Uropoda is a genus of tortoise mites in the family Uropodidae. There are more than 70 described species in Uropoda. The name come from Ancient Greek (ourá), meaning 'tail', and (poús), meaning 'foot'.
Species
These 78 species belong to the genus Uropoda:
- Uropoda adfixa <small>Vitzthum, 1921</small>
- Uropoda admixta <small>Vitzthum, 1921</small>
- Uropoda alpina <small>Berlese, 1904</small>
- Uropoda amblyoponae <small>Banks, 1916</small>
- Uropoda anthropophagorum <small>Vitzthum, 1921</small>
- Uropoda apicata <small>Banks, 1916</small>
- Uropoda arrhenodis <small>Vitzthum, 1920</small>
- Uropoda austroasiatica <small>Vitzthum, 1921</small> (Austroasiatic uropoda)
- Uropoda azteka <small>Vitzthum, 1920</small>
- Uropoda bengalica (Bengal uropoda)
- Uropoda berndti <small>Wisniewski, 1984</small>
- Uropoda bisetosa <small>Banks</small>
- Uropoda bistellaris <small>Vitzthum, 1933</small>
- Uropoda caenorychodis <small>Vitzthum, 1921</small>
- Uropoda clavisetosa <small>Banks</small>
- Uropoda convexifrons <small>Banks, 1916</small>
- Uropoda copridis <small>(Oudemans, 1916)</small>
- Uropoda debilior <small>Vitzthum, 1925</small>
- Uropoda diademata <small>Vitzthum, 1920</small>
- Uropoda distinguenda <small>Berlese, 1903</small>
- Uropoda dryocoetis <small>Vitzthum, 1923</small>
- Uropoda ecuadorica <small>Kontschán, 2012</small> (Ecuadorian uropoda)
- Uropoda essigi <small>Banks</small>
- Uropoda fallax <small>Vitzthum, 1926</small>
- Uropoda febris <small>Vitzthum, 1926</small>
- Uropoda fraterna <small>Banks, 1916</small>
- Uropoda frontalis <small>Banks</small>
- Uropoda fumicola <small>(Schweizer, 1961)</small>
- Uropoda halberti <small>Hirschmann, 1993</small>
- Uropoda hirschmanni <small>Hiramatsu, 1977</small> (Hirschmann's uropoda]]
- Uropoda hispanica <small>Hirschmann & Zirngiebl-Nicol, 1969</small>
- Uropoda inflata <small>(Berlese, 1916)</small>
- Uropoda ingens <small>Vitzthum, 1925</small>
- Uropoda inhaerens <small>Vitzthum, 1921</small>
- Uropoda italica <small>Hirschmann & Zirngiebl-Nicol, 1969</small> (Italian uropoda)
- Uropoda kargi <small>Hirschmann & Zirngiebl-Nicol, 1969</small>
- Uropoda karnai
- Uropoda lagena <small>Berlese, 1882</small>
- Uropoda lativentris <small>Vitzthum, 1926</small>
- Uropoda lawrencei (Lawrence's uropoda)
- Uropoda lichenicola
- Uropoda longifrons <small>Banks, 1916</small>
- Uropoda madagascariensis <small>Vitzthum, 1921</small> (Malagasy uropoda)
- Uropoda masculinata <small>Vitzthum, 1933</small>
- Uropoda michaeliana <small>Leonardi, 1896</small>
- Uropoda michiganensis <small>Vitzthum, 1926</small>
- Uropoda minima <small>Kramer, 1882</small>
- Uropoda minor <small>(Berlese, 1887)</small>
- Uropoda mira <small>Vitzthum, 1921</small>
- Uropoda misella <small>(Berlese, 1916)</small>
- Uropoda obscura <small>C.L.Koch</small>
- Uropoda orbicularis <small>(Mueller, 1776)</small>
- Uropoda orychodis <small>Vitzthum, 1920</small>
- Uropoda parva <small>(Schweizer, 1961)</small>
- Uropoda philippinensis <small>Vitzthum, 1920</small> (Philippine uropoda)
- Uropoda polygraphi <small>Vitzthum, 1923</small>
- Uropoda productior <small>Berlese, 1916</small>
- Uropoda promiscua <small>Vitzthum, 1921</small>
- Uropoda pulcherrima <small>(Berlese, 1903)</small>
- Uropoda replectus <small>Berlese, 1904</small>
- Uropoda repleta <small>(Berlese, 1904)</small>
- Uropoda scelerum <small>Vitzthum, 1926</small>
- Uropoda setata
- Uropoda simplex <small>Berlese, 1903</small>
- Uropoda spiculata
- Uropoda spinosula <small>Kneissl, 1915</small>
- Uropoda splendida <small>Kramer, 1882</small>
- Uropoda submarginata <small>Banks, 1916</small>
- Uropoda tarsale <small>Rob.-Desvoidy, 1832</small>
- Uropoda tasmanica <small>Banks, 1916</small>
- Uropoda thorpei <small>Kontschán, 2012</small>
- Uropoda transportabilis <small>Vitzthum, 1921</small>
- Uropoda trilobata <small>Banks, 1916</small>
- Uropoda turcica
- Uropoda uvaeformis <small>Vitzthum, 1921</small>
- Uropoda vegetans <small>(De Geer, 1768)</small>
- Uropoda wichmanni <small>Vitzthum, 1923</small>
- Uropoda willmanni <small>Hirschmann & Zirngiebl-Nicol, 1969</small>
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