A New Species of the Genus Tegeocranellus Berlese, 1913 (Acarina : Oribatida : Tegeocranellidae) from Tripura, India

Berlese (1913) established the genus Tegeocranellus with T. laevis Berlese, 1905 as the type under the family Tectocepheidae Grandjean, 1954. Later on, in the year 1987 P. Balogh placed this genus in a separate family Tegeocranellidae. In 1992 Balogh shifted the family Tegeocranellidae from the superfamily Carabodoidea to Polypterozetoidea Grandjean, 1959. They included only one genus Tegeocranellus Berlese, 1913 under the family Tegeoceranellidae.