Masthermannia

van der Hammen, L., 1959, Berlese's Primitive Oribatid Mites, Zoologische Verhandelingen 40, pp. 1-93 : 81

Masthermannia Berlese, 1913

Masthermannia Berlese, 1913, p. 100.

Posthermannia Grandjean, 1954c, p. 298.

The original diagnosis of the genus is insufficient, and Berlese's description and figure of the type-species ( Angelia mammillaris ) are partly incorrect. Owing to this Grandjean (1954c) created a genus Posthermannia that is in fact a synonym of Masthermannia , because Posthermannia nematophora (the type-species of the genus) appears to be identical with M. mammillaris .

Two species of the genus are known: Masthermannia mammillaris (Berlese) (= Posthermannia nematophora Grandjean ), and Masthermannia hirsuta (Hartmann, 1949); the differences between them are given by Grandjean (1956a, p. 456).