“…Gymnodamaeid mites are more restricted to the Northern Hemisphere and diverse in the continental climates including grasslands, alpine and tundra soils, and dry patches of soil, litter, and moss (Bayartogtokh, 2001;Woas, 1992;Walter, 2009). These mites are characterized by well sclerotized and completely coated with layer of thick cerotegument usually with a distinctive pattern on notogaster, separate genital and anal apertures with anogenital bridge, tridactylous legs (Walter, 2009;Hugo, 2010).…”