Species list, Checklist of Infraclass Acari (Mites and Ticks) for West Europe (Europe)

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INSECTOIDGERENGDARK LIGHT

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Checklist for Infraclass Acari Nitzsch, 1818 (Mites and Ticks)
and region West Europe (Europe)

Class	Arachnida Lamarck, 1801 Arachnids	438 2179 7291	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Subclass	Micrura Ehrenberg, 1831	382 1971 6666	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Infraclass	Acari Nitzsch, 1818 Mites and Ticks	286 1073 3256	Families Genera Species	Taxom

List of families for West Europe
286 Families width 3256 Species and 24 Subspecies

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Acaridae Latreille, 1802	Acarid mites	77	Species	Taxom
Acherontacaridae Cook, 1967		1	Species	Taxom
Achipteriidae Thor, 1929		11	Species	Taxom
Adelphacaridae Grandjean, 1954		2	Species	Taxom
Aeroglyphidae Zakhvatkin, 1941		1	Species	Taxom
Aleurodamaeidae Paschoal & J..., 1985		1	Species	Taxom
Algophagidae Fain, 1974		3	Species	Taxom
Alicorhagiidae Grandjean, 1939		0	Species	Taxom
Alloptidae Gaud, 1957		5	Species	Taxom
Allothyridae Van der Hammen, 1972		1	Species	Taxom
Alycidae Canestrini &..., 1877		4	Species	Taxom
Amblyommidae Banks, 1907		37	Species	Taxom
Ameridae Grandjean, 1965		3	Species	Taxom
Amerobelbidae Grandjean, 1954		1	Species	Taxom
Ameronothridae Willmann, 1931		1	Species	Taxom
Ameroseiidae Evans, 1961		10	Species	Taxom
Analgidae Trouessart &..., 1884	Feather mites	14	Species	Taxom
Anisitsiellidae Koenike, 1910		6	Species	Taxom
Antennophoridae Berlese, 1892		0	Species	Taxom
Anystidae Oudemans, 1936	Whirligig Mites	7	Species	Taxom
Apheviderulicidae Gerecke, Smi..., 1999		1	Species	Taxom
Arctacaridae Evans, 1955		0	Species	Taxom
Argasidae C. L. Koch, 1844	Soft tick	19	Species	Taxom
Arrenuridae Thor, 1900		77	Species	Taxom
Ascidae Oudemans, 1905		29	Species	Taxom
Ascouracaridae Gaud & Atyeo, 1976		3	Species	Taxom
Astegistidae Balogh, 1961		3	Species	Taxom
Athienemanniidae Viets, 1922		5	Species	Taxom
Atopochthoniidae Grandjean, 1949		1	Species	Taxom
Atopomelidae Fain, 1972		7	Species	Taxom
Aturidae Thor, 1900		33	Species	Taxom
Audycoptidae (Lavoipierre, 1964)		1	Species	Taxom
Autognetidae Grandjean, 1960		6	Species	Taxom
Avenzoariidae Oudemans, 1905		5	Species	Taxom
Axonopsidae (Habeeb, 1953)		1	Species	Taxom
Bdellidae Dugès, 1834	Snout Mites	9	Species	Taxom
Belbodamaeidae (Bulanova-Zac..., 1967)		1	Species	Taxom
Blattisociidae (Garman, 1948)		33	Species	Taxom
Brachychthoniidae Thor, 1934		48	Species	Taxom
Caleremaeidae Grandjean, 1965		1	Species	Taxom
Calyptostomatidae Oudemans, 1923		1	Species	Taxom
Camerobiidae Southcott, 1957	Stilt-legged mites	12	Species	Taxom
Camisiidae Oudemans, 1900		1	Species	Taxom
Canestriniidae Berlese, 1884		13	Species	Taxom
Carabodidae Koch, 1837		15	Species	Taxom
