Species list, Checklist of Superorder Acariformes (dust mites) for Australia (Australasia)

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Checklist for Superorder Acariformes Zakhvatkin, 1952 (dust mites)
and region Australia (Australasia)

Class	Arachnida Lamarck, 1801 Arachnids	490 2930 13324	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Subclass	Micrura Ehrenberg, 1831	441 2683 12509	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Infraclass	Acari Nitzsch, 1818 Mites and Ticks	350 1576 5877	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Superorder	Acariformes Zakhvatkin, 1952 Dust mites, Mites	281 1277 4572	Families Genera Species	Taxom

List of families for Australia
281 Families width 4572 Species and 88 Subspecies

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Acaridae Latreille, 1802	Acarid mites	49	Species	Taxom
Acaronychidae Grandjean, 1932		7	Species	Taxom
Acarophenacidae Cross, 1965		2	Species	Taxom
Acherontacaridae Cook, 1967		1	Species	Taxom
Achipteriidae Thor, 1929		15	Species	Taxom
Adamystidae Cunliffe, 1957		0	Species	Taxom
Adelphacaridae Grandjean, 1954		0	Species	Taxom
Adhaesozetidae Hammer, 1973		2	Species	Taxom
Aeroglyphidae Zakhvatkin, 1941		3	Species	Taxom
Algophagidae Fain, 1974		4	Species	Taxom
Alicorhagiidae Grandjean, 1939		2	Species	Taxom
Alloptidae Gaud, 1957		6	Species	Taxom
Alycidae Canestrini &..., 1877		13	Species	Taxom
Ameridae Grandjean, 1965		5	Species	Taxom
Ameronothridae Willmann, 1931		14	Species	Taxom
Analgidae Trouessart &..., 1884	Feather mites	10	Species	Taxom
Anderemaeidae Balogh, 1972		2	Species	Taxom
Anisitsiellidae Koenike, 1910		12	Species	Taxom
Anystidae Oudemans, 1936	Whirligig Mites	35	Species	Taxom
Arrenuridae Thor, 1900		70	Species	Taxom
Ascouracaridae Gaud & Atyeo, 1976		3	Species	Taxom
Astacocrotonidae Thor, 1927		1	Species	Taxom
Astegistidae Balogh, 1961		7	Species	Taxom
Athienemanniidae Viets, 1922		5	Species	Taxom
Atopochthoniidae Grandjean, 1949		1	Species	Taxom
Atopomelidae Fain, 1972		105	Species	Taxom
Aturidae Thor, 1900		77	Species	Taxom
Autognetidae Grandjean, 1960		2	Species	Taxom
Avenzoariidae Oudemans, 1905		16	Species	Taxom
Barbutiidae Robaux, 1975		2	Species	Taxom
Basilobelbidae Balogh, 1961		2	Species	Taxom
Bdellidae Dugès, 1834	Snout Mites	46	Species	Taxom
Brachychthoniidae Thor, 1934		17	Species	Taxom
Caeculidae Berlese, 1883	Rake-legged mites	9	Species	Taxom
Caligonellidae Grandjean, 1944		1	Species	Taxom
Caloppiidae (Balogh, 1960)		6	Species	Taxom
Calyptostomatidae Oudemans, 1923		3	Species	Taxom
Camerobiidae Southcott, 1957	Stilt-legged mites	11	Species	Taxom
Camisiidae Oudemans, 1900		4	Species	Taxom
Canestriniidae Berlese, 1884		33	Species	Taxom
Carabodidae Koch, 1837		23	Species	Taxom
Carpoglyphidae Oudemans, 1923	Driedfruit mites	3	Species	Taxom
Cepheusidae Berlese, 1896		8	Species	Taxom
Ceratokalummidae Balogh, 1970		1	Species	Taxom
