Species list, Checklist of Infraclass Acari (Mites and Ticks) for Central America (America)

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Checklist for Infraclass Acari Nitzsch, 1818 (Mites and Ticks)
and region Central America (America)

Class	Arachnida Lamarck, 1801 Arachnids	411 1948 7786	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Subclass	Micrura Ehrenberg, 1831	364 1708 6751	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Infraclass	Acari Nitzsch, 1818 Mites and Ticks	289 931 2538	Families Genera Species	Taxom

List of families for Central America
289 Families width 2538 Species and 70 Subspecies

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Acaridae Latreille, 1802	Acarid mites	21	Species	Taxom
Acaronychidae Grandjean, 1932		2	Species	Taxom
Acarophenacidae Cross, 1965		1	Species	Taxom
Achipteriidae Thor, 1929		3	Species	Taxom
Adamystidae Cunliffe, 1957		1	Species	Taxom
Aleurodamaeidae Paschoal & J..., 1985		2	Species	Taxom
Algophagidae Fain, 1974		1	Species	Taxom
Alloptidae Gaud, 1957		2	Species	Taxom
Amblyommidae Banks, 1907		53	Species	Taxom
Ameronothridae Willmann, 1931		1	Species	Taxom
Ameroseiidae Evans, 1961		2	Species	Taxom
Anderemaeidae Balogh, 1972		5	Species	Taxom
Anisitsiellidae Koenike, 1910		1	Species	Taxom
Antennochelidae Lindquist & ..., 2014		2	Species	Taxom
Antennophoridae Berlese, 1892		0	Species	Taxom
Anystidae Oudemans, 1936	Whirligig Mites	4	Species	Taxom
Arceremaeidae Balogh, 1972		1	Species	Taxom
Argasidae C. L. Koch, 1844	Soft tick	52	Species	Taxom
Arrenuridae Thor, 1900		5	Species	Taxom
Ascidae Oudemans, 1905		28	Species	Taxom
Astegistidae Balogh, 1961		2	Species	Taxom
Atopochthoniidae Grandjean, 1949		2	Species	Taxom
Atopomelidae Fain, 1972		2	Species	Taxom
Aturidae Thor, 1900		20	Species	Taxom
Autognetidae Grandjean, 1960		1	Species	Taxom
Basilobelbidae Balogh, 1961		2	Species	Taxom
Bdellidae Dugès, 1834	Snout Mites	4	Species	Taxom
Belbidae (Willmann, 1931)		0	Species	Taxom
Blattisociidae (Garman, 1948)		17	Species	Taxom
Brachychthoniidae Thor, 1934		13	Species	Taxom
Caeculidae Berlese, 1883	Rake-legged mites	7	Species	Taxom
Caleremaeidae Grandjean, 1965		1	Species	Taxom
Caligonellidae Grandjean, 1944		2	Species	Taxom
Caloppiidae (Balogh, 1960)		1	Species	Taxom
Camerobiidae Southcott, 1957	Stilt-legged mites	17	Species	Taxom
Camisiidae Oudemans, 1900		0	Species	Taxom
Canestriniidae Berlese, 1884		39	Species	Taxom
Carabodidae Koch, 1837		40	Species	Taxom
Celaenopsidae Berlese, 1892		1	Species	Taxom
Cepheidae (Berlese, 1896)		1	Species	Taxom
Cepheusidae Berlese, 1896		2	Species	Taxom
Ceratokalummidae Balogh, 1970		4	Species	Taxom
Ceratoppiidae (Kunst, 1971)		6	Species	Taxom
Ceratozetidae Jacot, 1925		30	Species	Taxom
Chaetodactylidae Zakhvatkin, 1941		24	Species	Taxom
Charassobatidae Grandjean, 1958		4	Species	Taxom
Cheyletidae Leach, 1815		29	Species	Taxom
Chirodiscidae Trouessart, 1892		3	Species	Taxom
