Taxonomic Position

Cohort Uropodina

    Subcohort Uropodiae

    Superfamily Uropodoidea Kramer

Family Uropodidae Kramer s.l.

Metagynuridae Balogh

Metagynella Berlese (=Metagynura Balogh)

Diagnostic characters:

• Small uropodine mites with a postcoxal genital opening, pedofossae, and a metapodal line.

Similar taxa.  Many uropodoids are similar in general appearance, but the postcoxal genital opening in both sexes is unique to Metagynella.

Ecology. 

References

Ainscough, BD.  1981.  Uropodine studies. I. Suprageneric classification in the cohort Uropodina Kramer, 1882 (Acari: Mesostigmata).  International Journal of Acarology 7:47-56.

Karg W.  1989.  Acari (Acarina), Milben Unterordnung Parasitiformes (Anactinotrichaeta) Uropodina Kramer, Schildkrötenmilben.  Die Tierwelt Deutschlands 67: 1-203.

Krantz, GW & Ainscough, B.  1990.  Mesostigmata.  pp. 583-665, in DL Dindal (ed) Soil Biology Guide.  John Wiley & Sons: Brisbane.

Wisniewski, J. and W. Hirschmann  1993.  Katalog der Ganggattungen, Untergattungen, Gruppen   und Arten die Uropodiden der Erde.  Gangsyst. Parasitiformes, Schriften. für vergleich.  Milbenkunde Folge 40: 466pp.  Hirschmann Verlag, Nürnberg.