Phytoptinae

Chetverikov, Philipp E., Beaulieu, Frédéric, Cvrković, Tatjana, Vidović, Biljana & Petanović, Radmila U., 2012, Oziella sibirica (Acari: Eriophyoidea: Phytoptidae), a new eriophyoid mite species described using confocal microscopy, COI barcoding and 3 D surface reconstruction, Zootaxa 3560, pp. 41-60 : 44

Subfamily: Phytoptinae Murray

Diagnosis. Phytoptids with opisthosoma vermiform and with annuli dorsoventrally subequal in size and number; two pairs of prodorsal shield setae (anterior ve and posterior sc); tibial solenidion φ and opisthosomal setae c1 usually present; spermathecal tubes relatively short.