Circocyllibamidae Sellnick, 1926		1	Species	Taxom
Cloacaridae Camin, Moss,..., 1967		1	Species	Taxom
Cosmochthoniidae Grandjean, 1946		8	Species	Taxom
Crotoniidae Thorell, 1876		4	Species	Taxom
Ctenacaridae Grandjean, 1954		2	Species	Taxom
Cunaxidae Thor, 1902	Predatory Mites	3	Species	Taxom
Cuneoppiidae Balogh, 1983		1	Species	Taxom
Cymbaeremaeidae Sellnick, 1928		24	Species	Taxom
Damaeidae Berlese, 1896		5	Species	Taxom
Damaeolidae Grandjean, 1965		1	Species	Taxom
Dampfiellidae Balogh, 1961		7	Species	Taxom
Dasyponyssidae Fonseca, 1940		1	Species	Taxom
Demodecidae Nicolet, 1855	Follicle mites	9	Species	Taxom
Deraiophoridae Trägårdh, 1952		0	Species	Taxom
Dermanyssidae Kolenati, 1859	Dermanyssid mites	2	Species	Taxom
Dermoglyphidae Mégnin & Tro..., 1884		1	Species	Taxom
Diarthrophallidae Trägårdh, 1946		13	Species	Taxom
Digamasellidae Evans, 1957		2	Species	Taxom
Dinychidae Berlese, 1916		0	Species	Taxom
Diplogyniidae Trägårdh, 1941		3	Species	Taxom
Echimyopodidae Fain, 1967		2	Species	Taxom
Eniochthoniidae Grandjean, 1947		1	Species	Taxom
Epactozetidae Grandjean, 1930		5	Species	Taxom
Epidermoptidae Trouessart, 1892		2	Species	Taxom
Epilohmanniidae Oudemans, 1923		4	Species	Taxom
Eremaeidae Oudemans, 1900		2	Species	Taxom
Eremaeozetidae Piffl, 1972		6	Species	Taxom
Eremellidae Balogh, 1961		1	Species	Taxom
Eremobelbidae Balogh, 1961		4	Species	Taxom
Eremulidae Grandjean, 1965		5	Species	Taxom
Ereynetidae Schrank, 1776		1	Species	Taxom
Eriophyidae Nalepa, 1898	Blister mites	4	Species	Taxom
Erythracaridae (Oudemans, 1936)		1	Species	Taxom
Erythraeidae Oudemans, 1902		24	Species	Taxom
Eupalopsellidae Willmann, 1952		1	Species	Taxom
Euphthiracaridae Jacot, 1930		35	Species	Taxom
Eupodidae Strandtmann, 1967	Eupodid mites	2	Species	Taxom
Eustathiidae Oudemans, 1905		2	Species	Taxom
Euzerconidae Trägårdh, 1938		0	Species	Taxom
Eviphididae Berlese, 1913		2	Species	Taxom
Falculiferidae Oudemans, 1905		1	Species	Taxom
Fedrizziidae Trägårdh, 1937		1	Species	Taxom
Fortuyniidae Hammen, 1963		2	Species	Taxom
Freyanidae Dubinin, 1953		2	Species	Taxom
Frontipodopsidae Viets, 1931		1	Species	Taxom
Gabuciniidae Gaud & Atyeo, 1975		0	Species	Taxom
Galumnellidae Piffl, 1970		4	Species	Taxom
Galumnidae Jacot, 1925		63	Species	Taxom
Gehypochthoniidae Strenzke, 1963		1	Species	Taxom
Glycyphagidae De Geer, 1778		15	Species	Taxom
Granuloppiidae Balogh, 1983		6	Species	Taxom
Guanolichidae Fain, 1968		2	Species	Taxom
Gustaviidae Oudemans, 1900		1	Species	Taxom
Gymnodamaeidae Grandjean, 1954		5	Species	Taxom
Halacaridae Murray, 1877	Sea mites	1	Species	Taxom
Halarachnidae Oudemans, 1906		2	Species	Taxom
Haplochthoniidae Van der Hammen, 1959		2	Species	Taxom
Haplozetidae Grandjean, 1936		29	Species	Taxom
Harpirhynchidae Dubinin, 1957		3	Species	Taxom
Hemileiidae (J. & P. Balogh, 1984)		12	Species	Taxom
Hemisarcoptidae Oudemans, 1904		0	Species	Taxom
Hermanniellidae Grandjean, 1934		2	Species	Taxom