Carpoglyphidae Oudemans, 1923	Driedfruit mites	1	Species	Taxom
Celaenopsidae Berlese, 1892		3	Species	Taxom
Cepheusidae Berlese, 1896		5	Species	Taxom
Ceratoppiidae (Kunst, 1971)		2	Species	Taxom
Ceratozetidae Jacot, 1925		31	Species	Taxom
Chaetodactylidae Zakhvatkin, 1941		8	Species	Taxom
Chamobatidae Thor, 1937		13	Species	Taxom
Chapuisididae		1	Species	Taxom
Cheyletidae Leach, 1815		39	Species	Taxom
Chirodiscidae Trouessart, 1892		9	Species	Taxom
Chortoglyphidae Berlese, 1897		1	Species	Taxom
Cocceupodidae Jesionowska, 2010		1	Species	Taxom
Collohmanniidae Grandjean, 1958		1	Species	Taxom
Cosmochthoniidae Grandjean, 1946		2	Species	Taxom
Crotoniidae Thorell, 1876		12	Species	Taxom
Cryptognathidae Luxton, 1973		1	Species	Taxom
Ctenobelbidae Grandjean, 1965		1	Species	Taxom
Cunaxidae Thor, 1902	Predatory Mites	4	Species	Taxom
Cymbaeremaeidae Sellnick, 1928		1	Species	Taxom
Cytoditidae Oudemans, 1908		1	Species	Taxom
Damaeidae Berlese, 1896		24	Species	Taxom
Damaeolidae Grandjean, 1965		1	Species	Taxom
Demodecidae Nicolet, 1855	Follicle mites	11	Species	Taxom
Dermanyssidae Kolenati, 1859	Dermanyssid mites	12	Species	Taxom
Dermationidae Fain, 1965		6	Species	Taxom
Dermoglyphidae Mégnin & Tro..., 1884		1	Species	Taxom
Diarthrophallidae Trägårdh, 1946		1	Species	Taxom
Digamasellidae Evans, 1957		33	Species	Taxom
Dinychidae Berlese, 1916		1	Species	Taxom
Diplogyniidae Trägårdh, 1941		0	Species	Taxom
Dwigubskyiidae Vitzthum, 1941		1	Species	Taxom
Echimyopodidae Fain, 1967		1	Species	Taxom
Eniochthoniidae Grandjean, 1947		2	Species	Taxom
Entonyssidae Ewing, 1922		1	Species	Taxom
Epicriidae Berlese, 1885		6	Species	Taxom
Epidermoptidae Trouessart, 1892		16	Species	Taxom
Epilohmanniidae Oudemans, 1923		5	Species	Taxom
Epimyodicidae Fain, Lukosc..., 1982		3	Species	Taxom
Eremaeidae Oudemans, 1900		6	Species	Taxom
Ereynetidae Schrank, 1776		15	Species	Taxom
Eriophyidae Nalepa, 1898	Blister mites	183	Species	Taxom
Erythraeidae Oudemans, 1902		20	Species	Taxom
Euglycyphagidae Fain & Philips, 1977		1	Species	Taxom
Eulohmanniidae Grandjean, 1931		1	Species	Taxom
Eupalopsellidae Willmann, 1952		0	Species	Taxom
Euphthiracaridae Jacot, 1930		8	Species	Taxom
Eupodidae Strandtmann, 1967	Eupodid mites	3	Species	Taxom
Eustathiidae Oudemans, 1905		2	Species	Taxom
Eviphididae Berlese, 1913		11	Species	Taxom
Eylaidae Leach, 1815		12	Species	Taxom
Falculiferidae Oudemans, 1905		2	Species	Taxom
Fedrizziidae Trägårdh, 1937		1	Species	Taxom
Feltriidae Viets, 1926		23	Species	Taxom
Fortuyniidae Hammen, 1963		2	Species	Taxom
Freyanidae Dubinin, 1953		2	Species	Taxom
Frontipodopsidae Viets, 1931		1	Species	Taxom
Gabuciniidae Gaud & Atyeo, 1975		3	Species	Taxom
Galumnidae Jacot, 1925		13	Species	Taxom
Gastronyssidae Fain, 1956		2	Species	Taxom
Gehypochthoniidae Strenzke, 1963		1	Species	Taxom
Glycyphagidae De Geer, 1778		25	Species	Taxom
Gustaviidae Oudemans, 1900		3	Species	Taxom
