Veigaiidae

Veigaiidae
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Arachnida
Subclass:	Acari
Order:	Mesostigmata
Superfamily:	Veigaioidea
Family:	Veigaiidae Oudemans, 1939
Diversity
4 genera, c. 60 species
Synonyms
Veigaiaidae Veigaidae

Veigaiidae is a family of mites belonging to the superorder Parasitiformes. However they are not parasitic but free-living and predatory and are found in soil and decaying organic matter. Some species are specialists of rocky shorelines. Members of this family can be distinguished by a hyaline appendage on the tarsus of the pedipalp.

Genera

• Cyrthydrolaelaps Berlese, 1904
• Gamasolaelaps Berlese, 1903
• Gorirossia Farrier, 1957
• Veigaia Oudemans, 1905

References

• Evans, G. Owen (1959): The genera Cyrthydrolaelaps Berlese and Gamasolaelaps Berlese (Acarina: Mesostigmata). Acarologia I.
• Joel Hallan's Biology Catalog: Veigaiidae