Genus Harpypalpus Dubinin, 1957

Dubinin, 1957: 53 ( Harpyrhynchidae); Lawrence 1959: 416 ( Myobiidae); Fain 1972: 57; Moss & Wojcik 1978: 249; Moss 1979: 382; Lombert & Moss 1983: 164; Domrow 1991: 1314; Fain et al. 1999: 45; Skoracki et al. 2004: 86, 2012: i13. Type species: Harpyrhynchus longipes Fritsch, 1954, by original designation

Diagnosis. BOTH SEXES: Setae se present, situated off propodonotal shield almost at same transverse level as setae si. Setae d1 situated distantly from si. Setae vF III and vF IV present or absent. FEMALE: Alveoli of genital setae absent.

Species included. This genus includes ten species: H. dubinini Fain, 1972, H. holopus (Berlese and Trouessart, 1889), H. lonchura sp. nov., H. longipes (Fritsch, 1954), H. pyrrhula sp. nov., H. serini Fain, 1972, H. spermestes Fain, Bochkov and Mironov, 1999, H. sturnus sp. nov., H. taeniopygia sp. nov., and H. tiarae Fain, Bochkov and Mironov, 1999 .

Hosts and distribution. These mites are recorded from birds of 11 families in Europe, Africa, Australia, and North America: Certhioidea: Troglodytidae; Corvoidea: Corvidae; Muscicapoidea: Muscicapidae, Sturnidae; Passeroidea: Emberizidae, Estrildidae, Fringillidae, Passeridae, Ploceidae, Thraupidae; Sylvioidea: Paridae .