Gymnodamaeidae Grandjean, 1954		6	Species	Taxom
Halacaridae Murray, 1877	Sea mites	44	Species	Taxom
Halarachnidae Oudemans, 1906		1	Species	Taxom
Halolaelapidae Karg, 1965		12	Species	Taxom
Haplochthoniidae Van der Hammen, 1959		1	Species	Taxom
Haplozetidae Grandjean, 1936		4	Species	Taxom
Harpirhynchidae Dubinin, 1957		34	Species	Taxom
Hemileiidae (J. & P. Balogh, 1984)		5	Species	Taxom
Hemisarcoptidae Oudemans, 1904		1	Species	Taxom
Hermanniellidae Grandjean, 1934		6	Species	Taxom
Hermanniidae Sellnick, 1928		7	Species	Taxom
Heterochthoniidae (Grandjean, 1954)		0	Species	Taxom
Histiostomatidae Berlese, 1897		19	Species	Taxom
Homocaligidae Wood, 1969		0	Species	Taxom
Humerobatidae Grandjean, 1970		4	Species	Taxom
Hungarobelbidae (Miko & Travé, 1996)		2	Species	Taxom
Hungarohydracaridae Motas & Tana..., 1959		1	Species	Taxom
Hyadesiidae Halbert, 1915		7	Species	Taxom
Hydrachnidae Leach, 1815		12	Species	Taxom
Hydrodromidae Viets, 1936		4	Species	Taxom
Hydrovolziidae Thor, 1905		3	Species	Taxom
Hydrozetidae Grandjean, 1954		3	Species	Taxom
Hydryphantidae Piersig, 1896		52	Species	Taxom
Hygrobatidae Koch, 1842		47	Species	Taxom
Hypochthoniidae Berlese, 1910		2	Species	Taxom
Hypoderatidae (Murray, 1877)		7	Species	Taxom
Hypoderidae Murray, 1877		4	Species	Taxom
Iolinidae Pritchard, 1956		3	Species	Taxom
Ixodidae C. L. Koch, 1844	Hard Tick	33	Species	Taxom
Johnstonianidae Thor, 1935		3	Species	Taxom
Knemidokoptidae (Lavoipierre ..., 1951)		4	Species	Taxom
Kramerellidae Gaud & Mouchet, 1961		2	Species	Taxom
Kytoditidae (Oudemans, 1908)		2	Species	Taxom
Labidostommatidae Oudemans, 1904		6	Species	Taxom
Laelapidae Berlese, 1892		91	Species	Taxom
Laminosioptidae Vitzthum, 1931		7	Species	Taxom
Lebertiidae Thor, 1900		40	Species	Taxom
Leeuwenhoekiidae Womersley, 1944	Chigger mites	1	Species	Taxom
Lemurnyssidae Fain, 1957		1	Species	Taxom
Leptolaelapidae Karg, 1978		1	Species	Taxom
Liacaridae Sellnick, 1928		15	Species	Taxom
Licneremaeidae Grandjean, 1931		3	Species	Taxom
Licnobelbidae (Grandjean, 1965)		1	Species	Taxom
Licnodamaeidae (Grandjean, 1954)		1	Species	Taxom
Liebstadiidae J. & P. Balogh, 1984		3	Species	Taxom
Limnesiidae Thor, 1900		11	Species	Taxom
Limnocharidae Grube, 1859		2	Species	Taxom
Limnozetidae Thor, 1937		3	Species	Taxom
Listrophoridae Mégnin & Tro..., 1884		19	Species	Taxom
Machuellidae Balogh, 1983		2	Species	Taxom
Macrochelidae Vitzthum, 1930		39	Species	Taxom
Macronyssidae Oudemans, 1936	Macronyssid Mites	15	Species	Taxom
Malaconothridae Berlese, 1916		14	Species	Taxom
Melicharidae (Hirschmann, 1962)		7	Species	Taxom
Mesoplophoridae Ewing, 1917		1	Species	Taxom
Micreremidae Grandjean, 1954		1	Species	Taxom
Microtrombidiidae Womersley, 1936	Micro velvet mites	12	Species	Taxom
Microzetidae Grandjean, 1936		5	Species	Taxom
Mideidae Thor, 1911		1	Species	Taxom
Mideopsidae Koenike, 1910		7	Species	Taxom
Mochlozetidae Grandjean, 1960		1	Species	Taxom