Hermanniidae Sellnick, 1928		1	Species	Taxom
Heterobelbidae Balogh, 1961		3	Species	Taxom
Heterocheylidae Trägårdh, 1950		1	Species	Taxom
Heterozerconidae Berlese, 1892		0	Species	Taxom
Histiostomatidae Berlese, 1897		20	Species	Taxom
Hoplomegistidae		0	Species	Taxom
Humerobatidae Grandjean, 1970		1	Species	Taxom
Hyadesiidae Halbert, 1915		1	Species	Taxom
Hydrachnidae Leach, 1815		1	Species	Taxom
Hydrozetidae Grandjean, 1954		1	Species	Taxom
Hydryphantidae Piersig, 1896		6	Species	Taxom
Hygrobatidae Koch, 1842		19	Species	Taxom
Hypochthoniidae Berlese, 1910		6	Species	Taxom
Hypoderatidae (Murray, 1877)		2	Species	Taxom
Hypoderidae Murray, 1877		3	Species	Taxom
Ixodidae C. L. Koch, 1844	Hard Tick	41	Species	Taxom
Ixodorhynchidae Ewing, 1923		2	Species	Taxom
Johnstonianidae Thor, 1935		1	Species	Taxom
Klinckowstroemiidae Trägårdh, 1950		12	Species	Taxom
Knemidokoptidae (Lavoipierre ..., 1951)		1	Species	Taxom
Krendowskiidae Viets, 1926		7	Species	Taxom
Labidostommatidae Oudemans, 1904		1	Species	Taxom
Laelapidae Berlese, 1892		8	Species	Taxom
Lardoglyphidae Oudemans, 1927		1	Species	Taxom
Larvamimidae Elzinga, 1993		2	Species	Taxom
Lebertiidae Thor, 1900		1	Species	Taxom
Leeuwenhoekiidae Womersley, 1944	Chigger mites	35	Species	Taxom
Liacaridae Sellnick, 1928		2	Species	Taxom
Licneremaeidae Grandjean, 1931		3	Species	Taxom
Licnobelbidae (Grandjean, 1965)		1	Species	Taxom
Licnodamaeidae (Grandjean, 1954)		5	Species	Taxom
Liebstadiidae J. & P. Balogh, 1984		1	Species	Taxom
Limnesiidae Thor, 1900		15	Species	Taxom
Limnocharidae Grube, 1859		2	Species	Taxom
Limnozetidae Thor, 1937		1	Species	Taxom
Listrophoridae Mégnin & Tro..., 1884		7	Species	Taxom
Listropsoralgidae Fain, 1965		2	Species	Taxom
Lobalgidae Fain, 1965		3	Species	Taxom
Lohmanniidae Berlese, 1916		25	Species	Taxom
Lordalychidae Grandjean, 1939		0	Species	Taxom
Lyroppiidae Balogh, 1983		1	Species	Taxom
Machadobelbidae Balogh, 1972		1	Species	Taxom
Machuellidae Balogh, 1983		2	Species	Taxom
Macrochelidae Vitzthum, 1930		7	Species	Taxom
Macronyssidae Oudemans, 1936	Macronyssid Mites	38	Species	Taxom
Malaconothridae Berlese, 1916		12	Species	Taxom
Megacelaenopsidae Funk, 1975		1	Species	Taxom
Melicharidae (Hirschmann, 1962)		17	Species	Taxom
Mesoplophoridae Ewing, 1917		8	Species	Taxom
Micreremidae Grandjean, 1954		3	Species	Taxom
Microdispidae Cross, 1965		2	Species	Taxom
Microtegeidae Balogh, 1972		6	Species	Taxom
Microtrombidiidae Womersley, 1936	Micro velvet mites	4	Species	Taxom
Microzetidae Grandjean, 1936		35	Species	Taxom
Mideopsidae Koenike, 1910		5	Species	Taxom
Mochlozetidae Grandjean, 1960		9	Species	Taxom
Multoribulidae Balogh, 1972		1	Species	Taxom
Myobiidae Megnin, 1877		6	Species	Taxom
Nanhermanniidae Sellnick, 1928		5	Species	Taxom
Nanorchestidae Luxton, 1984		1	Species	Taxom
Nenteriidae Hirschmann, 1979		5	Species	Taxom
Neoliodidae (Sellnick, 1928)		3	Species	Taxom
Neopygmephoridae Cross, 1965		1	Species	Taxom
