Genus Holostaspis Kolenati, 1858

Holostaspis Kolenati, 1858: 87 . Type species Holostaspis isotricha Kolenati, 1858, by monotypy.

Laelaps (Oolaelaps) Berlese, 1904b: 428 . Type species Laelaps oophilus Wasmann, 1897, by original designation. Synonymy by Turk (1953) and Bregetova (1977).

Myrmonyssus (Laelaspulus) Berlese, 1904b: 437 . Type species Myrmonyssus acuminatus Berlese, 1903, by original designation. Previously synonymised with Myrmozercon Berlese, 1902 by Shaw & Seeman (2009). New synonymy.

Holostaspis .— Vitzthum, 1929: 22, 26; Bregetova, 1977: 547; Evans & Till, 1979: 201; Casanueva, 1993: 40; Huhta, 2016: 145.

Hypoaspis (Holostaspis) .— Vitzthum, 1941: 762; Evans & Till, 1966: 160; Aswegen & Loots, 1970: 171; Karg, 1971: 171; Karg, 1978: 9; Karg, 1979: 94; Karg, 1982: 247; Karg, 1993: 136.