Macrodinychus

Macrodinychus (from Ancient Greek μακρός (makrós), meaning "tail", δι- (di-), meaning "two", and ὄνυξ (ónux), meaning "claw") is the sole genus in the monotypic Macrodinychidae, a family of mites in the order Mesostigmata.

Species

Macrodinychidae contains one genus, with 22 recognized species:

• Genus Macrodinychus <small>Berlese, 1917</small>
• Macrodinychus andrassyi <small>Hirschmann, 1975</small>
• Macrodinychus baloghi <small>Hirschmann, 1975</small>
• Macrodinychus bregetovaae <small>(Hirschmann, 1975)</small>
• Macrodinychus butuae <small>(Hirschmann, 1975)</small>
• Macrodinychus durmei <small>Hirschmann, 1983</small>
• Macrodinychus extremicus sp. nov.
• Macrodinychus hirschmanni <small>(Hiramatsu, 1977)</small>
• Macrodinychus iriomotensis <small>Hiramatsu, 1979</small>
• Macrodinychus kaszabi <small>(Hirschmann, 1975)</small>
• Macrodinychus kurosai <small>Hiramatsu, 1975</small>
• Macrodinychus loksai <small>Hirschmann, 1975</small>
• Macrodinychus mahunkai <small>Hirschmann, 1975</small>
• Macrodinychus malayicus sp. nov.
• Macrodinychus multipennus <small>(Hiramatsu, 1977)</small>
• Macrodinychus multispinosus <small>Sellnick, 1973</small>
• Macrodinychus parallelpipedus <small>(Berlese, 1916)</small>
• Synonym Macrodinychus paraguayensis <small>Hirschmann, 1975</small>
• Macrodinychus sellnicki <small>(Hirschmann & Zirngiebl-Nicol, 1975)</small>
• Macrodinychus shibai <small>Hiramatsu, 1980</small>
• Macrodinychus vietnamensis <small>Hirschmann, 1983</small>
• Macrodinychus yonakuniensis <small>Hiramatsu, 1979</small>
• Macrodinychus yoshidai <small>Hiramatsu, 1979</small>
• Macrodinychus zicsii <small>Hirschmann, 1975</small>

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