Species list, Checklist of Infraclass Acari (Mites and Ticks) for South Asia (Asia)

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Checklist for Infraclass Acari Nitzsch, 1818 (Mites and Ticks)
and region South Asia (Asia)

Class	Arachnida Lamarck, 1801 Arachnids	441 3051 19097	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Subclass	Micrura Ehrenberg, 1831	382 2638 17346	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Infraclass	Acari Nitzsch, 1818 Mites and Ticks	300 1360 7591	Families Genera Species	Taxom

List of families for South Asia
300 Families width 7591 Species and 243 Subspecies

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Acaridae Latreille, 1802	Acarid mites	28	Species	Taxom
Acaronychidae Grandjean, 1932		5	Species	Taxom
Acherontacaridae Cook, 1967		2	Species	Taxom
Achipteriidae Thor, 1929		22	Species	Taxom
Adamystidae Cunliffe, 1957		2	Species	Taxom
Algophagidae Fain, 1974		3	Species	Taxom
Alicorhagiidae Grandjean, 1939		1	Species	Taxom
Alloptidae Gaud, 1957		1	Species	Taxom
Allothyridae Van der Hammen, 1972		1	Species	Taxom
Alycidae Canestrini &..., 1877		7	Species	Taxom
Amblyommidae Banks, 1907		89	Species	Taxom
Ameridae Grandjean, 1965		4	Species	Taxom
Amerobelbidae Grandjean, 1954		1	Species	Taxom
Ameronothridae Willmann, 1931		2	Species	Taxom
Ameroseiidae Evans, 1961		45	Species	Taxom
Analgidae Trouessart &..., 1884	Feather mites	2	Species	Taxom
Anderemaeidae Balogh, 1972		5	Species	Taxom
Anisitsiellidae Koenike, 1910		7	Species	Taxom
Anystidae Oudemans, 1936	Whirligig Mites	17	Species	Taxom
Arborichthoniidae J. & P. Balogh, 1992		1	Species	Taxom
Arceremaeidae Balogh, 1972		4	Species	Taxom
Argasidae C. L. Koch, 1844	Soft tick	30	Species	Taxom
Aribatidae Aoki, Takak..., 1994		1	Species	Taxom
Arrenuridae Thor, 1900		36	Species	Taxom
Ascidae Oudemans, 1905		91	Species	Taxom
Astegistidae Balogh, 1961		17	Species	Taxom
Athienemanniidae Viets, 1922		6	Species	Taxom
Atopochthoniidae Grandjean, 1949		4	Species	Taxom
Atopomelidae Fain, 1972		6	Species	Taxom
Aturidae Thor, 1900		33	Species	Taxom
Autognetidae Grandjean, 1960		5	Species	Taxom
Avenzoariidae Oudemans, 1905		0	Species	Taxom
Basilobelbidae Balogh, 1961		14	Species	Taxom
Bdellidae Dugès, 1834	Snout Mites	5	Species	Taxom
Blattisociidae (Garman, 1948)		106	Species	Taxom
Brachychthoniidae Thor, 1934		26	Species	Taxom
Caeculidae Berlese, 1883	Rake-legged mites	7	Species	Taxom
Caleremaeidae Grandjean, 1965		2	Species	Taxom
Caligonellidae Grandjean, 1944		10	Species	Taxom
Caloppiidae (Balogh, 1960)		22	Species	Taxom
Calyptostomatidae Oudemans, 1923		5	Species	Taxom
Camerobiidae Southcott, 1957	Stilt-legged mites	9	Species	Taxom
Camisiidae Oudemans, 1900		3	Species	Taxom
Canestriniidae Berlese, 1884		89	Species	Taxom
Carabodidae Koch, 1837		101	Species	Taxom
Carpoglyphidae Oudemans, 1923	Driedfruit mites	5	Species	Taxom
Cepheidae (Berlese, 1896)		2	Species	Taxom
Cepheusidae Berlese, 1896		21	Species	Taxom
Ceratokalummidae Balogh, 1970		3	Species	Taxom
Ceratoppiidae (Kunst, 1971)		23	Species	Taxom
