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Checklist for Infraclass Acari Nitzsch, 1818 (Mites and Ticks)
and region Cape Peninsula (Western Cape)


Class
 
Arachnida
Lamarck, 1801
Arachnids
61
122
116
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Micrura
Ehrenberg, 1831
43
95
85
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Acari
Nitzsch, 1818
Mites and Ticks
11
14
16
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


List of families for Cape Peninsula
11 Families width 16 Species and 1 Subspecies
Acaridae (Latreille, 1802)Acarid mites1SpeciesTaxom
Amblyommidae (Banks, 1907)5SpeciesTaxom
Tetracondylidae Aoki, 19611SpeciesTaxom
Carabodidae Koch, 18371SpeciesTaxom
Tarsonemidae Kramer, 1877Tarsonemid mites1SpeciesTaxom
Ixodidae C. L. Koch, 1844Hard Tick4SpeciesTaxom
Histiostomatidae Berlese, 18971SpeciesTaxom
Neoliodidae Sellnick, 19281SpeciesTaxom
Pachylaelapidae Berlese, 19131SpeciesTaxom
Pterygosomatidae Womersley, 19410SpeciesTaxom
Trombidiidae Leach, 1815Beer Bahuti0SpeciesTaxom


Genera for Cape Peninsula
14 Genera with 16 Species
Acarus Linnaeus, 17461SpeciesTaxom
Amblyomma hirtum. Neumann, 18442SpeciesTaxom
Carabocepheus Berlese, 19101SpeciesTaxom
Carabodes Koch, 19141SpeciesTaxom
Coreitarsonemus Fain, 19701SpeciesTaxom
Haemaphysalis Koch, 18261SpeciesTaxom
Histiostoma Kramer, 20011SpeciesTaxom
Hyalomma Koch, 18441SpeciesTaxom
Ixodes Latreille, 18443SpeciesTaxom
Neoliodes Berlese, 19101SpeciesTaxom
Olopachys Berlese, 19841SpeciesTaxom
Pterygosoma Peters, 1949
0SpeciesTaxom
Rhipicephalus Ziemanni Neu..., 18442SpeciesTaxom
Trombidium Fabricius, 1775
Velvet mite0SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Cape Peninsula
16 Species and 1 Subspecies
Acarus reduvius (Linnaeus, 1746)⇒ 
Amblyomma latum Koch, 1844Snake tick
Amblyomma marmoreum Koch, 1844South African Tortoise tick
Carabocepheus lounsburyi Berlese, 1910
Carabodes scymnus Hull, 1914
Coreitarsonemus anoplocnemis anoplocnemis Fain, 1970
Haemaphysalis leachi Audouin, 1826African dog tick
Histiostoma (Histiostoma) heriades Fain & Pauly, 2001
Hyalomma (Hyalomma) truncatum Koch, 1844African bont-leg tick
Ixodes (Ceratixodes) uriae White, 1852Common seabird tick
Ixodes (Ixodes) ricinus (Murray, 1852)⇒ Ixodes scapularis Say, 1821
Ixodes pilosus Koch, 1844Bush tick
Neoliodes capensis Berlese, 1910
Olopachys copris Ishikawa, 1984
Rhipicephalus (Rhipicephalus) appendiculatus Neumann, 1901Brown ear tick
Rhipicephalus (Rhipicephalus) capensis (Koch, 1844)⇒ Rhipicephalus longus Neumann, 1907

Subnodes of Acari with occurrences in Cape Peninsula
SuperorderAcariformes
Zakhvatkin, 1952
dust mites, mites
8
8
6
Families
Genera
Species

Taxom

SuperorderParasitiformes
Reuter, 1909
mites, ticks
3
6
10
Families
Genera
Species

Taxom



Acari (Nitzsch 1818)
Acari (Nitzsch 1818)


Links, sources and further information
Acari at artfakta.se
Acari at biodiversity.org.au
Acari at dyntaxa.se
Acari at marinespecies.org