryptometasternum Trägårdh, 1950
• Cryptometasternum aequalis Karg, 1997 — host Passalidae (Coleoptera); Irian Jaya
• Cryptometasternum derricki Womersley, 1958
• Cryptometasternum eboris Elsen, 1981 — host Coleoptera; Ivory Coast
• Cryptometasternum natalense Trägårdh, 1950
• Cryptometasternum queenslandense Womersley, 1958

• Diplogyniella Trägårdh, 1950
• Diplogyniella gayi Womersley, 1958
• Diplogyniella levinseni Trägårdh, 1950

• Diplogyniopsis Trägårdh, 1950
• Diplogyniopsis multidentata Trägårdh, 1950

• Diplogynium G. Canestrini, 1888
• Diplogynium acuminatum G. Canestrini, 1888
• Diplogynium oryctae Vishnupriya & Mohanasundaram, 1988 — host Oryctes rhinoceros
  Oryctes rhinoceros
  Oryctes rhinoceros, the Indian rhinoceros beetle, attacks the developing fronds of coconut, oil - and other palms in tropical Asia and a number of Pacific islands. Damaged fronds show typical triangular cuts. The beetle kills the palms when the growing point is destroyed during feeding...
  
  (Coleoptera: Dynastinae); India
  India
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• Discretoseta P. Elsen, 1981
• Discretoseta cochlearia P. Elsen, 1981

• Eboriella P. Elsen, 1981
• Eboriella globuloseta P. Elsen, 1981

• Forkosclerite A. Kumar-Datta, 1985
• Forkosclerite assamensis A. Kumar-Datta, 1985

• Heveacarus Elsen, 1974
• Heveacarus splendidus Elsen, 1974

• Heterodiplogynium Trägårdh, 1950
• Heterodiplogynium vestitum Trägårdh, 1950

• Hirsutocapillus P. Elsen, 1981
• Hirsutocapillus lukombensis P. Elsen, 1981

• Lobogyniella Krantz, 1958
• Lobogyniella Trägårdhi Krantz, 1958

• Lobogynium Trägårdh, 1950
• Lobogynium rotumdtum Trägårdh, 1950

• Brachylobogynium Bhattacharyya, 1969
• Brachylobogynium setosum Bhattacharyya, 1969

• Lobogynoides Trägårdh, 1950
• Lobogynoides andreinii (Berlese, 1909)
• Lobogynoides obtusum Trägårdh, 1950

• Megachaetochela Trägårdh, 1950
• Megachaetochela warreni Trägårdh, 1950

• Microdiplogynium Trägårdh, 1950
• Microdiplogynium reticulatum Trägårdh, 1950

• Monodiplogynium Womersley, 1958
• Monodiplogynium carabi Womersley, 1958

• Neolobogynium Hicks, 1957
• Neolobogynium lateriseta Hicks, 1957

• Neodiplogynium
  Neodiplogynium
  Neodiplogynium is a genus of parasitic mites belonging to the family Diplogyniidae. Members of this genus can be distinguished from related mites by the sclerotized anal and ventral plates being completely separated.-References:...
  
  Trägårdh, 1950
• Neodiplogynium schubarti Trägårdh, 1950
• Neodiplogynium eusetosum Karg, 1997 — New Caledonia
  New Caledonia
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• Neodiplogynium vallei
  Neodiplogynium vallei
  Neodiplogynium vallei is a species of parasitic mite belonging to the family Diplogyniidae. This is an oval species with a length of around ¾ mm. It is an ectoparasite found on brown rats in Puerto Rico...
  
  Fox, 1959 — host is Rattus norvegicus (Brown rat); Puerto Rico
  Puerto Rico
  Puerto Rico , officially the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico , is an unincorporated territory of the United States, located in the northeastern Caribbean, east of the Dominican Republic and west of both the United States Virgin Islands and the British Virgin Islands.Puerto Rico comprises an...
  
  

• Ophiocelaeno Johnston & Fain, 1964
• Ophiocelaeno sellnicki Johnston & Fain, 1964
• Ophiocelaeno sudhiri Kumar-Datta, 1985 — India

• Paradiplogynium Womersley, 1958
• Paradiplogynium nahmani Seeman, 2007 — host is Titanolabis colossea
• Paradiplogynium panesthia Womersley, 1958

• Passalacarus Pearse & Wharton, 1936
• Passalacarus brooksi Womersley, 1958

• Pseudodiplogyniopsis P. Elsen, 1981
• Pseudodiplogyniopsis garba P. Elsen, 1981

• Pseudofusio P. Elsen, 1981
• Pseudofusio hulstaerti P. Elsen, 1981
• Pseudofusio membranus Elsen, 1981 — host unspecified beetle; Ivory Coast
• Pseudofusio microcorniculus Elsen, 1981 — host unspecified beetle; Ivory Coast

• Pyramidogynium Elsen, 1974
• Pyramidogynium etataensis Elsen, 1974

• Quadristernoseta Elsen, 1975
• Quadristernoseta schoutedeni Elsen, 1975
• Quadristernoseta intermedia Elsen, 1981 — host Pentalobus barbatus
  Pentalobus barbatus
  Pentalobus barbatus is a beetle of the Family Passalidae....
  
  (Coleoptera); Congo Kinshasa
• Quadristernoseta longigynium Elsen, 1981 — host Tenebrionidae  (Coleoptera); Congo Kinshasa

• Schizodiplogynium Trägårdh, 1950
• Schizodiplogynium capillatum Trägårdh, 1950

• Spatulosternum Elsen, 1974
• Spatulosternum microspinosus Elsen, 1974

• Trichodiplogynium Trägårdh, 1950
• Trichodiplogynium hirsutum Trägårdh, 1950
• Trichodiplogynium mesoamericanum Wisniewski & Hirschmann, 1993 — host Veturius platyrhinus (Coleoptera: Passalidae); Central America
  Central America
  Central America is the central geographic region of the Americas. It is the southernmost, isthmian portion of the North American continent, which connects with South America on the southeast. When considered part of the unified continental model, it is considered a subcontinent...
  
  

• Tridiplogynium Trägårdh, 1950
• Tridiplogynium inexpectatum Trägårdh, 1950

• Weiseronyssus Samsinak, 1962
• Weiseronyssus mirus Samsinak, 1962