Hypoaspis quinquelongisetis Ryke

Hypoaspis quinqelongisetis Ryke, 1963: 1 .

Hypoaspis (Hypoaspis) quinquelongisetus (sic): Van Aswegen & Loots, 1970: 189. Hypoaspis (Pneumolaelaps) quinquelongisetis: Karg, 1979: 88 .

Specimens examined: Site 94­1, 1 female; Site 94­13, 2 females; Site 94­31, 3 females.

Hypoaspis quinquelongisetis was described from soil at Potchefstroom (Ryke, 1963) and has apparently not been collected again until now. This is a very small weakly sclerotised species, but is presumed to be predatory, by analogy with other species of Hypoaspis .