Mesostigmata 135 



Discussion: Mites of this family are found associated with insects 

 and myriapods. They are of no known economic or medical impor- 

 tance. 



Rejerence: 



Tragardh, I. 1948. Description of Micromegistus, a new genus of the Para- 

 megistidae, with notes on Neomegistus, Paramegistus and Echino- 

 megistus (Acarina). Ent. Tidsk. 69:127-131. 



Fedrizziidae Tragardh, 1937 



Figure 102 



Diagnosis: Fedrizziids are flat, 

 broadly oval, and have an undi- 

 vided dorsal plate. Their legs are 

 short, leg i being thinner than the 

 others. Tarsi i without, tarsi ii, 

 III, and IV with pretarsi, caruncles, 

 and claws. Chelicerae are chelate 

 with ornate extensions. The tec- 

 tum is triangular with a median- 

 pointed projection. In the females 

 the median plate is very large, the 

 lateral plates are linear, and the 

 epigynial plate is absent. The 

 genital opening of the males is in 

 the posterior sternal plate. 



Figure 102 Fedrizzia strandv (Oude- 

 mans), 1927. Ventral view of female. 

 (After Oudemans 1928) 



Genera: 



1. Fedrizzia Canestrini, 1884 (= Toxopeusia Oudemans, 1927) 



Type. Fedrizzia grossipes Canestrini, 1884 (= Toxopeusia strandi 

 Oudemans, 1927) 



2. Klinckowstroemia 



Type. Klinckowstroemia trdgdrdhi n. sp. 



Discussion: In 1938 Tragardh proposed the genus Klinckowstroemia 

 for a form that he failed to assign a specific name. This form is the 

 type of Klinckowstroemia and is here named K. trdgdrdhi (Tragardh, 

 I. 1938. Ent. Tidsk. 59:133-134, Figure 14). Mites of this family 