Momoniidae Viets, 1926		2	Species	Taxom
Mycobatidae Grandjean, 1954		2	Species	Taxom
Myobiidae Megnin, 1877		33	Species	Taxom
Myocoptidae Gunther, 1942		12	Species	Taxom
Nanhermanniidae Sellnick, 1928		8	Species	Taxom
Nanorchestidae Luxton, 1984		3	Species	Taxom
Nasutiacaridae		1	Species	Taxom
Nenteriidae Hirschmann, 1979		5	Species	Taxom
Neoacaridae (Motas & Tana..., 1947)		1	Species	Taxom
Neoliodidae (Sellnick, 1928)		4	Species	Taxom
Neopygmephoridae Cross, 1965		7	Species	Taxom
Niphocepheidae Travé, 1959		1	Species	Taxom
Nosybeidae Mahunka, 1993		1	Species	Taxom
Nosybelbidae Mahunka, 1994		1	Species	Taxom
Nothridae Berlese, 1896		8	Species	Taxom
Ologamasidae Ryke, 1962		34	Species	Taxom
Oppiidae Sellnick, 1937		45	Species	Taxom
Oribatellidae Jacot, 1925		9	Species	Taxom
Oribatidae		0	Species	Taxom
Oribatulidae Thor, 1929		19	Species	Taxom
Oribellidae (Kunst, 1971)		5	Species	Taxom
Oribotritiidae Grandjean, 1954		3	Species	Taxom
Oripodidae Jacot, 1925		1	Species	Taxom
Otocepheidae Balogh, 1961		2	Species	Taxom
Oxidae Viets, 1926		9	Species	Taxom
Pachylaelapidae Berlese, 1913		37	Species	Taxom
Palaeacaridae Grandjean, 1932		1	Species	Taxom
Parakalummidae Grandjean, 1936		1	Species	Taxom
Parasitidae Oudemans, 1901	Beetle Mites	179	Species	Taxom
Parholaspididae Evans, 1956		2	Species	Taxom
Passalozetidae Grandjean, 1954		3	Species	Taxom
Peloppiidae Balogh, 1943		1	Species	Taxom
Penthaleidae Oudemans, 1931	Earth Mites	1	Species	Taxom
Penthalodidae Strandtmann, 1964		1	Species	Taxom
Perlohmanniidae Grandjean, 1954		2	Species	Taxom
Phenopelopidae Petrunkevitch, 1955		14	Species	Taxom
Pheroliodidae Paschoal, 1987		1	Species	Taxom
Phthiracaridae Perty, 1841		31	Species	Taxom
Phytoptidae Manson, 1970		9	Species	Taxom
Phytoseiidae Berlese, 1916	Phytoseiid mites	66	Species	Taxom
Piersigiidae Oudemans, 1902		3	Species	Taxom
Pionidae Thor, 1900		52	Species	Taxom
Pneumocoptidae Fain, 1957		1	Species	Taxom
Podapolipidae Husband, 1990		2	Species	Taxom
Podocinidae Berlese, 1913		1	Species	Taxom
Polyaspididae Berlese, 1913		12	Species	Taxom
Pontarachnidae Koenike, 1910		2	Species	Taxom
Proctophyllodidae Trouessart &..., 1884		16	Species	Taxom
Protodinychidae Evans, 1957		1	Species	Taxom
Protoribatidae J. & P. Balogh, 1984		4	Species	Taxom
Psoralgidae Oudemans, 1908		2	Species	Taxom
Psorergatidae Womersley, 1941		23	Species	Taxom
Psoroptidae Hering, 1838	Scab mites	8	Species	Taxom
Psoroptoididae Gaud, 1958		4	Species	Taxom
Pterolichidae Trouessart, 1899		8	Species	Taxom
Pteronyssidae Oudemans, 1941		10	Species	Taxom
Pterygosomatidae Womersley, 1941		1	Species	Taxom
Ptiloxenidae Gaud, 1982		3	Species	Taxom
Punctoribatidae Thor, 1937		12	Species	Taxom
Pyemotidae Newport, 1850		4	Species	Taxom
Pygmephoridae Krczal, 1964		8	Species	Taxom
Pyroglyphidae Cunliffe, 1958	Dust mites	9	Species	Taxom
Quadroppiidae Balogh, 1983		5	Species	Taxom
