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Checklist for Infraclass Acari Nitzsch, 1818 (Mites and Ticks)
and region Western Cape (Cape)


Class
 
Arachnida
Lamarck, 1801
Arachnids
159
544
830
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Micrura
Ehrenberg, 1831
127
467
648
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Acari
Nitzsch, 1818
Mites and Ticks
64
102
120
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


List of families for Western Cape
64 Families width 120 Species and 2 Subspecies
#AEHPMLCBTJUSOGINR
Acaridae Latreille, 1802Acarid mites2SpeciesTaxom
Eriophyidae Nalepa, 1898Blister mites1SpeciesTaxom
Euphthiracaridae Jacot, 19301SpeciesTaxom
Hygrobatidae Koch, 184216SpeciesTaxom
Algophagidae Fain, 19743SpeciesTaxom
Amblyommidae (Banks, 1907)13SpeciesTaxom
Phytoseiidae Berlese, 1916Phytoseiid mites0SpeciesTaxom
Mideopsidae Koenike, 19103SpeciesTaxom
Laelapidae Berlese, 18922SpeciesTaxom
Pterolichidae Trouessart, 18991SpeciesTaxom
Ascidae Oudemans, 19050SpeciesTaxom
Argasidae C. L. Koch, 1844Soft tick2SpeciesTaxom
Arrenuridae Thor, 19002SpeciesTaxom
Carabodidae Koch, 18372SpeciesTaxom
Aturidae Thor, 19002SpeciesTaxom
Erythraeidae Oudemans, 19023SpeciesTaxom
Bdellidae Dugès, 1834Snout Mites1SpeciesTaxom
Tenuipalpidae Berlese, 1913False spider mites2SpeciesTaxom
Crotoniidae Thorell, 18761SpeciesTaxom
Tetracondylidae Aoki, 19611SpeciesTaxom
Johnstonianidae Thor, 19351SpeciesTaxom
Tarsonemidae Kramer, 1877Tarsonemid mites5SpeciesTaxom
Tetranychidae Donnadieu, 1875Spider mites1SpeciesTaxom
Unionicolidae Oudemans, 19095SpeciesTaxom
Eremaeozetidae Piffl, 19721SpeciesTaxom
Eremaeidae Oudemans, 19001SpeciesTaxom
Eupodidae Strandtmann, 1967Eupodid mites2SpeciesTaxom
Stigmaeidae Wood, 19671SpeciesTaxom
Eylaidae Leach, 18150SpeciesTaxom
Oxidae (Viets, 1926)0SpeciesTaxom
Ologamasidae Ryke, 19622SpeciesTaxom
Glycyphagidae De Geer, 17781SpeciesTaxom
Ixodidae (C. L. Koch, 1844)Hard Tick6SpeciesTaxom
Histiostomatidae Berlese, 18971SpeciesTaxom
Galumnidae Jacot, 19250SpeciesTaxom
Hyadesiidae Halbert, 19152SpeciesTaxom
Hydrachnidae Leach, 18150SpeciesTaxom
Hydrodromidae Viets, 19361SpeciesTaxom
Hydrozetidae Grandjean, 19541SpeciesTaxom
Lebertiidae Thor, 19001SpeciesTaxom
Limnesiidae Thor, 19004SpeciesTaxom
Limnocharidae Grube, 18591SpeciesTaxom
Proctophyllodidae Trouessart &..., 18841SpeciesTaxom
Neoliodidae Sellnick, 19282SpeciesTaxom
Myobiidae Megnin, 18770SpeciesTaxom
Pheroliodidae (Paschoal, 1987)1SpeciesTaxom
Camerobiidae Southcott, 1957Stilt-legged mites2SpeciesTaxom
Phthiracaridae (Perty, 1841)0SpeciesTaxom
Pachylaelapidae Berlese, 19131SpeciesTaxom
Oribatulidae Thor, 19291SpeciesTaxom
