Agauides Bartsch, 1988

Bartsch, Ilse, 2015, The genital area of Halacaridae (Acari), life stages and development of morphological characters and implication on the classification, Zootaxa 3919 (2), pp. 201-259 : 208

Agauides Bartsch, 1988

Type species. Agauides cryosi Bartsch, 1988 .

Female. Genitoanal plate with four to seven pgs on either side of GO ( Bartsch 1988a: fig. 53, 1989b: fig. 11). GO in ventral position. Genital sclerites lack sgs. Number and shape of genital acetabula and spines not mentioned in the descriptions. Epimeral pores lacking.

Male, nymphs, larva. Not known.

Remarks. Two species are at present described from the northeastern and southern Pacific Ocean, collected in 600 and 1500 m depth ( Bartsch 1988a, 1989b).