Mixomideopsis Cook, 2001

Pešić, Vladimir, Cook, David, Gerecke, Reinhard & Smit, Harry, 2013, The water mite family Mideopsidae (Acari: Hydrachnidia): a contribution to the diversity in the Afrotropical region and taxonomic changes above species level, Zootaxa 3720 (1), pp. 1-75 : 9

Subgenus Mixomideopsis Cook, 2001

Type species: Mideopsis (Mixomideopsis) sandola Cook, 2001

Diagnosis: Swimming setae present or absent; posterior suture lines of Cx-IV extending more posteriorly to partially enclose the genital field.

Remarks: Probably a monophyletic clade early split off from the north-hemispheric nominate subgenus. Characterized in first line by the different shape of the posteromedial suture of Cx-IV. The two species included differ also remarkably from each other (see discussion of X. madagascariensis ) suggesting an early evolutionary separation.

Distribution: Southern African region with one species from Madagascar and the other from South Africa.