Phytoptidae (Manson, 1970)0SpeciesTaxom
Pontarachnidae Koenike, 19101SpeciesTaxom
Hydryphantidae Piersig, 18962SpeciesTaxom
Otocepheidae Balogh, 19611SpeciesTaxom
Pterygosomatidae Womersley, 19412SpeciesTaxom
Rhinonyssidae Trouessart, 18951SpeciesTaxom
Cheyletidae Leach, 18151SpeciesTaxom
Sperchontidae Thor, 19002SpeciesTaxom
Syringophilidae Lavoipierre, 1953Quill mites1SpeciesTaxom
Torrenticolidae Thor, 1902Torrent Mites4SpeciesTaxom
Otopheidomenidae Treat, 19551SpeciesTaxom
Ceratozetidae Jacot, 19250SpeciesTaxom
Trematuridae Berlese, 19171SpeciesTaxom
Trombidiidae Leach, 1815Beer Bahuti0SpeciesTaxom


Genera for Western Cape
102 Genera with 120 Species
#ABCDEFGHIKLMNOPRSTUZ
Acarus Linnaeus, 17582SpeciesTaxom
Aceria Keifer, 1944
0SpeciesTaxom
Acrotritia Jacot, 19961SpeciesTaxom
Africacarus K.O.Viets, 19621SpeciesTaxom
Algophagus Hughes, 20032SpeciesTaxom
Ambiguobates Viets, 19561SpeciesTaxom
Amblyomma hirtum. Neumann, 17784SpeciesTaxom
Amblyseius Berlese, 1915
0SpeciesTaxom
Amperaturus Cook, 19983SpeciesTaxom
Androlaelaps Berlese, 18871SpeciesTaxom
Anoplotarsus Gaud & Atyeo, 19961SpeciesTaxom
Aponomma Neuman, 1899
0SpeciesTaxom
Arctoseius Thor, 1930
0SpeciesTaxom
Ardeacarus Dubinin, 1951
0SpeciesTaxom
Argas Latreille, 1969American Dog Tick1SpeciesTaxom
Arrenurus Dugès, 20121SpeciesTaxom
Atractides Koch, 19565SpeciesTaxom
Australiobates Lundblad, 1941
0SpeciesTaxom
Austrocarabodes Hammer, 19861SpeciesTaxom
Axonopsis Piersig, 19141SpeciesTaxom
Balaustium von Heyden, 1959Concrete Mites1SpeciesTaxom
Bdellodes Oudemans, 19331SpeciesTaxom
Biscirus Thor, 1913
0SpeciesTaxom
Brachypodopsis1SpeciesTaxom
Brevipalpus Donnadieu, 19581SpeciesTaxom
Camisia von Heyden, 19931SpeciesTaxom
Capedulia M. K. P. Smi..., 19991SpeciesTaxom
Carabocepheus Berlese, 19101SpeciesTaxom
Carabodes Koch, 19141SpeciesTaxom
Carios Latreille, 19011SpeciesTaxom
Centrotrombidium Kramer, 19571SpeciesTaxom
Charletonia Oudemans, 19911SpeciesTaxom
Coreitarsonemus Fain, 19702SpeciesTaxom
Diplonychus Laporte, 1833
0SpeciesTaxom
Ecpolus Koenike, 18981SpeciesTaxom
Eremaeozetes Berlese, 20011SpeciesTaxom
Eueremaeus Mihelcic, 19791SpeciesTaxom
Eupodes C.L.Koch, 19672SpeciesTaxom
Eustigmaeus Berlese, 19661SpeciesTaxom
Eylais Latreille, 1796
0SpeciesTaxom
Frontipoda Koenike, 1891
0SpeciesTaxom
Gamasiphoides Womersley, 20052SpeciesTaxom
Glycyphagus Hering, 17781SpeciesTaxom
Haemaphysalis Koch, 18261SpeciesTaxom
Hexabdella van der Schy..., 2004
0SpeciesTaxom
Histiostoma Kramer, 20011SpeciesTaxom
Holozetes Jacot, 1929
0SpeciesTaxom
Hyadesia Megnin, 20002SpeciesTaxom
Hyalomma Koch, 18441SpeciesTaxom
Hydracarina
Water Mites0SpeciesTaxom