Raphignathidae Kramer, 1877		0	Species	Taxom
Rhagidiidae Zacharda, 1980		21	Species	Taxom
Rhinonyssidae Trouessart, 1895		31	Species	Taxom
Rhodacaridae Oudemans, 1902		14	Species	Taxom
Rosensteiniidae Cooreman, 1954		1	Species	Taxom
Sarcoptidae Megnin, 1877	Itch mites	22	Species	Taxom
Scheloribatidae Jacot, 1935		8	Species	Taxom
Scutacaridae Paoli, 1911		17	Species	Taxom
Scutoverticidae Grandjean, 1954		8	Species	Taxom
Seiodidae Kethley, 1977		1	Species	Taxom
Sejidae Berlese, 1885		1	Species	Taxom
Selenoribatidae Schuster, 1963		0	Species	Taxom
Siteroptidae Martin, 1978	Siteroptid mites	7	Species	Taxom
Sperchontidae Thor, 1900		25	Species	Taxom
Spinturnicidae Oudemans, 1902		6	Species	Taxom
Steganacaridae (NiedbaÅ‚a, 1986)		1	Species	Taxom
Stigmaeidae Wood, 1967		19	Species	Taxom
Stygothrombiidae Thor, 1935		1	Species	Taxom
Suctobelbidae Jacot, 1938		33	Species	Taxom
Suidasiidae Hughes, 1948		4	Species	Taxom
Syringobiidae Trouessart, 1897		3	Species	Taxom
Syringophilidae Lavoipierre, 1953	Quill mites	25	Species	Taxom
Tanaupodidae Thor, 1935		2	Species	Taxom
Tarsonemidae Kramer, 1877	Tarsonemid mites	21	Species	Taxom
Tectocepheidae Grandjean, 1954		5	Species	Taxom
Tegoribatidae Grandjean, 1954		1	Species	Taxom
Tenuialidae Jacot, 1929		1	Species	Taxom
Tenuipalpidae Berlese, 1913	False spider mites	18	Species	Taxom
Terpnacaridae Grandjean, 1939		3	Species	Taxom
Tetranychidae Donnadieu, 1875	Spider mites	124	Species	Taxom
Teutoniidae Koenike, 1910		2	Species	Taxom
Thyrisomidae Grandjean, 1953		1	Species	Taxom
Torrenticolidae Thor, 1902	Torrent Mites	27	Species	Taxom
Trachytidae Tragärdh, 1938		1	Species	Taxom
Trachyuropodidae Kramer, 1881		12	Species	Taxom
Trematuridae Berlese, 1917		28	Species	Taxom
Trhypochthoniidae Willmann, 1931		6	Species	Taxom
Triophtydeidae (André, 1980)		1	Species	Taxom
Trizetidae Ewing, 1917		0	Species	Taxom
Trombiculidae Ewing, 1929	Chigger mites	6	Species	Taxom
Trombidiidae Leach, 1815	Beer Bahuti	37	Species	Taxom
Trouessartiidae Gaud, 1957		5	Species	Taxom
Turbinoptidae Fain, 1957		4	Species	Taxom
Tydeidae Kramer, 1877	Tydeid mites	23	Species	Taxom
Unionicolidae Oudemans, 1909		21	Species	Taxom
Urodinychidae Berlese, 1917		26	Species	Taxom
Uropodidae Kramer, 1881		29	Species	Taxom
Varroidae Delfinado & ..., 1974		2	Species	Taxom
Veigaiidae Oudemans, 1939		15	Species	Taxom
Wettinidae Cook, 1956		1	Species	Taxom
Winterschmidtiidae Oudemans, 1923		14	Species	Taxom
Xenillidae Woolley & Hi..., 1966		4	Species	Taxom
Xolalgidae Dubinin, 1953		9	Species	Taxom
Zerconidae Berlese, 1892		40	Species	Taxom
Zetorchestidae Michael, 1898		6	Species	Taxom

Subnodes of Acari with occurrences in West Europe

Superorder	Acariformes Zakhvatkin, 1952 dust mites, mites	237 841 2315	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Superorder	Parasitiformes Reuter, 1909 mites, ticks	49 232 941	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