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. 2021 Apr 30;84(1):1–119. doi: 10.1007/s10493-021-00612-8

Table 15.

Heuristic conclusion for full analysis data set (= training + test data sets)—‘cutting designed’ chelal micro-arthropod feeding habit (velocity ratio threshold <0.276)

Gamasine Family Species Mite. is. Prey/Food is at a. Which is relatively ... body Prey or Food relatively. Requiring a... ** Chela takes . In... With oral area being...* Suggested animal analogue
Ascidae Cheiroseius borealis Pygmy Short range Away from Wiggler/Soft Powerful grip Small food Little chunks Tiny mouthfuls Carrion shark
Eviphididae Eviphis ostrinus Pygmy Long range Away from Wiggler/Soft Powerful grip Small food Little chunks Tiny mouthfuls Small Ichthyosaur, Small plesiosaur
Laelapidae Hypoaspis aculeifer Giant Long range Away from Wiggler/Soft Powerful grip Big prey Major grab Well stuffed lion, Small tiger, Crocodile
Laelapidae Hypoaspis angustiscutata Giant Long range Away from Hard/Struggles Powerful grip Big prey Major grab Well stuffed Large crocodile
Macrochelidae Geholaspis sp. Giant Long range Away from Hard/Struggles Feeble effort Big prey Major grab Well stuffed Tiger, lion
Pachylaelapidae Pachylaelaps furcifer Giant Long range Close to Wiggler/Soft Powerful grip Big prey Little chunks Tiny mouthfuls Dog
Pachylaelapidae Pachylaelaps leauchlii Giant Long range Close to Wiggler/Soft Powerful grip Big prey Little chunks Tiny mouthfuls Dog
Pachylaelapidae Pachyseius humeralis Pygmy Short range Close to Wiggler/Soft Powerful grip Small food Little chunks Tiny mouthfuls Small shark
Parasitidae Parasitus lunaris DN Pygmy Long range Away from Wiggler/Soft Powerful grip Big prey Major grab Well stuffed lion, Small tiger, Small crocodile
Parasitidae Pergamasus cornutus Pygmy Short range Close to Wiggler/Soft Powerful grip Big prey Major grab Well stuffed Orca
Parasitidae Pergamasus crassipes Giant Long range Close to Hard/Struggles Feeble effort Big prey Major grab Well stuffed Large shark
Parasitidae Pergamasus mirabilis Giant Long range Away from Hard/Struggles Feeble effort Big prey Major grab Well stuffed Tiger, lion
Parasitidae Pergamasus misellus Pygmy Short range Close to Wiggler/Soft Powerful grip Small food Major grab Well stuffed Dolphin
Parasitidae Pergamasus oxygynelloides Pygmy Short range Close to Wiggler/Soft Powerful grip Big prey Major grab Well stuffed Orca
Parasitidae Pergamasus quisquillarum Giant Long range Away from Hard/Struggles Feeble effort Big prey Major grab Well stuffed Tiger, lion
Parasitidae Pergamasus runciger Giant Long range Close to Hard/Struggles Feeble effort Big prey Major grab Well stuffed Large shark
Parasitidae Pergamasus sp. Pygmy Short range Close to Wiggler/Soft Feeble effort Big prey Major grab Well stuffed Shark
Parasitidae Pergamasus suecicus Pygmy Short range Away from Wiggler/Soft Powerful grip Small food Major grab Well stuffed Greedy carrion shark after flesh
Parasitidae Porrhostaspis lunulata Giant Long range Close to Wiggler/Soft Powerful grip Big prey Little chunks Well stuffed Hunting dog, Leopard
Veigaiidae Veigaia cerva Giant Long range Away from Hard/Struggles Feeble effort Big prey Major grab Well stuffed Giant tiger, Big lion, Large crocodile
Veigaiidae Veigaia decurtata Pygmy Long range Away from Wiggler/Soft Powerful grip Big prey Major grab Well stuffed lion, Small tiger, Small crocodile
Veigaiidae Veigaia exigua Pygmy Long range Away from Wiggler/Soft Powerful grip Big prey Major grab Well stuffed lion, Small tiger, Small crocodile
Veigaiidae Veigaia nemorensis (new) Giant Long range Away from Hard/Struggles Feeble effort Big prey Major grab Well stuffed Tiger, lion
Veigaiidae Veigaia nemorensis (old) Pygmy Long range Away from Hard/Struggles Feeble effort Big prey Major grab Well stuffed Small tiger
Polyaspis n.sp. DN Giant Long range Away from Wiggler/Soft Powerful grip Big prey Major grab Well stuffed lion, Big tiger, Crocodile
Trachytes aegrota Giant Long range Away from Wiggler/Soft Powerful grip Small food Little chunks Tiny mouthfuls Large Ichthyosaur, Plesiosaur

All female unless otherwise stated. Sorted by family. All have gamasine body form bar the four uropodoids. Annotation as Table 13 so data order of columns is IL, CL, CL/IL , F2AV, F2AV/IL**, MDL, MDL/IL , MDL/CL *. Note suggested vertebrate mappings are analogues not strict homologues. ’Alien’ is the fictional xenomorph or Internecivus raptus designed by H R Giger