118 Acarology 



Discussion: This family is of no known economic or medical impor- 

 tance. 



Reference: 



Tragardh, I. 1944. Zur Systematik der Uropodiden. Ent. Tidsk. 65:173- 

 186. 



Trachyuropodidae Berlese, 1917 



Figure 89 



Diagnosis: In the trachyuropodids the tritosternum is hidden by coxae 

 I. Grooves for the legs are well developed. All the plates are sculp- 

 tured. The marginal plate is fused to the ventral plates, and no pos- 

 terior dorsal plate is present. 



Figure 89 Trachyiiropoda crustosa Vitzthum, 1926. Lateral (left) and ventral 

 (right) views of female. (After Vitzthum 1926) 



Genera and subgenera: 



1. Trachyuropoda Berlese, 1888 (= Michaeliella Berlese, 1904) 



a. Trachyuropoda s. str. 



Type. Trachyuropoda f estiva Berlese, 1888 



b. Dinychura Berlese, 1913 



Type. Trachyuropoda (Urojanetia) rectangula Berlese, 1913 



c. Urojanetia Berlese, 1913 {— Janetiella Berlese, 1904 nom. prae- 



occ.) 

 Type. Uropoda coccinea Michael, 1891 



2. Cephalouropoda Berlese, 1903 



Type. Uropoda berlesiana Berlese, 1887 



