Belongs within: Oppiidae.
Karenella is a pantropical genus of oppiid oribatid mites.
Characters (from Balogh & Balogh 1992): Interbothridial region with costulae. Notogaster with crista absent; with nine pairs of setae; notogastral setae setiform, exceptionally slightly dilated; setae c2 absent. Genital plates with five pairs of setae; fissure iad paraanal.
<==Karenella Hammer 1962 S04
|–K. (Karenella) S04
| |–*K. (K.) lobata Hammer 1962 S04
| |–K. (K.) acuta (Csiszár 1961) [=Oppia acuta] S04
| |–K. (K.) bruneiana Mahunka 2001 S04
| |–K. (K.) lanceoseta (Balogh 1959) [=Oppia lanceoseta] S04
| | |–K. l. lanceoseta S04
| | `–K. l. occidentalis (Wallwork 1961) [=Oppia lanceoseta occidentalis] S04
| |–K. (K.) lanceosetoides (Hammer 1971) [=Oppia lanceosetoides] S04
| `–K. (K.) turgiseta (Mahunka 1985) [=Corynoppia turgiseta] S04
|–K. (Glabroppia Subías & Rodríguez 1986) S04
| |–K. (*G.) minutisetosa (Hammer 1982) [=Oppia minutisetosa] S04
| `–K. (G.) cohici (Balogh & Mahunka 1966) [=Oppia cohici] S04
`–K. (Stakarenoppia Subías & Rodríguez 1986) S04
|–K. (*S.) granulosa (Subías & Sarkar 1983) [=Stachyoppia granulosa] S04
`–K. (S.) foveolata Mahunka 1992 S04
*Type species of generic name indicated
REFERENCES
Balogh, J., & P. Balogh. 1992. The Oribatid Mites Genera of the World vol. 1. Hungarian Natural History Museum: Budapest.
[S04] Subías, L. S. 2004. Listado sistemático, sinonímico y biogeográfico de los ácaros oribátidos (Acariformes, Oribatida) del mundo (1758–2002). Graellsia 60 (número extraordinario): 3–305.