Ceratozetidae Jacot, 1925		54	Species	Taxom
Chaetodactylidae Zakhvatkin, 1941		23	Species	Taxom
Chamobatidae Thor, 1937		6	Species	Taxom
Cheyletidae Leach, 1815		223	Species	Taxom
Chirodiscidae Trouessart, 1892		3	Species	Taxom
Chortoglyphidae Berlese, 1897		1	Species	Taxom
Chulacaridae Fuangarworn,..., 2016		1	Species	Taxom
Cloacaridae Camin, Moss,..., 1967		1	Species	Taxom
Cocceupodidae Jesionowska, 2010		6	Species	Taxom
Cosmochthoniidae Grandjean, 1946		15	Species	Taxom
Crotoniidae Thorell, 1876		30	Species	Taxom
Cryptognathidae Luxton, 1973		6	Species	Taxom
Ctenacaridae Grandjean, 1954		1	Species	Taxom
Ctenobelbidae Grandjean, 1965		4	Species	Taxom
Cunaxidae Thor, 1902	Predatory Mites	26	Species	Taxom
Cuneoppiidae Balogh, 1983		1	Species	Taxom
Cymbaeremaeidae Sellnick, 1928		26	Species	Taxom
Damaeidae Berlese, 1896		70	Species	Taxom
Damaeolidae Grandjean, 1965		4	Species	Taxom
Dampfiellidae Balogh, 1961		14	Species	Taxom
Demodecidae Nicolet, 1855	Follicle mites	20	Species	Taxom
Dermanyssidae Kolenati, 1859	Dermanyssid mites	11	Species	Taxom
Dermationidae Fain, 1965		0	Species	Taxom
Digamasellidae Evans, 1957		5	Species	Taxom
Diplogyniidae Trägårdh, 1941		2	Species	Taxom
Diptilomiopidae Boczek, 1964		28	Species	Taxom
Drymobatidae J. & P. Balogh, 1984		3	Species	Taxom
Echimyopodidae Fain, 1967		1	Species	Taxom
Eniochthoniidae Grandjean, 1947		4	Species	Taxom
Entonyssidae Ewing, 1922		5	Species	Taxom
Epidermoptidae Trouessart, 1892		0	Species	Taxom
Epilohmanniidae Oudemans, 1923		25	Species	Taxom
Epimerellidae Ayyildiz & L..., 1989		1	Species	Taxom
Eremaeidae Oudemans, 1900		6	Species	Taxom
Eremaeozetidae Piffl, 1972		17	Species	Taxom
Eremellidae Balogh, 1961		5	Species	Taxom
Eremobelbidae Balogh, 1961		26	Species	Taxom
Eremulidae Grandjean, 1965		26	Species	Taxom
Eriophyidae Nalepa, 1898	Blister mites	227	Species	Taxom
Erythraeidae Oudemans, 1902		161	Species	Taxom
Eulohmanniidae Grandjean, 1931		1	Species	Taxom
Eupalopsellidae Willmann, 1952		15	Species	Taxom
Euphthiracaridae Jacot, 1930		51	Species	Taxom
Eupodidae Strandtmann, 1967	Eupodid mites	18	Species	Taxom
Eutegaeidae Balogh, 1965		2	Species	Taxom
Eviphididae Berlese, 1913		5	Species	Taxom
Eylaidae Leach, 1815		2	Species	Taxom
Fedrizziidae Trägårdh, 1937		1	Species	Taxom
Fortuyniidae Hammen, 1963		16	Species	Taxom
Frontipodopsidae Viets, 1931		1	Species	Taxom
Galumnellidae Piffl, 1970		24	Species	Taxom
Galumnidae Jacot, 1925		246	Species	Taxom
Gehypochthoniidae Strenzke, 1963		3	Species	Taxom
Glycyphagidae De Geer, 1778		7	Species	Taxom
Granuloppiidae Balogh, 1983		16	Species	Taxom
Gustaviidae Oudemans, 1900		5	Species	Taxom
Gymnodamaeidae Grandjean, 1954		12	Species	Taxom
Halacaridae Murray, 1877	Sea mites	17	Species	Taxom
Halarachnidae Oudemans, 1906		7	Species	Taxom
Haplochthoniidae Van der Hammen, 1959		6	Species	Taxom
Haplozetidae Grandjean, 1936		115	Species	Taxom
Harpagopalpidae Viets, 1924		1	Species	Taxom
Harpirhynchidae Dubinin, 1957		5	Species	Taxom
Hemileiidae (J. & P. Balogh, 1984)		42	Species	Taxom
