Genus Harpypalpoides Lombert and Moss, 1983

Lombert and Moss, 1983: 53 (Harpypalpinae); Fain et al. 1999: 53; Skoracki et al. 2004: 84, 2012: i13. Type species: Harpypalpoides lukoschusi Lombert and Moss, 1983, by original designation

Diagnosis. BOTH SEXES: Setae se absent. Setae d1 situated close to si. Setae v’F I and v’F II present or absent. FEMALE: Alveoli of genital setae present.

Species included. This genus includes nine species: H. hirundinis Fain, 1972, H. hirundinoides sp. nov., H. johnstoni sp. nov., H. lesickii Skoracki, Bochkov and Sikora, 2004, H. lukoschusi Lombert and Moss, 1983, H. namibiensis Fain, Bochkov and Mironov, 1999, H. regulus sp. nov., H. sitta sp. nov., and H. sylvia sp. nov.

Hosts and distribution. These mites are recorded from passerines of 6 families in Europe, Asia, Africa, and North America: Certioidea: Sittidae; Muscicapoidea: Turdidae; Passeroidea: Emberizidae, Fringillidae; Sylvioidea: Hirundinidae; Regulidae (family incertae sedis).