Neothrombiidae Feider, 1959		2	Species	Taxom
Neothyridae Lehtinen, 1981		0	Species	Taxom
Niphocepheidae Travé, 1959		1	Species	Taxom
Nodocepheidae Piffl, 1972		1	Species	Taxom
Nosybelbidae Mahunka, 1994		4	Species	Taxom
Nothridae Berlese, 1896		7	Species	Taxom
Ologamasidae Ryke, 1962		5	Species	Taxom
Omartacaridae Cook, 1963		2	Species	Taxom
Opilioacaridae With, 1902		12	Species	Taxom
Oppiidae Sellnick, 1937		77	Species	Taxom
Oribatellidae Jacot, 1925		18	Species	Taxom
Oribatulidae Thor, 1929		9	Species	Taxom
Oribellidae (Kunst, 1971)		1	Species	Taxom
Oribotritiidae Grandjean, 1954		17	Species	Taxom
Oripodidae Jacot, 1925		23	Species	Taxom
Otocepheidae Balogh, 1961		10	Species	Taxom
Otopheidomenidae Treat, 1955		0	Species	Taxom
Oxidae Viets, 1926		2	Species	Taxom
Pachylaelapidae Berlese, 1913		1	Species	Taxom
Parakalummidae Grandjean, 1936		1	Species	Taxom
Parasitidae Oudemans, 1901	Beetle Mites	5	Species	Taxom
Paratydeidae Baker, 1949		1	Species	Taxom
Parholaspididae Evans, 1956		2	Species	Taxom
Passalozetidae Grandjean, 1954		2	Species	Taxom
Peloppiidae Balogh, 1943		1	Species	Taxom
Penthaleidae Oudemans, 1931	Earth Mites	2	Species	Taxom
Penthalodidae Strandtmann, 1964		3	Species	Taxom
Phaulodinychidae (Berlese, 1917)		0	Species	Taxom
Phenopelopidae Petrunkevitch, 1955		5	Species	Taxom
Pheroliodidae Paschoal, 1987		8	Species	Taxom
Phthiracaridae Perty, 1841		87	Species	Taxom
Phytoseiidae Berlese, 1916	Phytoseiid mites	7	Species	Taxom
Pionidae Thor, 1900		3	Species	Taxom
Plasmobatidae Grandjean, 1961		5	Species	Taxom
Plateremaeidae Trägårdh, 1931		1	Species	Taxom
Podapolipidae Husband, 1990		7	Species	Taxom
Podocinidae Berlese, 1913		0	Species	Taxom
Polyaspididae Berlese, 1913		2	Species	Taxom
Proctophyllodidae Trouessart &..., 1884		28	Species	Taxom
Proterorhagiidae Lindquist & ..., 1991		1	Species	Taxom
Protoplophoridae (Ewing, 1917)		6	Species	Taxom
Protoribatidae J. & P. Balogh, 1984		9	Species	Taxom
Pseudoppiidae (Mahunka, 1975)		0	Species	Taxom
Psoralgidae Oudemans, 1908		1	Species	Taxom
Psorergatidae Womersley, 1941		1	Species	Taxom
Psoroptidae Hering, 1838	Scab mites	1	Species	Taxom
Psoroptoididae Gaud, 1958		1	Species	Taxom
Pterolichidae Trouessart, 1899		5	Species	Taxom
Pteronyssidae Oudemans, 1941		2	Species	Taxom
Punctoribatidae Thor, 1937		6	Species	Taxom
Pygmephoridae Krczal, 1964		1	Species	Taxom
Pyroglyphidae Cunliffe, 1958	Dust mites	2	Species	Taxom
Pyrosejidae Lindquist & ..., 1993		0	Species	Taxom
Quadroppiidae Balogh, 1983		2	Species	Taxom
Raillietiidae Vitzthum, 1943		2	Species	Taxom
Rhagidiidae Zacharda, 1980		3	Species	Taxom
Rhinonyssidae Trouessart, 1895		19	Species	Taxom
Rhodacaridae Oudemans, 1902		9	Species	Taxom
Rhynchohydracaridae Lundblad, 1936		1	Species	Taxom
Rhynchoribatidae Balogh, 1961		3	Species	Taxom
Rhyncoptidae Lawrence, 1956		0	Species	Taxom
Rioppiidae Balogh & Mah..., 1977		1	Species	Taxom
