Gamasiphis Berlese

Gamasiphis Berlese, 1904: 261 . Type species: Gamasus pulchellus Berlese, 1887, by original designation.

Gamasiphis .— Berlese, 1906: 101; Berlese, 1914: 137; Bregetova, 1977: 308; Lee, 1970: 42; Karg, 1990: 321; Karg, 1993: 169.

Ologamasellus (Micriphis) Berlese, 1914: 140 . Type species: Gamasiphis gamasellus Berlese, 1913, by monotypy. Synonymy by Lee (1970).

Ologamasus (Micriphis) .— Baker & Wharton, 1952: 73.

Micriphis .— Ryke, 1962: 160.

Gamasiphis (Heteroiphis) Trägårdh, 1952: 55 . Type species: Gamasiphis (Heteroiphis) arcuatus Trägårdh, 1952, by original designation. Synonymy by Lee (1970).

Heteroiphis .— Ryke, 1962: 160; Bhattacharyya, 1968: 530.

Neogamasiphis Trägårdh, 1952: 57 . Type species: Neogamasiphis hamifer Trägårdh, 1952, by original designation. Synonymy by Lee (1970).

Diagnosis (adult female and male). Species of this genus are characterised by having the anterior margin of the epistome with at least one projection; the idiosoma dorsally convex and extensively covered by sclerotised shields; podonotal and opisthonotal shields fused to form a holonotal shield without a distinct line of fusion; setae j 3 and r 3 not inserted on tubercles; the holonotal shield fused with the ventri-anal shield; the exopodal shield undivided adjacent to coxa III; the peritrematal shield and part of the exopodal shield adjacent to coxa IV fused into a single unit, which is either fused to the ventri-anal shield or separated from it by a narrow line of unsclerotised cuticle; metapodal shield typically indistinct, either fused to neighbouring shields or, often, apparently longitudinally elongate and located externally to and along the posterior end of the fused peritrematal and exopodal shields.