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Checklist for Infraclass Acari Nitzsch, 1818 (Mites and Ticks)
and region Zambia (East Africa)


Class
 
Arachnida
Lamarck, 1801
Arachnids
85
208
247
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Micrura
Ehrenberg, 1831
75
191
222
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Acari
Nitzsch, 1818
Mites and Ticks
39
59
91
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


List of families for Zambia
39 Families width 91 Species and 1 Subspecies
#LHACJWTGIMERSPN
Listrophoridae Mégnin & Tro..., 18841SpeciesTaxom
Harpirhynchidae Dubinin, 19572SpeciesTaxom
Amblyommidae Banks, 190730SpeciesTaxom
Laelapidae Berlese, 18920SpeciesTaxom
Acaridae Latreille, 1802Acarid mites0SpeciesTaxom
Crotoniidae Thorell, 18761SpeciesTaxom
Carabodidae Koch, 18371SpeciesTaxom
Argasidae C. L. Koch, 1844Soft tick5SpeciesTaxom
Johnstonianidae Thor, 19351SpeciesTaxom
Winterschmidtiidae Oudemans, 19231SpeciesTaxom
Tarsonemidae Kramer, 1877Tarsonemid mites3SpeciesTaxom
Glycyphagidae De Geer, 17780SpeciesTaxom
Heterocoptidae Fain, 19671SpeciesTaxom
Ixodidae (C. L. Koch, 1844)Hard Tick12SpeciesTaxom
Histiostomatidae Berlese, 18971SpeciesTaxom
Macrochelidae Vitzthum, 19300SpeciesTaxom
Arrenuridae Thor, 19000SpeciesTaxom
Ereynetidae Schrank, 17761SpeciesTaxom
Eniochthoniidae (Grandjean, 1947)0SpeciesTaxom
Tetranychidae Donnadieu, 1875Spider mites8SpeciesTaxom
Halacaridae Murray, 1877Sea mites1SpeciesTaxom
Rhinonyssidae Trouessart, 18953SpeciesTaxom
Erythraeidae Oudemans, 19021SpeciesTaxom
Atopomelidae Fain, 19721SpeciesTaxom
Sarcoptidae Megnin, 1877Itch mites2SpeciesTaxom
Syringophilidae Lavoipierre, 1953Quill mites4SpeciesTaxom
Pheroliodidae (Paschoal, 1987)1SpeciesTaxom
Myobiidae Megnin, 18771SpeciesTaxom
Pachylaelapidae Berlese, 19131SpeciesTaxom
Macronyssidae Oudemans, 1936Macronyssid Mites1SpeciesTaxom
Neopygmephoridae Cross, 19650SpeciesTaxom
Turbinoptidae Fain, 19570SpeciesTaxom
Ixodorhynchidae Ewing, 19230SpeciesTaxom
Eriophyidae Nalepa, 1898Blister mites1SpeciesTaxom
Hydryphantidae Piersig, 18961SpeciesTaxom
Trematuridae Berlese, 19174SpeciesTaxom
Microzetidae Grandjean, 19361SpeciesTaxom
Trombiculidae Ewing, 1929Chigger mites0SpeciesTaxom
Trombidiidae Leach, 1815Beer Bahuti0SpeciesTaxom


