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


Class
 
Arachnida
Lamarck, 1801
Arachnids
26
39
35
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Micrura
Ehrenberg, 1831
20
33
31
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Acari
Nitzsch, 1818
Mites and Ticks
11
13
12
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


List of families for Nairobi
11 Families width 12 Species
Amblyommidae Banks, 19074SpeciesTaxom
Carabodidae Koch, 18371SpeciesTaxom
Cheyletidae Leach, 18152SpeciesTaxom
Histiostomatidae Berlese, 18971SpeciesTaxom
Phytoseiidae Berlese, 1916Phytoseiid mites1SpeciesTaxom
Winterschmidtiidae Oudemans, 19231SpeciesTaxom
Scheloribatidae Jacot, 19350SpeciesTaxom
Chaetodactylidae Zakhvatkin, 19410SpeciesTaxom
Sphaerochthoniidae Grandjean, 19470SpeciesTaxom
Tarsonemidae Kramer, 1877Tarsonemid mites1SpeciesTaxom
Tetranychidae Donnadieu, 1875Spider mites1SpeciesTaxom


Genera for Nairobi
13 Genera with 12 Species
Amblyomma hirtum. Neumann, 18993SpeciesTaxom
Carabodes Koch, 19141SpeciesTaxom
Cheletacaropsis Baker, 20011SpeciesTaxom
Histiostoma Kramer, 20011SpeciesTaxom
Kenyacheylus Fain & Bochkov, 20011SpeciesTaxom
Phytoseiulus Evans, 19571SpeciesTaxom
Psylloglyphus Fain, 19761SpeciesTaxom
Rhipicephalus Ziemanni Neu..., 19101SpeciesTaxom
Scheloribates Berlese, 1908
0SpeciesTaxom
Sennertia Oudemans, 1905
0SpeciesTaxom
Sphaerochthonius Berlese, 1910
0SpeciesTaxom
Tarsonemus Canestrini &..., 19211SpeciesTaxom
Tetranychus Dufour, 18361SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Nairobi
12 Species
Amblyomma eburneum Gerstäcker, 1873
Amblyomma gemma Dönitz, 1909
Amblyomma sparsum Neumann, 1899Central African tortoise tick
Carabodes scymnus Hull, 1914
Cheletacaropsis kenyensis Fain & Bochkov, 2001
Histiostoma (Histiostoma) heriades Fain & Pauly, 2001
Kenyacheylus troglodytes Fain & Bochkov, 2001
Phytoseiulus persimilis Athias-Henriot, 1957Chilean predatory mite
Psylloglyphus (Hemimeropus) hemimerus Fain & Beauc..., 1976
Rhipicephalus (Rhipicephalus) pravus Dönitz, 1910
Tarsonemus (Tarsonemus) apis Rennie, 1921
Tetranychus (Tetranychus) urticae C. L. Koch, 1836Carmine spider mite

Subnodes of Acari with occurrences in Nairobi
SuperorderAcariformes
Zakhvatkin, 1952
dust mites, mites
9
10
7
Families
Genera
Species

Taxom

SuperorderParasitiformes
Reuter, 1909
mites, ticks
2
3
5
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