Rosensteiniidae Cooreman, 1954		2	Species	Taxom
Sarcoptidae Megnin, 1877	Itch mites	3	Species	Taxom
Scheloribatidae Jacot, 1935		33	Species	Taxom
Scutacaridae Paoli, 1911		22	Species	Taxom
Sejidae Berlese, 1885		1	Species	Taxom
Selenoribatidae Schuster, 1963		3	Species	Taxom
Siteroptidae Martin, 1978	Siteroptid mites	1	Species	Taxom
Smarididae Kramer, 1878		17	Species	Taxom
Spelaeorhynchidae Oudemans, 1902		3	Species	Taxom
Sperchontidae Thor, 1900		1	Species	Taxom
Sphaerochthoniidae Grandjean, 1947		4	Species	Taxom
Spinturnicidae Oudemans, 1902		30	Species	Taxom
Staurobatidae Grandjean, 1966		1	Species	Taxom
Steganacaridae (NiedbaÅ‚a, 1986)		5	Species	Taxom
Sternoppiidae Balogh & Mah..., 1969		2	Species	Taxom
Stigmaeidae Wood, 1967		16	Species	Taxom
Suctobelbidae Jacot, 1938		38	Species	Taxom
Suidasiidae Hughes, 1948		2	Species	Taxom
Syringophilidae Lavoipierre, 1953	Quill mites	29	Species	Taxom
Tanaupodidae Thor, 1935		1	Species	Taxom
Tarsonemidae Kramer, 1877	Tarsonemid mites	37	Species	Taxom
Tectocepheidae Grandjean, 1954		3	Species	Taxom
Tegeocranellidae P. Balogh, 1987		2	Species	Taxom
Tegoribatidae Grandjean, 1954		2	Species	Taxom
Teneriffiidae Thor, 1911		2	Species	Taxom
Tenuipalpidae Berlese, 1913	False spider mites	165	Species	Taxom
Teratoppiidae Balogh, 1983		6	Species	Taxom
Tetranychidae Donnadieu, 1875	Spider mites	87	Species	Taxom
Torrenticolidae Thor, 1902	Torrent Mites	26	Species	Taxom
Trachytidae Tragärdh, 1938		0	Species	Taxom
Trachyuropodidae Kramer, 1881		3	Species	Taxom
Trematuridae Berlese, 1917		22	Species	Taxom
Trhypochthoniidae Willmann, 1931		7	Species	Taxom
Trigonuropodidae Hirschmann, 1979		0	Species	Taxom
Trizetidae Ewing, 1917		1	Species	Taxom
Trombiculidae Ewing, 1929	Chigger mites	204	Species	Taxom
Trombidiidae Leach, 1815	Beer Bahuti	2	Species	Taxom
Turbinoptidae Fain, 1957		2	Species	Taxom
Tydeidae Kramer, 1877	Tydeid mites	3	Species	Taxom
Unduloribatidae Kunst, 1971		1	Species	Taxom
Unionicolidae Oudemans, 1909		22	Species	Taxom
Uroactiniidae Hirschmann &..., 1964		0	Species	Taxom
Urodinychidae Berlese, 1917		2	Species	Taxom
Uropodellidae (Camin, 1955)		0	Species	Taxom
Uropodidae Kramer, 1881		32	Species	Taxom
Varroidae Delfinado & ..., 1974		1	Species	Taxom
Veigaiidae Oudemans, 1939		0	Species	Taxom
Winterschmidtiidae Oudemans, 1923		12	Species	Taxom
Xenillidae Woolley & Hi..., 1966		10	Species	Taxom
Xenocaligonellididae González, 1978		1	Species	Taxom
Xolalgidae Dubinin, 1953		0	Species	Taxom
Zerconidae Berlese, 1892		1	Species	Taxom
Zetomotrichidae Grandjean, 1934		2	Species	Taxom
Zetorchestidae Michael, 1898		1	Species	Taxom

Subnodes of Acari with occurrences in Central America

Superorder	Acariformes Zakhvatkin, 1952 dust mites, mites	228 758 2062	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Superorder	Parasitiformes Reuter, 1909 mites, ticks	61 172 474	Families Genera Species	Taxom

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