Ceratoppiidae (Kunst, 1971)		10	Species	Taxom
Ceratozetidae Jacot, 1925		26	Species	Taxom
Cerocepheidae Subías, 2004		5	Species	Taxom
Chaetodactylidae Zakhvatkin, 1941		4	Species	Taxom
Chamobatidae Thor, 1937		3	Species	Taxom
Chapuisididae		0	Species	Taxom
Cheyletidae Leach, 1815		50	Species	Taxom
Chirodiscidae Trouessart, 1892		15	Species	Taxom
Chortoglyphidae Berlese, 1897		3	Species	Taxom
Chyzeriidae Womersley, 1954		11	Species	Taxom
Cloacaridae Camin, Moss,..., 1967		1	Species	Taxom
Cocceupodidae Jesionowska, 2010		1	Species	Taxom
Cosmochthoniidae Grandjean, 1946		4	Species	Taxom
Crotoniidae Thorell, 1876		76	Species	Taxom
Cryptognathidae Luxton, 1973		11	Species	Taxom
Ctenacaridae Grandjean, 1954		2	Species	Taxom
Ctenothyadidae Cook & Hopkins, 1998		1	Species	Taxom
Cunaxidae Thor, 1902	Predatory Mites	9	Species	Taxom
Cymbaeremaeidae Sellnick, 1928		31	Species	Taxom
Cytoditidae Oudemans, 1908		1	Species	Taxom
Damaeidae Berlese, 1896		3	Species	Taxom
Damaeolidae Grandjean, 1965		2	Species	Taxom
Dampfiellidae Balogh, 1961		1	Species	Taxom
Dasythyreidae Walter & Gerson, 1998		1	Species	Taxom
Demodecidae Nicolet, 1855	Follicle mites	25	Species	Taxom
Dermationidae Fain, 1965		2	Species	Taxom
Diptilomiopidae Boczek, 1964		4	Species	Taxom
Dolichocybidae Mahunka, 1970		0	Species	Taxom
Echimyopodidae Fain, 1967		12	Species	Taxom
Eniochthoniidae Grandjean, 1947		2	Species	Taxom
Epidermoptidae Trouessart, 1892		6	Species	Taxom
Epilohmanniidae Oudemans, 1923		3	Species	Taxom
Eremaeozetidae Piffl, 1972		11	Species	Taxom
Eremellidae Balogh, 1961		1	Species	Taxom
Eremobelbidae Balogh, 1961		3	Species	Taxom
Eremulidae Grandjean, 1965		6	Species	Taxom
Ereynetidae Schrank, 1776		32	Species	Taxom
Eriophyidae Nalepa, 1898	Blister mites	85	Species	Taxom
Eriorhynchidae Qin & Halliday, 1997		5	Species	Taxom
Erythracaridae (Oudemans, 1936)		6	Species	Taxom
Erythraeidae Oudemans, 1902		172	Species	Taxom
Eupalopsellidae Willmann, 1952		4	Species	Taxom
Euphthiracaridae Jacot, 1930		29	Species	Taxom
Eupodidae Strandtmann, 1967	Eupodid mites	3	Species	Taxom
Eutegaeidae Balogh, 1965		20	Species	Taxom
Eylaidae Leach, 1815		13	Species	Taxom
Falculiferidae Oudemans, 1905		6	Species	Taxom
Feltriidae Viets, 1926		1	Species	Taxom
Fortuyniidae Hammen, 1963		3	Species	Taxom
Freyanidae Dubinin, 1953		14	Species	Taxom
Frontipodopsidae Viets, 1931		3	Species	Taxom
Gabuciniidae Gaud & Atyeo, 1975		2	Species	Taxom
Galumnellidae Piffl, 1970		3	Species	Taxom
Galumnidae Jacot, 1925		36	Species	Taxom
Gastronyssidae Fain, 1956		3	Species	Taxom
Gaudiellidae Atyeo, Baker..., 1974		1	Species	Taxom
Gehypochthoniidae Strenzke, 1963		2	Species	Taxom
Glycyphagidae De Geer, 1778		8	Species	Taxom
Grandjeanicidae Kethley, 1977		1	Species	Taxom
Granuloppiidae Balogh, 1983		3	Species	Taxom
Gymnodamaeidae Grandjean, 1954		0	Species	Taxom
Halacaridae Murray, 1877	Sea mites	256	Species	Taxom
