Belongs within: Analgoidea.
The Xolalgidae are a group of astigmatine mites inhabiting the plumaceous feathers of a variety of bird orders (OConnor 2009).
Characters (from OConnor 2009): Rostral setae ro always absent; femora and genua fused in all legs; tarsi with proral setae absent; pretarsi I–II with ambulacral stalks shorter than tarsi; tibia III with seta v’ present, generally elongate; tibia IV without ventral seta; male with setae h2 simple, never dilated; female with hysterosomatic sclerite always interrupted anterior to posterior terminus of body.
<==XolalgidaeDW10 |--Glaucalges attenuatusDW10 |--FainalgesO09 |--BeaucournuellaO09 |--Xolalgoides palmaiO09 |--PteralloptesE-KO07 |--VingrassiaE-KO07 |--Protalges Trouessart 1885E-KO07, H98 | `--P. australis Trouessart 1885H98 |--Ingrassia Oudemans 1904M07 | `--I. forcipata (Haller 1882)M07 `--Dubininia Vassilev 1958H98 |--D. curtus (Trouessart 1885) [=Protalges curtus, P. cartus (l. c.)]H98 `--D. melopsittaci Atyeo & Gaud 1987H98
*Type species of generic name indicated
References
[DW10] Dabert, M., W. Witalinski, A. Kazmierski, Z. Olszanowski & J. Dabert. 2010. Molecular phylogeny of acariform mites (Acari, Arachnida): strong conflict between phylogenetic signal and long-branch attraction artifacts. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 56 (1): 222–241.
[E-KO07] El-Kammah, K. M., & L. M. I. Oyoun. 2007. Taxonomic records of mite species associated with animal and poultry farms in the Nile delta, vally and N. Sinai Egypt. In: Morales-Malacara, J. B., V. M. Behan-Pelletier, E. Ueckermann, T. M. Pérez, E. G. Estrada-Venegas & M. Badii (eds) Acarology XI: Proceedings of the International Congress pp. 223–232. Instituto de Biología and Faculdad de Ciencias, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Sociedad Latinoamericana de Acarología: México.
[H98] Halliday, R. B. 1998. Mites of Australia: A checklist and bibliography. CSIRO Publishing: Collingwood.
[M07] Mironov, S. V. 2007. Phylogeny of the feather mite family Alloptidae (Astigmata, Analgoidea) and coevolutionary trends with aquatic birds. In: Morales-Malacara, J. B., V. M. Behan-Pelletier, E. Ueckermann, T. M. Pérez, E. G. Estrada-Venegas & M. Badii (eds) Acarology XI: Proceedings of the International Congress pp. 617–633. Instituto de Biología and Faculdad de Ciencias, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Sociedad Latinoamericana de Acarología: México.
[O09] OConnor, B. M. 2009. Cohort Astigmatina. In: Krantz, G. W., & D. E. Walter (eds) A Manual of Acarology 3rd ed. pp. 565–657. Texas Tech University Press.