Genera for Zambia
59 Genera with 91 Species
#ABCDEHILMNOPRSTZ
Afrolistrophorus Fain, 19401SpeciesTaxom
Afrophioptes Fain, 19621SpeciesTaxom
Amblyomma hirtum. Neumann, 179411SpeciesTaxom
Bewsiella Domrow, 1958
0SpeciesTaxom
Caloglyphus Berlese, 1923
0SpeciesTaxom
Camisia von Heyden, 19931SpeciesTaxom
Carabodes Koch, 19141SpeciesTaxom
Carios Latreille, 18802SpeciesTaxom
Centrotrombidium Kramer, 19571SpeciesTaxom
Congovidia Fain & Elsen, 19951SpeciesTaxom
Coreitarsonemus Fain, 19701SpeciesTaxom
Dermacarus Haller, 1878
0SpeciesTaxom
Erotylocoptes Fain, 19871SpeciesTaxom
Haemaphysalis Koch, 19737SpeciesTaxom
Histiostoma Kramer, 20011SpeciesTaxom
Holostaspella Berlese, 1903
0SpeciesTaxom
Hyalomma Koch, 18441SpeciesTaxom
Hydracarina
Water Mites0SpeciesTaxom
Hydranetes Kethley, 19711SpeciesTaxom
Hypochthoniella Berlese, 1910
0SpeciesTaxom
Ischnothele Ausserer, 1875
0SpeciesTaxom
Isobactrus Newell, 20091SpeciesTaxom
Ixodes Latreille, 19045SpeciesTaxom
Larinyssus Strandtmann, 1948
0SpeciesTaxom
Leptus Latreille, 19901SpeciesTaxom
Listrophoroides Hirst, 20031SpeciesTaxom
Lophuromyopus Fain, 19671SpeciesTaxom
Mesonyssus Fain, 1960
0SpeciesTaxom
Mononychellus Wainstein, 19811SpeciesTaxom
Neoaulobia Fain, Bochko..., 20001SpeciesTaxom
Neonooliodes Hunt, 19961SpeciesTaxom
Nycterimyobia Fain, 1972
0SpeciesTaxom
Olopachys Berlese, 19841SpeciesTaxom
Ophioptes Sambon, 19621SpeciesTaxom
Ornithodoros C. L. Koch, 1877Soft-bodied Tick2SpeciesTaxom
Ornithonyssus Sambon, 19801SpeciesTaxom
Otobius Banks, 18841SpeciesTaxom
Picobia Haller, 20093SpeciesTaxom
Pseudopygmephorus Cross, 1965
0SpeciesTaxom
Ptilonyssus Berlese & Tr..., 1889
0SpeciesTaxom
Radfordia Ewing, 19721SpeciesTaxom
Rhinoecius Cooreman, 19561SpeciesTaxom
Rhinonyssus Trouessart, 18951SpeciesTaxom
Rhipicephalus Ziemanni Neu..., 198118SpeciesTaxom
Rodentopus Fain, 19651SpeciesTaxom
Schizotetranychus Trägårdh, 19811SpeciesTaxom
Schoutedenocoptes Fain, 1956
0SpeciesTaxom
Scutanolaelaps Lavoipierre, 1959
0SpeciesTaxom
Sternostoma Berlese & Tr..., 1889
0SpeciesTaxom
Tarsonemus Canestrini &..., 19392SpeciesTaxom
Tegonotus Nalepa, 19201SpeciesTaxom
Tetranychus Dufour, 18365SpeciesTaxom
Thelechoris Karsch, 18891SpeciesTaxom
Thyas Koch, 18521SpeciesTaxom
Trichouropoda Berlese, 19874SpeciesTaxom
Trichozetes Balogh & Mah..., 19801SpeciesTaxom
Trombicula Berlese, 1905
0SpeciesTaxom
Trombidium Fabricius, 1775
Velvet mite0SpeciesTaxom
Zumptnyssus Fain, 19581SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Zambia
91 Species and 1 Subspecies
Afrolistrophorus (Afrolistrophorus) lophuromys Radford, 1940
Afrophioptes rhodesiensis Fain, 1962
Amblyomma crenatum (Neumann, 1899)⇒ Amblyomma sparsum Neumann, 1899
Amblyomma eburneum Gerstäcker, 1873
Amblyomma hebraeum Koch, 1844Bont tick
Amblyomma latum Koch, 1844Snake tick
Amblyomma lepidum Dönitz, 1909
Amblyomma marmoreum Koch, 1844South African Tortoise tick
Amblyomma pomposum Dönitz, 1909Angolan bont tick
Amblyomma sparsum Neumann, 1899Central African tortoise tick
Amblyomma splendidum Giebel, 1877
Amblyomma sylvaticum De Geer, 1778Cape tortoise tick
Amblyomma variegatum Fabricius, 1794Tropical bont tick
Camisia (Camisia) dictyna Colloff, 1993
Carabodes scymnus Hull, 1914
Carios faini Hoogstraal, 1960
Carios rudis Karsch, 1880
Centrotrombidium culicoides Vercammen-Gr..., 1957
Congovidia lomamiensis Fain & Elsen..., 1995
Coreitarsonemus anoplocnemis anoplocnemis Fain, 1970
Erotylocoptes linodesmus Fain, 1987
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
Histiostoma (Histiostoma) heriades Fain & Pauly, 2001
