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debris or on insects, especially beetles. They are of no known economic 

 or medical importance. 



References: 



Berlese, A. 1910. Lista di nuove specie e nuovi generi di Acari. Redia 



6:242-271. 

 Vitzthum, H. G. 1931. Resultats scientifiques du voyage aux Indes Orien- 



tales Neerlandaises de LL. AA. Belgique. Acarinen. Mem. Mus. Hist. 



Nat. Belgique. (Hors. Serie) 3, Fasc. 5:1-55. 



Gamasolaelaptidae Oudemans, 1939 



Figure 54 



Diagnosis: Gamasolaelaptids are recognized by 

 t heir divided dorsal plates and the rounded anterio r 

 mar gin, of the heavilv sclerotized portion of th e 

 epigynial plate . All legs are provided with caruncles 

 and claws . The forked seta on the palpal tarsus ha s 

 three tines . The tectum has a single, long, median, 

 anterior projection in at least some species. 



Figure 54 Digamaselliis frenzeli Willmann, 1936. Ventral 

 view of female. (After Willmann 1936) 



Genera: 



Gamasolaelaps Berlese, 1 903 ( = Metaparasitus Oudemans and 



Voigts, 1904) 



Type. Cyrtolaelaps aurantiacus Berlese, 1903 



{— Metaparasitus soholes Oudemans and Voigts, 1904) 

 Digamasellus Berlese, 1905 



Type. Gamasellus {Digamasellus) perpusillus Berlese, 1905 

 Euryparasitus Oudemans, 1901 

 Type. Gamasus emarginata Koch, 1839 

 Halolaelaps Berlese and Trouessart, 1889 

 Type. Gamasus marinus Brady, 1875 (= Halolaelaps glubrinsculus 



Berlese and Trouessart, 1889 



