Genus Ololaelaps Berlese

Ololaelaps Berlese, 1904: 260 .

Type species Laelaps venetus Berlese, 1903, by original designation.

Differential diagnosis. Hypoaspidinae mites usually with a genito-ventro-anal shield (hologastric shield), with six pairs of setae (excluding three circum-anal setae), with four pairs of setae in addition to genital setae st5; peritrematal shields and metapodal plates sometimes fused to hologastric shield (diagnostic character at species level); epistome with irregularly serrated anterior margin; hypostomal groove narrow, with six rows of denticles each bearing few deniticles; palp tarsal claw with three pointed tines of unequal length, proximal tine shortest; genu IV with nine setae including one ventral seta; dorsal shield often with paired Zx setae between J and Z setae, unpaired Jx setae also often present.