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Checklist for Infraclass Acari Nitzsch, 1818 (Mites and Ticks)
and region Lesotho (Southern Africa)


Class
 
Arachnida
Lamarck, 1801
Arachnids
62
132
161
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Micrura
Ehrenberg, 1831
49
113
135
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Acari
Nitzsch, 1818
Mites and Ticks
14
18
23
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


List of families for Lesotho
14 Families width 23 Species and 1 Subspecies
Acaridae (Latreille, 1802)Acarid mites1SpeciesTaxom
Euphthiracaridae Jacot, 19301SpeciesTaxom
Cheyletidae Leach, 18152SpeciesTaxom
Glycyphagidae De Geer, 17780SpeciesTaxom
Ixodidae C. L. Koch, 1844Hard Tick9SpeciesTaxom
Hermanniidae Sellnick, 19281SpeciesTaxom
Histiostomatidae Berlese, 18971SpeciesTaxom
Amblyommidae Banks, 19073SpeciesTaxom
Oribatellidae Jacot, 19251SpeciesTaxom
Argasidae C. L. Koch, 1844Soft tick1SpeciesTaxom
Pterygosomatidae Womersley, 19410SpeciesTaxom
Myobiidae Megnin, 18771SpeciesTaxom
Tegoribatidae Grandjean, 19541SpeciesTaxom
Tuckerellidae Baker & Prit..., 1953Peacock mites1SpeciesTaxom


Genera for Lesotho
18 Genera with 23 Species
Acarus Linnaeus, 17461SpeciesTaxom
Acrotritia Jacot, 19961SpeciesTaxom
Cheyletus Latreille, 19721SpeciesTaxom
Dermacarus Haller, 1878
0SpeciesTaxom
Haemaphysalis Koch, 19737SpeciesTaxom
Hermannia Nicolet, 18711SpeciesTaxom
Histiostoma Kramer, 20011SpeciesTaxom
Hyalomma Koch, 19462SpeciesTaxom
Ixodes Latreille, 18521SpeciesTaxom
Margaropus Karsch, 18791SpeciesTaxom
Novoribatella Engelbrecht, 19861SpeciesTaxom
Otobius Banks, 18841SpeciesTaxom
Pterygosoma Peters, 1949
0SpeciesTaxom
Radfordia Ewing, 01SpeciesTaxom
Rhipicephalus Ziemanni Neu..., 18441SpeciesTaxom
Samsinakia Volgin, 19841SpeciesTaxom
Tegoribates Ewing, 19861SpeciesTaxom
Tuckerella Womersley, 1997Peacock mites1SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Lesotho
23 Species and 1 Subspecies
Acarus reduvius (Linnaeus, 1746)⇒ 
Acrotritia dixa Niedbala & S..., 1996
Cheyletus zumpti Fain, 1972
Haemaphysalis (Rhipistoma) asiatica Supino, 1897
Haemaphysalis bancrofti Nuttall & Wa..., 1915Wallaby tick
Haemaphysalis leachi Audouin, 1826African dog tick
Haemaphysalis moreli Camicas, Hoo..., 1972
Haemaphysalis muhsamae Santos Dias, 1954
Haemaphysalis paraleachi Camicas, Hoo..., 1983
Haemaphysalis punctaleachi Camicas, Hoo..., 1973
Hermannia (Heterohermannia) reticulata Thörell, 1871
Histiostoma (Histiostoma) heriades Fain & Pauly, 2001
Hyalomma marginatum rufipes Koch, 1844
Hyalomma turanicum Pomerantsev, 1946Enamel-legged Hyalomma
Ixodes (Ixodes) ricinus (Murray, 1852)⇒ Ixodes scapularis Say, 1821
Margaropus winthemi Karsch, 1879Argentine tick
Novoribatella pentasetarum Engelbrecht, 1986
Otobius megnini Dugès, 1884Ear tick
Radfordia forcipifer
Rhipicephalus (Boophilus) decoloratus Koch, 1844African blue tick
Samsinakia gonocephalum Fain, 1984
Tegoribates montana Engelbrecht, 1986
Tuckerella anommata Smith Meyer ..., 1997

Subnodes of Acari with occurrences in Lesotho
SuperorderAcariformes
Zakhvatkin, 1952
dust mites, mites
11
12
10
Families
Genera
Species

Taxom

SuperorderParasitiformes
Reuter, 1909
mites, ticks
3
6
13
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