Neodiplogynium

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Neodiplogynium
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Arthropoda Class: Arachnida Subclass: Acari Order: Parasitiformes Suborder: Mesostigmata Family: Diplogyniidae Genus: Neodiplogynium Trägårdh, 1950
Species include
Neodiplogynium eusetosum Neodiplogynium schubarti Neodiplogynium vallei

Neodiplogynium is a genus of parasitic mites belonging to the family Diplogyniidae. Members of this genus can be distinguished from related mites by the sclerotized anal and ventral plates being completely separated.

[edit] References

• A new mite taken with rats in Puerto Rico (Acarina: Diplogyniidae), Irving Fox, Acarologia I