Hydrachna O. F. Müller, 1776
Water Mites0SpeciesTaxom
Hydrodroma Koch, 17761SpeciesTaxom
Hydrozetes Berlese, 19741SpeciesTaxom
Hygrobates C. L. Koch, 20056SpeciesTaxom
Iphiopsis Berlese, 1882
0SpeciesTaxom
Ixodes Latreille, 19045SpeciesTaxom
Kakamasia Lawrence, 19441SpeciesTaxom
Karlvietsia K.O.Viets, 20002SpeciesTaxom
Koenikea Wolcott, 19561SpeciesTaxom
Lebertia Neuman, 19561SpeciesTaxom
Limnesia Koch, 19564SpeciesTaxom
Limnochares Latreille, 18981SpeciesTaxom
Mideopsis Neuman, 1880
0SpeciesTaxom
Mimicalges Atyeo & Gaud, 18851SpeciesTaxom
Neohyadesia Hughes & Goo..., 20011SpeciesTaxom
Neoliodes Berlese, 02SpeciesTaxom
Neomyobia Radford, 1948
0SpeciesTaxom
Neonooliodes Hunt, 19961SpeciesTaxom
Neophyllobius Berlese, 19982SpeciesTaxom
Neumania Lebert, 19593SpeciesTaxom
Notophthiracarus Ramsay, 1966
0SpeciesTaxom
Nyangalla Viets, 1935
0SpeciesTaxom
Obuloides Baker & Tuttle, 1975
0SpeciesTaxom
Olopachys Berlese, 19841SpeciesTaxom
Oribatula Berlese, 1895
0SpeciesTaxom
Oxus Kramer, 1877
0SpeciesTaxom
Phauloppia Berlese, 19021SpeciesTaxom
Phytoptus Dujardin, 1851
0SpeciesTaxom
Plesiohygrobates Viets, 19561SpeciesTaxom
Pontarachna Philippi, 20021SpeciesTaxom
Protzia Piersig, 19301SpeciesTaxom
Pseudotocepheus Balogh, 19971SpeciesTaxom
Pterygosoma Peters, 1949
0SpeciesTaxom
Ptilonyssus Berlese & Tr..., 19591SpeciesTaxom
Rhipicephalus Ziemanni Neu..., 18448SpeciesTaxom
Samsinakia Volgin, 19841SpeciesTaxom
Scaphothrix Lawrence, 1935
0SpeciesTaxom
Sperchon Kramer, 1956Water Mites2SpeciesTaxom
Stibarokris Kethley, 19701SpeciesTaxom
Tarsonemus Canestrini &..., 19693SpeciesTaxom
Tegonotus Nalepa, 19201SpeciesTaxom
Tetranychus Dufour, 18361SpeciesTaxom
Thoracophoracarus Viets, 19621SpeciesTaxom
Thyasella Viets, 19581SpeciesTaxom
Torrenticola Piersig, 0Water Mites4SpeciesTaxom
Treatia Krantz & Khot, 19731SpeciesTaxom
Trichoribates Berlese, 1910
0SpeciesTaxom
Trichouropoda Berlese, 19871SpeciesTaxom
Trombidium Fabricius, 1775
Velvet mite0SpeciesTaxom
Tur Baker & Wharton, 01SpeciesTaxom
Unionicola Haldeman, 1842
0SpeciesTaxom
Zonurobia Lawrence, 02SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Western Cape
120 Species and 2 Subspecies
Acarus reduvius (Linnaeus, 1746)⇒ 
Acarus siro Linnaeus, 1758Cereal mite
Acrotritia dixa Niedbala & S..., 1996
Africacarus strenzkei K.O.Viets, 1962
Algophagus brachytarsus Marshall, OC..., 2003
Algophagus macrolithus Marshall, OC..., 2003
Ambiguobates permixtus Viets, 1956
Amblyomma hebraeum Koch, 1844Bont tick
Amblyomma latum Koch, 1844Snake tick
Amblyomma marmoreum Koch, 1844South African Tortoise tick
Amblyomma sylvaticum De Geer, 1778Cape tortoise tick
Amperaturus pauciporus Cook, 1998