Hammeriellidae Paschoal, 1989		3	Species	Taxom
Haplochthoniidae Van der Hammen, 1959		1	Species	Taxom
Haplozetidae Grandjean, 1936		29	Species	Taxom
Harpirhynchidae Dubinin, 1957		14	Species	Taxom
Hemileiidae (J. & P. Balogh, 1984)		20	Species	Taxom
Hemisarcoptidae Oudemans, 1904		1	Species	Taxom
Hermanniellidae Grandjean, 1934		5	Species	Taxom
Hermanniidae Sellnick, 1928		41	Species	Taxom
Heterocheylidae Trägårdh, 1950		2	Species	Taxom
Heterocoptidae Fain, 1967		5	Species	Taxom
Histiostomatidae Berlese, 1897		36	Species	Taxom
Homocaligidae Wood, 1969		0	Species	Taxom
Humerobatidae Grandjean, 1970		11	Species	Taxom
Hyadesiidae Halbert, 1915		13	Species	Taxom
Hydrachnidae Leach, 1815		17	Species	Taxom
Hydrodromidae Viets, 1936		8	Species	Taxom
Hydrozetidae Grandjean, 1954		1	Species	Taxom
Hydryphantidae Piersig, 1896		36	Species	Taxom
Hygrobatidae Koch, 1842		137	Species	Taxom
Hypochthoniidae Berlese, 1910		7	Species	Taxom
Hypoderatidae (Murray, 1877)		11	Species	Taxom
Hypoderidae Murray, 1877		1	Species	Taxom
Iolinidae Pritchard, 1956		0	Species	Taxom
Johnstonianidae Thor, 1935		5	Species	Taxom
Knemidokoptidae (Lavoipierre ..., 1951)		4	Species	Taxom
Kramerellidae Gaud & Mouchet, 1961		4	Species	Taxom
Kytoditidae (Oudemans, 1908)		4	Species	Taxom
Labidostommatidae Oudemans, 1904		11	Species	Taxom
Lamellareidae Balogh, 1972		1	Species	Taxom
Laminosioptidae Vitzthum, 1931		5	Species	Taxom
Lardoglyphidae Oudemans, 1927		2	Species	Taxom
Lebertiidae Thor, 1900		0	Species	Taxom
Leeuwenhoekiidae Womersley, 1944	Chigger mites	46	Species	Taxom
Liacaridae Sellnick, 1928		0	Species	Taxom
Licneremaeidae Grandjean, 1931		1	Species	Taxom
Licnodamaeidae (Grandjean, 1954)		40	Species	Taxom
Liebstadiidae J. & P. Balogh, 1984		30	Species	Taxom
Limnesiidae Thor, 1900		39	Species	Taxom
Limnocharidae Grube, 1859		5	Species	Taxom
Linotetranidae Baker & Prit..., 1953		2	Species	Taxom
Liodidae Grandjean, 1954	Round fungus beetle	0	Species	Taxom
Listrophoridae Mégnin & Tro..., 1884		4	Species	Taxom
Listropsoralgidae Fain, 1965		2	Species	Taxom
Lohmanniidae Berlese, 1916		12	Species	Taxom
Lordalychidae Grandjean, 1939		0	Species	Taxom
Machuellidae Balogh, 1983		1	Species	Taxom
Malaconothridae Berlese, 1916		42	Species	Taxom
Maudheimiidae J. & P. Balogh, 1984		2	Species	Taxom
Mecognathidae Gerson & Walter, 1998		5	Species	Taxom
Mesoplophoridae Ewing, 1917		9	Species	Taxom
Micreremidae Grandjean, 1954		3	Species	Taxom
Microdispidae Cross, 1965		1	Species	Taxom
Micropsammidae Coineau & Th..., 1983		0	Species	Taxom
Microtegeidae Balogh, 1972		4	Species	Taxom
Microtrombidiidae Womersley, 1936	Micro velvet mites	65	Species	Taxom
Microzetidae Grandjean, 1936		6	Species	Taxom
Mideidae Thor, 1911		1	Species	Taxom
Mideopsidae Koenike, 1910		52	Species	Taxom
Mochlozetidae Grandjean, 1960		2	Species	Taxom
Momoniidae Viets, 1926		9	Species	Taxom
Mycobatidae Grandjean, 1954		0	Species	Taxom