Hyalomma (Hyalomma) truncatum Koch, 1844African bont-leg tick
Hydranetes tropisternus Kethley, 1971
Isobactrus aspidiotus Bartsch, 2009
Ixodes calcarhebes Arthur & Zulu, 1980
Ixodes cavipalpus Nuttall & Wa..., 1908
Ixodes oldi Nuttall, 1913
Ixodes pilosus Koch, 1844Bush tick
Ixodes rubicundus (Neumann, 1904)⇒ Ixodes cavipalpus Nuttall & Wa..., 1908
Leptus (Leptus) aggoratus Haitlinger, 1990
Listrophoroides (Olistrophoroides) thallomys Fain & Bochkov, 2003
Lophuromyopus (Tateropus) taterae Fain, 1967
Mononychellus progresivus (Doreste, 1981)⇒ Schizotetranychus progresivus Doreste, 1981
Neoaulobia agapornis Fain, Bochko..., 2000
Neonooliodes ceroplastes (Hunt, 1996)⇒ Lopholiodes ceroplastes Hunt, 1996
Olopachys copris Ishikawa, 1984
Ophioptes schoutedeni Fain, 1962
Ornithodoros apertus Walton, 1962
Ornithodoros moubata (Murray, 1877)⇒ Ornithodoros apertus Walton, 1962
Ornithonyssus lukoschusi Micherdzinski, 1980
Otobius megnini Dugès, 1884Ear tick
Picobia dryobatis Kethley, 1970
Picobia dziabaszewskii Glowska, Dra..., 2012
Picobia oritis Skoracki, An..., 2009
Radfordia (Graphiurobia) graphiui Fain, 1972
Rhinoecius tytonis Fain, 1956
Rhinonyssus rhinolethrum Trouessart, 1895
Rhipicephalus (Boophilus) decoloratus Koch, 1844African blue tick
Rhipicephalus (Boophilus) microplus Canestrini, 1888Asian blue tick
Rhipicephalus (Eurhipicephalus) sanguineus Latreille, 1806
Rhipicephalus (Rhipicephalus) appendiculatus Neumann, 1901Brown ear tick
Rhipicephalus (Rhipicephalus) bequaerti Zumpt, 1949
Rhipicephalus (Rhipicephalus) guilhoni Morel & Vass..., 1963
Rhipicephalus (Rhipicephalus) lunulatus (Neumann, 1907)⇒ 
Rhipicephalus (Rhipicephalus) muhsamae Morel & Vass..., 1965
Rhipicephalus (Rhipicephalus) praetextatus Gerstäcker, 1873
Rhipicephalus (Rhipicephalus) pravus Dönitz, 1910
Rhipicephalus (Rhipicephalus) rossicus Yakimov & Ko..., 1911
Rhipicephalus (Rhipicephalus) sanguineus (Latreille, 1806)⇒ Rhipicephalus sanguineus Latreille, 1806
Rhipicephalus (Rhipicephalus) schulzei Olenev, 1929
Rhipicephalus (Rhipicephalus) senegalensis Koch, 1844
Rhipicephalus (Rhipicephalus) simus (Koch, 1844)⇒ 
Rhipicephalus (Rhipicephalus) tricuspis (Dönitz, 1906)⇒ Rhipicephalus lunulatus Neumann, 1907
Rhipicephalus (Rhipicephalus) turanicus Pomerantsev, 1936
Rhipicephalus (Rhipicephalus) zambeziensis Walker, Norv..., 1981Lowveld brown ear tick
Rodentopus (Rodentopus) muris Fain, 1965
Schizotetranychus (Mononychellus) progresivus Doreste, 1981
Tarsonemus (Tarsonemus) apis Rennie, 1921
Tarsonemus (Tarsonemus) cryptocephalus Ewing, 1939
Tegonotus platynaspis Nalepa, 1920
Tetranychus (Epitetranychus) ludeni Zacher, 1913Bean spider mite
Tetranychus (Tetranychus) evansi Baker & Prit..., 1960Mite
Tetranychus (Tetranychus) lombardinii Baker & Prit..., 1960Crimson spider mite
Tetranychus (Tetranychus) neocaledonicus André, 1933Vegetable spider mite
Tetranychus (Tetranychus) urticae C. L. Koch, 1836Carmine spider mite
Thelechoris striatipes Eugène Simon, 1889Fine-sculpted cerith
Thyas parallelipipeda Guenée, 1852
Trichouropoda abercorni Hirschmann &..., 1987
Trichouropoda buettneri Wisniewski &..., 1988
Trichouropoda laevis Wisniewski &..., 1992
Trichouropoda zambiae Hirschmann &..., 1987
Trichozetes neotrichus Balogh & Mah..., 1980
Zumptnyssus buboensis Fain, 1958

Subnodes of Acari with occurrences in Zambia
SuperorderAcariformes
Zakhvatkin, 1952
dust mites, mites
29
38
35
Families
Genera
Species

Taxom

SuperorderParasitiformes
Reuter, 1909
mites, ticks
10
21
56
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