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Checklist for Infraclass Acari Nitzsch, 1818 (Mites and Ticks)
and region Kenya (East Africa)


Class
 
Arachnida
Lamarck, 1801
Arachnids
172
629
1333
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Micrura
Ehrenberg, 1831
144
524
1085
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Acari
Nitzsch, 1818
Mites and Ticks
90
195
308
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


List of families for Kenya
90 Families width 308 Species and 3 Subspecies
#ABCDEFGHIKLMOPRSTWX
Acaridae Latreille, 1802Acarid mites5SpeciesTaxom
Aeroglyphidae Zakhvatkin, 19411SpeciesTaxom
Amblyommidae Banks, 190742SpeciesTaxom
Analgidae Trouessart &..., 1884Feather mites1SpeciesTaxom
Argasidae C. L. Koch, 1844Soft tick15SpeciesTaxom
Atopomelidae Fain, 19720SpeciesTaxom
Avenzoariidae Oudemans, 19051SpeciesTaxom
Blattisociidae (Garman, 1948)1SpeciesTaxom
Canestriniidae Berlese, 18842SpeciesTaxom
Carabodidae Koch, 18376SpeciesTaxom
Carpoglyphidae Oudemans, 1923Driedfruit mites1SpeciesTaxom
Chaetodactylidae Zakhvatkin, 19416SpeciesTaxom
Cheyletidae Leach, 18155SpeciesTaxom
Chirodiscidae Trouessart, 18921SpeciesTaxom
Crotoniidae Thorell, 18762SpeciesTaxom
Dinychidae Berlese, 19161SpeciesTaxom
Epidermoptidae Trouessart, 18921SpeciesTaxom
Eremaeozetidae Piffl, 19721SpeciesTaxom
Eriophyidae Nalepa, 1898Blister mites9SpeciesTaxom
Erythraeidae Oudemans, 19024SpeciesTaxom
Eupalopsellidae Willmann, 19521SpeciesTaxom
Euphthiracaridae Jacot, 19301SpeciesTaxom
Fortuyniidae Hammen, 19631SpeciesTaxom
Galumnidae Jacot, 19254SpeciesTaxom
Glycyphagidae De Geer, 17780SpeciesTaxom
Halacaridae Murray, 1877Sea mites5SpeciesTaxom
Halarachnidae Oudemans, 19061SpeciesTaxom
Haplozetidae Grandjean, 19363SpeciesTaxom
Heterozerconidae Berlese, 18921SpeciesTaxom
Histiostomatidae Berlese, 18974SpeciesTaxom
Hydrodromidae Viets, 19361SpeciesTaxom
Hydryphantidae Piersig, 18961SpeciesTaxom
Hygrobatidae Koch, 18423SpeciesTaxom
Hypoderatidae (Murray, 1877)0SpeciesTaxom
Hypoderidae Murray, 18772SpeciesTaxom
Iolinidae Pritchard, 19560SpeciesTaxom
Ixodidae C. L. Koch, 1844Hard Tick20SpeciesTaxom
Knemidokoptidae (Lavoipierre ..., 1951)1SpeciesTaxom
Laelapidae Berlese, 18922SpeciesTaxom
Leeuwenhoekiidae Womersley, 1944Chigger mites0SpeciesTaxom
Leptolaelapidae Karg, 19781SpeciesTaxom
Limnesiidae Thor, 19004SpeciesTaxom
Listrophoridae Mégnin & Tro..., 18841SpeciesTaxom
Macronyssidae Oudemans, 1936Macronyssid Mites0SpeciesTaxom
Malaconothridae Berlese, 19161SpeciesTaxom
Microtrombidiidae Womersley, 1936Micro velvet mites1SpeciesTaxom
Microzetidae Grandjean, 19361SpeciesTaxom
Myobiidae Megnin, 18774SpeciesTaxom
Myocoptidae Gunther, 19420SpeciesTaxom
Oppiidae Sellnick, 19377SpeciesTaxom
Oribatulidae Thor, 19293SpeciesTaxom
Oribotritiidae Grandjean, 19541SpeciesTaxom
Oripodidae Jacot, 19253SpeciesTaxom
Otocepheidae Balogh, 19613SpeciesTaxom
Otopheidomenidae Treat, 19551SpeciesTaxom
Pachylaelapidae Berlese, 19131SpeciesTaxom
Passalozetidae Grandjean, 19541SpeciesTaxom
Pheroliodidae Paschoal, 19871SpeciesTaxom
Phthiracaridae Perty, 18417SpeciesTaxom
Phytoseiidae Berlese, 1916Phytoseiid mites6SpeciesTaxom
Plateremaeidae Trägårdh, 19311SpeciesTaxom
Podapolipidae Husband, 19903SpeciesTaxom
Pontarachnidae Koenike, 19101SpeciesTaxom
Proctophyllodidae Trouessart &..., 18841SpeciesTaxom
Protoplophoridae (Ewing, 1917)1SpeciesTaxom
Psoroptidae Hering, 1838Scab mites1SpeciesTaxom
Pteronyssidae Oudemans, 19411SpeciesTaxom
Rhinonyssidae Trouessart, 18952SpeciesTaxom
Rhodacaridae Oudemans, 19024SpeciesTaxom
Rosensteiniidae Cooreman, 19542SpeciesTaxom
Sarcoptidae Megnin, 1877Itch mites11SpeciesTaxom
Scheloribatidae Jacot, 19350SpeciesTaxom
Scutoverticidae Grandjean, 19541SpeciesTaxom
Sperchontidae Thor, 19002SpeciesTaxom
Sphaerochthoniidae Grandjean, 19470SpeciesTaxom
Spinturnicidae Oudemans, 19022SpeciesTaxom
Steganacaridae (Niedbała, 1986)2SpeciesTaxom
Stigmaeidae Wood, 19670SpeciesTaxom
Suidasiidae Hughes, 19480SpeciesTaxom
Syringophilidae Lavoipierre, 1953Quill mites29SpeciesTaxom
Tarsonemidae Kramer, 1877Tarsonemid mites4SpeciesTaxom
Tenuipalpidae Berlese, 1913False spider mites1SpeciesTaxom
Tetranychidae Donnadieu, 1875Spider mites16SpeciesTaxom
Troglotacaridae Fain, 19771SpeciesTaxom
Trombiculidae Ewing, 1929Chigger mites2SpeciesTaxom
Trombidiidae Leach, 1815Beer Bahuti10SpeciesTaxom
Turbinoptidae Fain, 19571SpeciesTaxom
Tydeidae Kramer, 1877Tydeid mites2SpeciesTaxom
Winterschmidtiidae Oudemans, 19233SpeciesTaxom
Xolalgidae Dubinin, 19531SpeciesTaxom

Subnodes of Acari with occurrences in Kenya
SuperorderAcariformes
Zakhvatkin, 1952
dust mites, mites
74
160
208
Families
Genera
Species

Taxom

SuperorderParasitiformes
Reuter, 1909
mites, ticks
16
35
100
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