Myobiidae Megnin, 1877		41	Species	Taxom
Myocoptidae Gunther, 1942		3	Species	Taxom
Nanhermanniidae Sellnick, 1928		13	Species	Taxom
Nanohystricidae Norton & Fua..., 2015		1	Species	Taxom
Nanorchestidae Luxton, 1984		10	Species	Taxom
Nematalycidae Strenzke, 1954		1	Species	Taxom
Neoliodidae (Sellnick, 1928)		5	Species	Taxom
Neopygmephoridae Cross, 1965		2	Species	Taxom
Neothrombiidae Feider, 1959		3	Species	Taxom
Neotrombidiidae Feider, 1955		5	Species	Taxom
Nodocepheidae Piffl, 1972		1	Species	Taxom
Nosybeidae Mahunka, 1993		8	Species	Taxom
Nosybelbidae Mahunka, 1994		11	Species	Taxom
Nothridae Berlese, 1896		11	Species	Taxom
Oehserchestidae Kethley, 1977		1	Species	Taxom
Omartacaridae Cook, 1963		5	Species	Taxom
Oppiidae Sellnick, 1937		167	Species	Taxom
Oribatellidae Jacot, 1925		5	Species	Taxom
Oribatulidae Thor, 1929		31	Species	Taxom
Oribotritiidae Grandjean, 1954		29	Species	Taxom
Oripodidae Jacot, 1925		10	Species	Taxom
Otocepheidae Balogh, 1961		38	Species	Taxom
Oxidae Viets, 1926		40	Species	Taxom
Oxyameridae Aoki, 1965		2	Species	Taxom
Palaeacaridae Grandjean, 1932		0	Species	Taxom
Parakalummidae Grandjean, 1936		8	Species	Taxom
Paratydeidae Baker, 1949		2	Species	Taxom
Parhypochthoniidae Grandjean, 1932		1	Species	Taxom
Passalozetidae Grandjean, 1954		0	Species	Taxom
Pediculochelidae Lavoipierre, 1946		1	Species	Taxom
Penthaleidae Oudemans, 1931	Earth Mites	11	Species	Taxom
Penthalodidae Strandtmann, 1964		10	Species	Taxom
Perlohmanniidae Grandjean, 1954		0	Species	Taxom
Pezidae Harvey, 1990		2	Species	Taxom
Phenopelopidae Petrunkevitch, 1955		5	Species	Taxom
Pheroliodidae Paschoal, 1987		21	Species	Taxom
Phthiracaridae Perty, 1841		311	Species	Taxom
Phytoptidae Manson, 1970		3	Species	Taxom
Piersigiidae Oudemans, 1902		1	Species	Taxom
Pionidae Thor, 1900		13	Species	Taxom
Plasmobatidae Grandjean, 1961		2	Species	Taxom
Plateremaeidae Trägårdh, 1931		1	Species	Taxom
Platyameridae Balogh & Balogh, 1983		1	Species	Taxom
Podapolipidae Husband, 1990		42	Species	Taxom
Pontarachnidae Koenike, 1910		10	Species	Taxom
Proctophyllodidae Trouessart &..., 1884		11	Species	Taxom
Protoplophoridae (Ewing, 1917)		3	Species	Taxom
Protoribatidae J. & P. Balogh, 1984		5	Species	Taxom
Pseudocheylidae Oudemans, 1909		3	Species	Taxom
Pseudoppiidae (Mahunka, 1975)		1	Species	Taxom
Psorergatidae Womersley, 1941		4	Species	Taxom
Psoroptidae Hering, 1838	Scab mites	7	Species	Taxom
Psoroptoididae Gaud, 1958		2	Species	Taxom
Pterolichidae Trouessart, 1899		30	Species	Taxom
Pteronyssidae Oudemans, 1941		1	Species	Taxom
Pterygosomatidae Womersley, 1941		6	Species	Taxom
Ptiloxenidae Gaud, 1982		3	Species	Taxom
Punctoribatidae Thor, 1937		5	Species	Taxom
Pyemotidae Newport, 1850		5	Species	Taxom
Pygmephoridae Krczal, 1964		2	Species	Taxom
Pyroglyphidae Cunliffe, 1958	Dust mites	4	Species	Taxom
Quadroppiidae Balogh, 1983		1	Species	Taxom
Raphignathidae Kramer, 1877		5	Species	Taxom
