Rhagidiidae, Oudemans, 1922

Andre, H. M., Zacharda, M. & N'Dri, J. K., 2010, From Parataxonomy To Molecular Data: The Case Of Rhagidiidae (Acari) From Belgian Soils, Acarologia 50 (4), pp. 501-512 : 504

Rhagidiidae

Although the genera were collected in different places ( Canada, Japan by Nakamura et al., 2006), both species belong to monospecific genera erected by Zacharda (1980) and were described from litter in Bohemia ( Czech Republic). The two species are identified not only by meristic characters such as presence/absence of setae and solenidia but also by morphometric characteristics and the unique diversity of forms of subcapitulum, chelicera, palp, tarsus I and dorsal setae. Other characters imply the integument and local ornamentations. The first definitions of the two mite species rely thus on morphological characters.