Gamasolaelaps bellingeri

Taxobox
name = "Gamasolaelaps bellingeri"
regnum = Animalia
phylum = Arthropoda
classis = Arachnida
subclassis = Acari
ordo = Parasitiformes
subordo = Mesostigmata
familia = Veigaiidae
genus = "Gamasolaelaps"
species = ""'G. bellingeri"
binomial = "Gamasolaelaps bellingeri"
binomial_authority = Evans, 1959

"Gamasolaelaps bellingeri" is a species of mite belonging to the family Veigaiidae. The female is only 0.5 mm in length, the male even smaller. Both can be recognized by the dorsal sclerotized shield being deeply incised laterally. This species is found in damp habitats such as moss and leaf litter in Jamaica.

References

*The genera "Cyrthydrolaelaps" Berlese and "Gamasolaelaps" Berlese (Acarina-Mesostigmata) G. Owen Evans, Acarologia, I (1959)