Rhagidiidae Zacharda, 1980		5	Species	Taxom
Rhynchoribatidae Balogh, 1961		0	Species	Taxom
Rosensteiniidae Cooreman, 1954		5	Species	Taxom
Sarcoptidae Megnin, 1877	Itch mites	13	Species	Taxom
Scheloribatidae Jacot, 1935		40	Species	Taxom
Schizoglyphidae Mahunka, 1978		1	Species	Taxom
Scutacaridae Paoli, 1911		26	Species	Taxom
Scutoverticidae Grandjean, 1954		2	Species	Taxom
Siteroptidae Martin, 1978	Siteroptid mites	11	Species	Taxom
Smarididae Kramer, 1878		18	Species	Taxom
Sphaerochthoniidae Grandjean, 1947		2	Species	Taxom
Sphaerolichidae Berlese, 1913		0	Species	Taxom
Steganacaridae (NiedbaÅ‚a, 1986)		38	Species	Taxom
Stigmaeidae Wood, 1967		85	Species	Taxom
Stigmocheylidae (Kethley, 1990)		0	Species	Taxom
Suctobelbidae Jacot, 1938		25	Species	Taxom
Suidasiidae Hughes, 1948		5	Species	Taxom
Symbioribatidae Aoki, 1966		1	Species	Taxom
Syringobiidae Trouessart, 1897		3	Species	Taxom
Syringophilidae Lavoipierre, 1953	Quill mites	36	Species	Taxom
Tarsonemidae Kramer, 1877	Tarsonemid mites	17	Species	Taxom
Tectocepheidae Grandjean, 1954		3	Species	Taxom
Tegeocranellidae P. Balogh, 1987		2	Species	Taxom
Tegoribatidae Grandjean, 1954		3	Species	Taxom
Teneriffiidae Thor, 1911		4	Species	Taxom
Tenuipalpidae Berlese, 1913	False spider mites	98	Species	Taxom
Teratoppiidae Balogh, 1983		1	Species	Taxom
Terpnacaridae Grandjean, 1939		4	Species	Taxom
Tetracondylidae Aoki, 1961		1	Species	Taxom
Tetranychidae Donnadieu, 1875	Spider mites	107	Species	Taxom
Torrenticolidae Thor, 1902	Torrent Mites	9	Species	Taxom
Trhypochthoniidae Willmann, 1931		8	Species	Taxom
Trichthoniidae (Lee, 1982)		1	Species	Taxom
Triophtydeidae (André, 1980)		1	Species	Taxom
Trombellidae Thor, 1935		8	Species	Taxom
Trombiculidae Ewing, 1929	Chigger mites	294	Species	Taxom
Trombidiidae Leach, 1815	Beer Bahuti	48	Species	Taxom
Trouessartiidae Gaud, 1957		2	Species	Taxom
Tuckerellidae Baker & Prit..., 1953	Peacock mites	5	Species	Taxom
Tumerozetidae Hammer, 1966		5	Species	Taxom
Tuparezetidae Balogh, 1972		2	Species	Taxom
Turbinoptidae Fain, 1957		5	Species	Taxom
Tydeidae Kramer, 1877	Tydeid mites	5	Species	Taxom
Unionicolidae Oudemans, 1909		100	Species	Taxom
Wettinidae Cook, 1956		3	Species	Taxom
Winterschmidtiidae Oudemans, 1923		9	Species	Taxom
Xolalgidae Dubinin, 1953		5	Species	Taxom
Yurebillidae Southcott, 1996		1	Species	Taxom
Zelandothyadidae Smit, 1996		1	Species	Taxom
Zetomotrichidae Grandjean, 1934		2	Species	Taxom
Zetorchestidae Michael, 1898		3	Species	Taxom

Subnodes of Acariformes with occurrences in Australia

Order	Sarcoptiformes Reuter, 1909 mites	178 645 2051	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Order	Trombidiformes Reuter, 1909 mites, Trombidiform mites	103 632 2521	Families Genera Species	Taxom

Links, sources and further information

Acariformes at artfakta.se
Acariformes at dyntaxa.se
Acariformes at itis.gov
Acariformes at marinespecies.org