Review of the mite family Parholaspididae Evans, 1956 (Acari: Mesostigmata) Author Quintero-Gutiérrez, Edwin Javier 0000-0001-7906-1962 ejquinterog@gmail.com Author Halliday, Bruce 0000-0001-7906-1962 ejquinterog@gmail.com text Zootaxa 2021 2021-07-28 5005 4 401 459 journal article 10.11646/zootaxa.5005.4.1 1175-5326 5141926 1D4CEEED-12CD-4D80-BC43-16F7FFF23885 Genus Holaspulus Berlese, 1904 Dorsal shield bearing 30 pairs of moderately long and modified setae (distally expanded, spatulate to trifurcate); setae smooth in H . aculeatus . Pre-sternal area with one pair of elongated pre-sternal platelets. Sternal shield with three pairs of smooth or wedge-shaped setae. Metasternal shields free (fused to endopodal shields in H . confusus ) and bearing the metasternal setae st4 . Peritrematal shields fused to podal and genitiventrianal shields, bearing a pair of genital setae st5 and four pairs of pre-anal setae; shield sometimes with a pair of expulsory vesicles situated posteriorly to the coxa IV. Epistome with a short median projection and one pair of lateral projection, serrated margins. Corniculus usually shorter than movable digit of chelicera, sometimes longer. Chelicera chelate-dentate, fixed digit with 4–7 teeth, movable digit with two teeth. Cheliceral seta smooth. Males similar to female, except with holoventral shield bearing 10 pairs of setae ( st1–5 and five pairs of pre-anal setae)