Hemisarcoptidae Oudemans, 1904		2	Species	Taxom
Hermanniellidae Grandjean, 1934		15	Species	Taxom
Hermanniidae Sellnick, 1928		44	Species	Taxom
Heterobelbidae Balogh, 1961		5	Species	Taxom
Heterocoptidae Fain, 1967		20	Species	Taxom
Heterozerconidae Berlese, 1892		0	Species	Taxom
Histiostomatidae Berlese, 1897		81	Species	Taxom
Holothyridae Thorell, 1882		1	Species	Taxom
Homocaligidae Wood, 1969		4	Species	Taxom
Humerobatidae Grandjean, 1970		10	Species	Taxom
Hungarobelbidae (Miko & Travé, 1996)		9	Species	Taxom
Hungarohydracaridae Motas & Tana..., 1959		8	Species	Taxom
Hyadesiidae Halbert, 1915		6	Species	Taxom
Hydrachnidae Leach, 1815		2	Species	Taxom
Hydrodromidae Viets, 1936		1	Species	Taxom
Hydrozetidae Grandjean, 1954		9	Species	Taxom
Hydryphantidae Piersig, 1896		9	Species	Taxom
Hygrobatidae Koch, 1842		15	Species	Taxom
Hypochthoniidae Berlese, 1910		15	Species	Taxom
Hypoderatidae (Murray, 1877)		1	Species	Taxom
Hystrichonyssidae Keegan, Yunk..., 1960		1	Species	Taxom
Iolinidae Pritchard, 1956		3	Species	Taxom
Ixodidae C. L. Koch, 1844	Hard Tick	187	Species	Taxom
Ixodorhynchidae Ewing, 1923		1	Species	Taxom
Johnstonianidae Thor, 1935		1	Species	Taxom
Knemidokoptidae (Lavoipierre ..., 1951)		1	Species	Taxom
Labidostommatidae Oudemans, 1904		8	Species	Taxom
Laelapidae Berlese, 1892		33	Species	Taxom
Lamellareidae Balogh, 1972		1	Species	Taxom
Lebertiidae Thor, 1900		2	Species	Taxom
Leeuwenhoekiidae Womersley, 1944	Chigger mites	30	Species	Taxom
Liacaridae Sellnick, 1928		31	Species	Taxom
Licneremaeidae Grandjean, 1931		5	Species	Taxom
Licnobelbidae (Grandjean, 1965)		1	Species	Taxom
Licnodamaeidae (Grandjean, 1954)		13	Species	Taxom
Liebstadiidae J. & P. Balogh, 1984		7	Species	Taxom
Limnesiidae Thor, 1900		9	Species	Taxom
Limnocharidae Grube, 1859		1	Species	Taxom
Limnozetidae Thor, 1937		5	Species	Taxom
Listrophoridae Mégnin & Tro..., 1884		7	Species	Taxom
Lohmanniidae Berlese, 1916		133	Species	Taxom
Lyroppiidae Balogh, 1983		3	Species	Taxom
Machadobelbidae Balogh, 1972		12	Species	Taxom
Machuellidae Balogh, 1983		2	Species	Taxom
Macrochelidae Vitzthum, 1930		20	Species	Taxom
Macronyssidae Oudemans, 1936	Macronyssid Mites	74	Species	Taxom
Malaconothridae Berlese, 1916		68	Species	Taxom
Mecognathidae Gerson & Walter, 1998		1	Species	Taxom
Megisthanidae Berlese, 1914		2	Species	Taxom
Melicharidae (Hirschmann, 1962)		21	Species	Taxom
Mesoplophoridae Ewing, 1917		35	Species	Taxom
Metagynuridae Baker & Wharton, 1952		1	Species	Taxom
Micreremidae Grandjean, 1954		5	Species	Taxom
Microtegeidae Balogh, 1972		18	Species	Taxom
Microtrombidiidae Womersley, 1936	Micro velvet mites	4	Species	Taxom
Microzetidae Grandjean, 1936		30	Species	Taxom
Mideopsidae Koenike, 1910		4	Species	Taxom
Mochlozetidae Grandjean, 1960		24	Species	Taxom
Myobiidae Megnin, 1877		9	Species	Taxom
Myocoptidae Gunther, 1942		1	Species	Taxom
Nanhermanniidae Sellnick, 1928		30	Species	Taxom
Nehypochthoniidae Norton & Metz, 1980		2	Species	Taxom
Neoliodidae (Sellnick, 1928)		15	Species	Taxom
Neopygmephoridae Cross, 1965		2	Species	Taxom
