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Genera and subgenera: 



1. Neoparasitus Oudemans, 1901 (= Pachyseiiis Berlese 1910) 

 Type, Neoparasitus oudemansi Oudemans, 1901 



{— Pachyseius quartiis Vitzthum, 1926) 



2. Austrogamasiis Womersley, 1942 



Type. Cyrtolaelaps gracilipes Banks, 1916 



3. Beaurieina Oudemans, 1929 



Type. Neopodochnim nederv eeni 0\x6Qm?Lns, 1903 (= Megalolaelaps 

 spinirostris Berlese, 1910) 



4. Donia Oudemans, 1939 



Type. Hypoaspis gehennalis Oudemans, 1916 



5. Epicriopsis Berlese, 1916 



a. Epicriopsis s. str. 



Type. Gamasus horridus Kramer, 1876 



b. Actinoseius Berlese, 1916 



Type. Actinoseius terrificus Berlese, 1916 



6. Epiphis Berlese, 1916 



Type. Gamasiphis {Epiphis) rarior Berlese, 1916 



7. Gamasiphis Berlese, 1903 



Type. Gamasus pulchellus Berlese, 1887 



8. Hydrogamasus Berlese, 1892 



Type. Gamasus salinus Laboulbene, 1851 (= Gamasus littoralis G. 

 and R. Canestrini, 1881) 



9. MegaliphisW\\\mdinn,\9?>d> 



Type. Gamasiphis (Megaliphis) giganteus Willmann, 1938 



10. Ologamasus Berlese, 1888 (= Ologamasellus Berlese, 1914) 



a. Ologamasus s. str. 



Type. Gamasus aberrans Berlese, 1888 



b. Micriphis Berlese, 1914 



Type. Gamasiphis gamasellus Berlese, 1913 



11. Pm/?/zw Berlese, 1914 



Type. Eumaeus hemisphaericus Koch, 1842 



12. SphaeroseiusBQvlQSQ, \90A 



Type. Laelaps ecitonis Wasmann, 1901 



Discussion: Neoparasitids are found in soil, moss, and decaying or- 

 ganic material. They are of no known economic or medical importance. 



References: 



Vitzthum, H. G. 1926. Malayische Acari. Treubia. 8:1-198. 

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

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