Amperaturus rensbergi Cook, 1998
Amperaturus similis Cook, 1998
Androlaelaps (Androlaelaps) casalis Berlese, 1887Cosmopolitan nest mite
Anoplotarsus coleosoma Gaud & Mouch..., 1996
Argas walkerae Kaiser & Hoo..., 1969Southern Fowl tampan
Arrenurus serratipetiolatus Smit, 2012
Atractides (Atractides) damkoehleri K.Viets, 1916
Atractides (Atractides) linearis (Lundblad, 1927)⇒ Atractides baderi Schwoerbel &..., 1956
Atractides (Atractides) pulcher K.Viets, 1956
Atractides (Atractides) scutelliferus K.O.Viets, 1964
Atractides (Iranomegapus) baderi Schwoerbel &..., 1956
Austrocarabodes (Austrocarabodes) pinnatus Mahunka, 1986
Axonopsis (Brachypodopsis) pusilla Viets, 1914
Balaustium medicagoense Meyer & Ryke, 1959
Bdellodes hessei Womersley, 1933
Brachypodopsis pusilla Viets, 1914
Brevipalpus aeoloides Pritchard & ..., 1958
Camisia (Camisia) dictyna Colloff, 1993
Capedulia prasadi Ueckermann &..., 1999
Carabocepheus lounsburyi Berlese, 1910
Carabodes scymnus Hull, 1914
Carios capensis Neumann, 1901Seabird soft tick
Centrotrombidium culicoides Vercammen-Gr..., 1957
Charletonia philometra Southcott, 1991
Coreitarsonemus acanthocoris Fain, 1970
Coreitarsonemus anoplocnemis anoplocnemis Fain, 1970
Ecpolus tuberatus Koenike, 1898
Eremaeozetes capensis Schatz, 2001
Eueremaeus chiatous Higgins, 1979
Eupodes hamatus Olivier & Th..., 1997
Eupodes minutus Strandtmann, 1967
Eustigmaeus corticolus Wood, 1966
Gamasiphoides lootsi Halliday, 2005
Gamasiphoides rykei Halliday, 2005
Glycyphagus (Glycyphagus) domesticus De Geer, 1778Common house mite
Haemaphysalis leachi Audouin, 1826African dog tick
Histiostoma (Histiostoma) heriades Fain & Pauly, 2001
Hyadesia (Parahyadesia) benguelensis Marshall & U..., 2000
Hyadesia (Parahyadesia) heteromorpha Marshall & U..., 2000
Hyalomma (Hyalomma) truncatum Koch, 1844African bont-leg tick
Hydrodroma despiciens Muller, 1776
Hydrozetes (Hydrozetes) capensis Engelbrecht, 1974
Hygrobates (Hygrobates) acutidens Viets, 1956
Hygrobates (Hygrobates) elgonensis Lundblad, 1927
Hygrobates (Hygrobates) sanguineus Viets, 1956
Hygrobates (Hygrobates) sigthori Viets, 1914
Hygrobates (Hygrobates) soari Viets, 1911
Hygrobates inflatipes Smit, 2005
Ixodes (Ceratixodes) uriae White, 1852Common seabird tick
Ixodes (Ixodes) ricinus (Murray, 1852)⇒ Ixodes scapularis Say, 1821
Ixodes daveyi Nuttall, 1913
Ixodes pilosus Koch, 1844Bush tick
Ixodes rubicundus (Neumann, 1904)⇒ Ixodes cavipalpus Nuttall & Wa..., 1908
Kakamasia pilosa Lawrence, 1944
Karlvietsia angustipalpis K.O.Viets, 1..., 2000
Karlvietsia simplex Cook, Smith ..., 2000
Koenikea szalayi (Viets, 1956)⇒ Nyangalla szalayi Viets, 1956
Lebertia (Pilolebertia) capensis Viets, 1956