Niphocepheidae Travé, 1959		2	Species	Taxom
Nippobodidae Aoki, 1959		20	Species	Taxom
Nodocepheidae Piffl, 1972		2	Species	Taxom
Nosybelbidae Mahunka, 1994		10	Species	Taxom
Nothridae Berlese, 1896		29	Species	Taxom
Nuttalliellidae Schulze, 1935		1	Species	Taxom
Ologamasidae Ryke, 1962		42	Species	Taxom
Omartacaridae Cook, 1963		1	Species	Taxom
Opilioacaridae With, 1902		5	Species	Taxom
Oppiidae Sellnick, 1937		262	Species	Taxom
Oribatellidae Jacot, 1925		29	Species	Taxom
Oribatulidae Thor, 1929		41	Species	Taxom
Oribellidae (Kunst, 1971)		6	Species	Taxom
Oribotritiidae Grandjean, 1954		67	Species	Taxom
Oripodidae Jacot, 1925		34	Species	Taxom
Otocepheidae Balogh, 1961		299	Species	Taxom
Otopheidomenidae Treat, 1955		3	Species	Taxom
Oxidae Viets, 1926		1	Species	Taxom
Oxyameridae Aoki, 1965		9	Species	Taxom
Pachylaelapidae Berlese, 1913		47	Species	Taxom
Palaeacaridae Grandjean, 1932		2	Species	Taxom
Papillonotidae Balogh, 1983		2	Species	Taxom
Parakalummidae Grandjean, 1936		35	Species	Taxom
Parasitidae Oudemans, 1901	Beetle Mites	8	Species	Taxom
Parholaspididae Evans, 1956		121	Species	Taxom
Parhypochthoniidae Grandjean, 1932		2	Species	Taxom
Passalozetidae Grandjean, 1954		1	Species	Taxom
Pediculochelidae Lavoipierre, 1946		4	Species	Taxom
Peloppiidae Balogh, 1943		2	Species	Taxom
Penthaleidae Oudemans, 1931	Earth Mites	4	Species	Taxom
Penthalodidae Strandtmann, 1964		2	Species	Taxom
Perlohmanniidae Grandjean, 1954		1	Species	Taxom
Phenopelopidae Petrunkevitch, 1955		15	Species	Taxom
Pheroliodidae Paschoal, 1987		4	Species	Taxom
Phthiracaridae Perty, 1841		187	Species	Taxom
Phytoptidae Manson, 1970		8	Species	Taxom
Phytoseiidae Berlese, 1916	Phytoseiid mites	45	Species	Taxom
Pionidae Thor, 1900		5	Species	Taxom
Plasmobatidae Grandjean, 1961		3	Species	Taxom
Plateremaeidae Trägårdh, 1931		2	Species	Taxom
Platyameridae Balogh & Balogh, 1983		13	Species	Taxom
Podapolipidae Husband, 1990		4	Species	Taxom
Podocinidae Berlese, 1913		26	Species	Taxom
Podopterotegaeidae (Piffl, 1972)		2	Species	Taxom
Polyaspididae Berlese, 1913		1	Species	Taxom
Pomerantziidae Baker, 1949		2	Species	Taxom
Proctophyllodidae Trouessart &..., 1884		5	Species	Taxom
Protoplophoridae (Ewing, 1917)		7	Species	Taxom
Protoribatidae J. & P. Balogh, 1984		93	Species	Taxom
Psammochthoniidae Fuangarworn ..., 2013		1	Species	Taxom
Pseudocheylidae Oudemans, 1909		1	Species	Taxom
Psorergatidae Womersley, 1941		10	Species	Taxom
Psoroptidae Hering, 1838	Scab mites	0	Species	Taxom
Pterolichidae Trouessart, 1899		2	Species	Taxom
Punctoribatidae Thor, 1937		11	Species	Taxom
Pyemotidae Newport, 1850		1	Species	Taxom
Pygmephoridae Krczal, 1964		2	Species	Taxom
Pyroglyphidae Cunliffe, 1958	Dust mites	3	Species	Taxom
Quadroppiidae Balogh, 1983		7	Species	Taxom
Raillietiidae Vitzthum, 1943		1	Species	Taxom
Raphignathidae Kramer, 1877		22	Species	Taxom
Rhagidiidae Zacharda, 1980		17	Species	Taxom
Rhinonyssidae Trouessart, 1895		62	Species	Taxom
Rhodacaridae Oudemans, 1902		6	Species	Taxom
Rhynchoribatidae Balogh, 1961		8	Species	Taxom
