Vitzthumegistus, sensu Kethley, 1977

Kim, C. - M., 2015, Vitzthumegistidae, fam. nov.: trigynaspid mites on terrestrial hermit crabs (Anactinotrichida: Mesostigmata: Trigynaspida), Acarologia 55 (2), pp. 201-208 : 203

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.1051/acarologia/20152161
DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.4697507
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scientific name	Vitzthumegistus
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Vitzthumegistus

(genus et nomen novum for Physalozercon sensu AndrØ, 1937b; non Berlese, 1903)

Type species — Vitzthumegistus paguroxenus ( AndrØ, 1937b), comb. nov. (= Physalozercon paguroxenus AndrØ, 1937b)

Diagnosis — same as for family.

Etymology — The name is derived from Hermann Ludwig Wilhelm Graf Vitzthum von Eckstädt (16 January, 1876 – 19 May, 1942); and ’megistus’, derived from a Latin word of ’megistanes’, meaning magnate, is a common suffix used in the mesostigmatid genera.

Species — V. paguroxenus ( AndrØ, 1937b), comb. nov.; V. latronis ( Vitzthum, 1937) , comb. nov. (= Cyclothorax latronis Vitzthum, 1937 ); and V. andrei , (a nomen novum for Cyclothorax carcinicola sensu Vitzthum, 1928 , non von Frauenfeld, 1868)