Limnesia (Limnesia) graciliseta Viets, 1956
Limnesia (Limnesia) lucifera Koenike, 1898
Limnesia (Limnesia) mucronata K.O. Viets, 1964
Limnesia (Limnesia) resupinata Viets, 1956
Limnochares (Cyclothrix) crinita Koenike, 1898
Mimicalges pteronyssoides Trouessart, 1885
Neohyadesia microtricha Marshall, OC..., 2001
Neoliodes capensis Berlese, 1910
Neoliodes tenderlandi
Neonooliodes ceroplastes (Hunt, 1996)⇒ Lopholiodes ceroplastes Hunt, 1996
Neophyllobius crinitus du Toit, The..., 1998
Neophyllobius helichrysi du Toit, The..., 1998
Neumania (Neumania) aequalis K.O. Viets, 1962
Neumania (Neumania) meridiana Viets, 1959
Neumania (Neumania) verrucipora Viets, 1959
Olopachys copris Ishikawa, 1984
Phauloppia hessei Oudemans, 1902
Plesiohygrobates pectinipalpis Viets, 1956
Pontarachna africana Smit, 2002
Protzia (Protzia) pachygnatha Viets, 1930
Pseudotocepheus (Pseudotocepheus) contractus Grobler, 1997
Ptilonyssus estrildicola Fain, 1959
Rhipicephalus (Digineus) bursa (Canestrini &..., 1878)⇒ Rhipicephalus pusillus Gil Collado, 1936
Rhipicephalus (Rhipicephalus) appendiculatus Neumann, 1901Brown ear tick
Rhipicephalus (Rhipicephalus) capensis (Koch, 1844)⇒ Rhipicephalus longus Neumann, 1907
Rhipicephalus (Rhipicephalus) evertsi Neumann, 1897Red-legged tick
Rhipicephalus (Rhipicephalus) gertrudae Feldman-Muhsam, 1960
Rhipicephalus (Rhipicephalus) praetextatus Gerstäcker, 1873
Rhipicephalus (Rhipicephalus) sanguineus (Latreille, 1806)⇒ Rhipicephalus sanguineus Latreille, 1806
Rhipicephalus (Rhipicephalus) simus (Koch, 1844)⇒ 
Samsinakia gonocephalum Fain, 1984
Sperchon aberrans Viets, 1956
Sperchon postocularius Viets, 1956
Stibarokris phalacrus Kethley, 1970
Tarsonemus (Tarsonemus) apis Rennie, 1921
Tarsonemus (Tarsonemus) cryptocephalus Ewing, 1939
Tarsonemus (Tarsonemus) endophloeus Lindquist, 1969
Tegonotus platynaspis Nalepa, 1920
Tetranychus (Tetranychus) urticae C. L. Koch, 1836Carmine spider mite
Thoracophoracarus (Thoracophoracarus) gibberosus K.O. Viets, 1962
Thyasella mandibularis torrenticola Schwoerbel, 1958
Torrenticola (Monatractides) rubicunda Viets, 1956
Torrenticola (Torrenticola) eurystoma Viets, 1956
Torrenticola (Torrenticola) violacea K.O. Viets, 1972
Torrenticola spatulifera
Treatia dieuches Ramsay, 1973
Trichouropoda parisiana Hirschmann &..., 1987
Tur breviperitremus
Zonurobia polyzonenesis
Zonurobia subquadrata

Subnodes of Acari with occurrences in Western Cape
SuperorderAcariformes
Zakhvatkin, 1952
dust mites, mites
53
84
91
Families
Genera
Species

Taxom

SuperorderParasitiformes
Reuter, 1909
mites, ticks
11
18
29
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