Joharchi, Omid;Ostovan, Hadi;Babaeian, Esmaeil
Hypoaspis
Sign in to saveHypoaspis is a genus of mites in the family Laelapidae.
Species
GENUS
- KingdomAnimalia
- PhylumArthropoda
- ClassArachnida
- OrderMesostigmata
- FamilyLaelapidae
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Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 641
- With media
- 226
- Family
- Laelapidae
- Collections
- UQROO, USNM, UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH, CENTRE FOR BIODIVERSITY GENOMICS, RBINS-SCIENTIFIC HERITAGE, PU, MZLU
- Recorded in
- Mexico, United States, Canada, Belgium, Netherlands, Sweden, Australia
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- Parent taxon
- Laelapidae
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Hypoaspis is a genus of mites in the family Laelapidae.
== Description == Hypoaspis is superficially similar to related genera such as Coleolaelaps, Mumulaelaps and Promacrolaelaps. It can be distinguished by: a rounded and oval dorsal shield without lateral incisions, and with 35–40 pairs of setae including one or more pairs of Zx setae; opisthonotal seta Z4 being very long and wavy; the sternal shield having a distinct anterior margin; h3 being longest out of the hypostomal setae; the first leg pair being longer than the third leg pair; the second and third femurs on each side with macrosetae present; the tarsus of the second leg pair with thick subterminal spines; and the post-anal seta shorter than or equal in length to the para-anal setae.
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