72 Acarology 



5. Gamasodes Oudemans, 1939 



Type. Gamasodes spiniger Oudemans, 1936 (= Gamasus spinipes 

 Koch, 1841, non Gamasus spinipes Say, 1821) 



6. Saintdidieria Oudemans, 1939 ^ 

 Type. Parasitus sexclavatiis Oudemans, 1902 



Discussion: Gamasolaelaptids live in damp soil or moss where they 

 probably prey on other small arthropods or their eggs. Saintdidieria 

 sexclavatiis was associated with psoroptid mites of horses. They are of 

 no known medical or economic importance. 



References: 



Oudemans, A. C. 1939. Neue Funde auf dem Gebiete der Systematik und 

 der Nomenklatur der Acari. IV. Zool. Anz. 126:195-201. 



Womersley, H. 1942. Additions to the Acarina — Parasitoidea of Australia. 

 Trans. Roy. Soc. South Australia. 66:142-171. 



Neoparasitidae Oudemans, 1939 



Figure 55 



Diagnosis: Neoparasitids are sim- 

 ilar to the gamasolaelaptids but 

 are readily separated from them 

 because they have an entire dor- 

 sal plate rather than one divided 

 into anterior and posterior sec- 

 tions. The epigynial plate is not 

 triangular and possesses a mem- 

 branous anterior margin that may 

 be thrown into folds. All legs 

 are provided with caruncles and 

 claws. The specialized seta on the 

 palpal tarsus has three tines. 



Figure 55 Neoparasitiis oudemansi 

 (Oudemans), 1901. Ventral view of 

 female. (After Vitzthum 1926) 



