A new genus and species of the family Microdispidae (Acari: Prostigmata) associated with Oryctes nasicornis (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae) and redescription of the monotypic genus Vietodispus Mahunka, 1975
Journal: Zoological studies
Year: 2014

Mites of the family Microdispidae (Acari: Prostigmata: Heterostigmata) are fungivorous, usually living in soil, litter, decaying plant materials, and similar substrates, and adult females have phoretic associations with arthropods, particularly insects. The family Microdispidae is poorly studied, and because of the vague descriptions of most of the genera and species, the taxonomy of this family is in a state of confusion. Previous to this study, more than 109 microdispid species in 17 genera ha