Berlese's Primitive Oribatid Mites Author van der Hammen, L. text Zoologische Verhandelingen 1959 40 1 93 http://www.repository.naturalis.nl/document/148866 journal article ORI111 0DC6B575-3CB3-41C1-A3EC-850520AE4487 HERMANNIIDAE Sellnick, 1928 Originally, Michael as well as Berlese classified the genus Hermannia Nicolet (1855) with the Nothridae s.lat. Sellnick (1928) created, however, a separate family Hermanniidae that he placed between Nanhermanniidae and Malaconothridae . Willmann (1931) united the family with the Neoliodidae and created a subphalanx Immarginatae , part of the Macropylina , an artificial classification that is based on the structure of the ventral surface. Willmann's System remained the current classification till Grandjean (1954) created a superfamily Nothroidea in which he incorporated the present family, although several characters of the Hermanniidae point to a separate position (no trichobothridial regression, absence of the anal fissure, exoskeleton resembling that of the higher Oribatei , etc.). Two genera are mentioned as representatives of the family: Hermannia and Phyllhermannia . The systematic position of the last-mentioned genus appears, however, uncertain.