Hoplophorella

van der Hammen, L., 1959, Berlese's Primitive Oribatid Mites, Zoologische Verhandelingen 40, pp. 1-93 : 45

Hoplophorella Berlese, 1923

Hoplophorella Berlese, 1923, p. 260.

Berlese created Hoplophorella as a subgenus of " Phthiracarus Perty (= Hoplophora C. L. Koch)". He designated Hoplophora cucullatum Ewing as type, but mentioned no diagnostic characters. At the same time he described a " variety " of the species, but added no other species to the subgenus.

Jacot (1933, p. 247, textfig. 2d) published a diagnosis of Hoplophorella (now considered a genus). He mentioned as single distinguishing character the position of the anal hairs, of which only three are inserted near the median border. I do not know if this character is of tauch value, or if the presence of a large hood at the anterior border of the notogaster is of more importance; in the last-mentioned case it should be possible to include Steganacarus phyllophorus Berlese in the present genus.