Rosensteiniidae Cooreman, 1954		1	Species	Taxom
Sarcoptidae Megnin, 1877	Itch mites	11	Species	Taxom
Scheloribatidae Jacot, 1935		120	Species	Taxom
Scutoverticidae Grandjean, 1954		8	Species	Taxom
Sejidae Berlese, 1885		1	Species	Taxom
Selenoribatidae Schuster, 1963		15	Species	Taxom
Smarididae Kramer, 1878		4	Species	Taxom
Sperchontidae Thor, 1900		3	Species	Taxom
Sphaerochthoniidae Grandjean, 1947		8	Species	Taxom
Spinozetidae Balogh, 1972		3	Species	Taxom
Spinturnicidae Oudemans, 1902		39	Species	Taxom
Steganacaridae (NiedbaÅ‚a, 1986)		1	Species	Taxom
Stigmaeidae Wood, 1967		162	Species	Taxom
Suctobelbidae Jacot, 1938		170	Species	Taxom
Suidasiidae Hughes, 1948		1	Species	Taxom
Symbioribatidae Aoki, 1966		4	Species	Taxom
Synichotritiidae Walker, 1965		11	Species	Taxom
Syringobiidae Trouessart, 1897		1	Species	Taxom
Syringophilidae Lavoipierre, 1953	Quill mites	66	Species	Taxom
Tarsonemidae Kramer, 1877	Tarsonemid mites	11	Species	Taxom
Tectocepheidae Grandjean, 1954		10	Species	Taxom
Tegeocranellidae P. Balogh, 1987		5	Species	Taxom
Tegoribatidae Grandjean, 1954		13	Species	Taxom
Teneriffiidae Thor, 1911		6	Species	Taxom
Tenuialidae Jacot, 1929		9	Species	Taxom
Tenuipalpidae Berlese, 1913	False spider mites	246	Species	Taxom
Teratoppiidae Balogh, 1983		1	Species	Taxom
Terpnacaridae Grandjean, 1939		1	Species	Taxom
Tetracondylidae Aoki, 1961		7	Species	Taxom
Tetranychidae Donnadieu, 1875	Spider mites	152	Species	Taxom
Thyrisomidae Grandjean, 1953		6	Species	Taxom
Tokunocepheidae Aoki, 1966		2	Species	Taxom
Torrenticolidae Thor, 1902	Torrent Mites	21	Species	Taxom
Trachyuropodidae Kramer, 1881		2	Species	Taxom
Trematuridae Berlese, 1917		10	Species	Taxom
Trhypochthoniidae Willmann, 1931		32	Species	Taxom
Trichthoniidae (Lee, 1982)		1	Species	Taxom
Trigonuropodidae Hirschmann, 1979		1	Species	Taxom
Triophytydeidae		0	Species	Taxom
Triplogyniidae Funk, 1977		1	Species	Taxom
Trombiculidae Ewing, 1929	Chigger mites	895	Species	Taxom
Trombidiidae Leach, 1815	Beer Bahuti	5	Species	Taxom
Tuckerellidae Baker & Prit..., 1953	Peacock mites	1	Species	Taxom
Tydeidae Kramer, 1877	Tydeid mites	6	Species	Taxom
Unduloribatidae Kunst, 1971		2	Species	Taxom
Unionicolidae Oudemans, 1909		17	Species	Taxom
Urodinychidae Berlese, 1917		9	Species	Taxom
Uropodidae Kramer, 1881		4	Species	Taxom
Varroidae Delfinado & ..., 1974		6	Species	Taxom
Walchiidae Ewing, 1946		1	Species	Taxom
Winterschmidtiidae Oudemans, 1923		14	Species	Taxom
Xenillidae Woolley & Hi..., 1966		7	Species	Taxom
Xenocaligonellididae González, 1978		2	Species	Taxom
Xolalgidae Dubinin, 1953		0	Species	Taxom
Zerconidae Berlese, 1892		8	Species	Taxom
Zetomotrichidae Grandjean, 1934		12	Species	Taxom
Zetorchestidae Michael, 1898		9	Species	Taxom

Subnodes of Acari with occurrences in South Asia

Superorder	Acariformes Zakhvatkin, 1952 dust mites, mites	253 1169 6403	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Superorder	Parasitiformes Reuter, 1909 mites, ticks	47 191 1188	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