Family Laelapidae Berlese

Genus Gaeolaelaps Evans & Till, 1966

Hypoaspis (Gaeolaelaps) Evans & Till, 1966: 160; Evans & Till, 1979: 202; Faraji et al., 2008: 207.

Hypoaspis (Geolaelaps) .— Bregetova, 1977: 499; Karg, 1979: 79; Karg, 1982: 237; Karg, 1989: 107; Karg, 1993: 136. Gaeolaelaps.— Casanueva, 1993: 40; Farrier & Hennessey, 1993: 72; Beaulieu, 2009: 35; Kazemi et al., 2014: 504. Geolaelaps.— Rosario, 1981: 46; Walter & Oliver, 1989: 295; Hunter, 1993: 23; Karg & Schorlemmer, 2013: 203.

Type species: Laelaps aculeifer Canestrini, 1884, by original designation (Evans & Till, 1966).

Diagnosis. The concept of Gaeolaelaps used here is based on that of Beaulieu (2009) with modifications by Kazemi et al. (2014).