Acariformes (Zakhvatkin 1952), dust mites ⇒ Taxonomy and Distribution of Superorder

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INSECTOIDGERENGDARK LIGHT

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Taxonomy of Superorder Acariformes Zakhvatkin, 1952
dust mites, mites

Class	Arachnida Lamarck, 1801 Arachnids	1342 20133 198818	Families Genera Species
Subclass	Micrura Ehrenberg, 1831	1080 16061 173944	Families Genera Species
Infraclass	Acari Nitzsch, 1818 Mites and Ticks	798 8977 91345	Families Genera Species
Superorder	Acariformes Zakhvatkin, 1952 Dust mites, Mites	623 7170 67107	Families Genera Species

Subnodes of Acariformes Zakhvatkin, 1952

Order	Actinedida Hammen, 1968 ⇒ Trombidiformes	0 0 0	Families Genera Species
Order	Sarcoptiformes Reuter, 1909 Mites	399 3422 29034	Families Genera Species
Order	Trombidiformes Reuter, 1909 Mites, Trombidiform mites	224 3746 38071	Families Genera Species
Genus	Ampezzoa ♰ Lindquist & Grimaldi in Schmidt & al. in press, 2012	1	Species
Genus	Triasacarus ♰ Lindquist & Grimaldi in Schmidt & al. in press, 2012	1	Species

Synonyms

Actinotrichida (Krantz & Walter, 2009)

Native, vernacular names and spellings of Acariformes

English	Dust mites, Mites
Dutch	Mijten
Swedish	Lårkvalster
Finnish	Aitopunkit

Distribution and Species lists of Acariformes Zakhvatkin, 1952

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Afghanistan
10 Families  17 Genera  19 SpeciesAlbania
4 Families  8 Genera  10 SpeciesAlgeria
52 Families  95 Genera  118 SpeciesAndorra
2 Families  2 Genera  2 SpeciesAngola
46 Families  103 Genera  120 SpeciesAntigua and Barbuda
2 Families  2 Genera  2 SpeciesArgentina
102 Families  227 Genera  376 SpeciesArmenia
9 Families  32 Genera  63 SpeciesAustralia
281 Families  1277 Genera  4572 SpeciesAustria
118 Families  247 Genera  412 SpeciesAzerbaijan
19 Families  44 Genera  88 SpeciesBahamas
27 Families  33 Genera  27 SpeciesBangladesh
8 Families  10 Genera  12 SpeciesBarbados
2 Families  2 Genera  2 SpeciesBelarus
6 Families  12 Genera  14 SpeciesBelgium
111 Families  285 Genera  558 SpeciesBelize
17 Families  20 Genera  16 SpeciesBenin
12 Families  17 Genera  17 SpeciesBhutan
7 Families  7 Genera  9 SpeciesBolivia
34 Families  56 Genera  59 SpeciesBosnia and Herzegovina
11 Families  11 Genera  11 SpeciesBotswana
28 Families  41 Genera  42 SpeciesBrazil
202 Families  712 Genera  1592 SpeciesBrunei
27 Families  36 Genera  43 SpeciesBulgaria
41 Families  76 Genera  130 SpeciesBurkina Faso
9 Families  12 Genera  9 SpeciesBurundi
11 Families  20 Genera  18 SpeciesCambodia
6 Families  6 Genera  11 SpeciesCameroon
62 Families  159 Genera  281 SpeciesCanada
187 Families  457 Genera  986 SpeciesCape Verde
41 Families  64 Genera  69 SpeciesCentral African Republic
15 Families  23 Genera  19 SpeciesChad
8 Families  10 Genera  7 SpeciesChile
66 Families  162 Genera  360 SpeciesChina
192 Families  706 Genera  2359 SpeciesColombia
140 Families  307 Genera  337 SpeciesComoros
11 Families  18 Genera  23 SpeciesCook Islands
4 Families  6 Genera  9 SpeciesCosta Rica
82 Families  185 Genera  347 SpeciesCroatia
30 Families  45 Genera  59 SpeciesCuba
69 Families  132 Genera  222 SpeciesCyprus
16 Families  25 Genera  32 SpeciesCzech Republic
70 Families  147 Genera  279 SpeciesDemocratic Republic of the Congo
87 Families  265 Genera  390 SpeciesDenmark
158 Families  384 Genera  984 SpeciesDjibouti
1 Family  1 Genus  1 SpeciesDominica
8 Families  8 Genera  4 SpeciesDominican Republic
16 Families  23 Genera  23 SpeciesEast Timor
15 Families  16 Genera  11 SpeciesEcuador
114 Families  221 Genera  296 SpeciesEgypt
65 Families  168 Genera  317 SpeciesEl Salvador
48 Families  78 Genera  81 SpeciesEquatorial Guinea
11 Families  14 Genera  13 SpeciesEritrea
5 Families  5 Genera  5 SpeciesEstonia
83 Families  130 Genera  292 SpeciesEthiopia
45 Families  70 Genera  71 SpeciesFiji
23 Families  35 Genera  49 SpeciesFinland
126 Families  321 Genera  981 SpeciesFrance
170 Families  460 Genera  904 SpeciesGabon
29 Families  41 Genera  30 SpeciesGambia
11 Families  11 Genera  14 SpeciesGeorgia
52 Families  101 Genera  149 SpeciesGermany
198 Families  605 Genera  2009 SpeciesGhana
28 Families  42 Genera  56 SpeciesGreece
96 Families  178 Genera  350 SpeciesGrenada
5 Families  5 Genera  3 SpeciesGuatemala
90 Families  146 Genera  183 SpeciesGuinea
7 Families  8 Genera  8 SpeciesGuinea-Bissau
5 Families  9 Genera  8 SpeciesGuyana
24 Families  45 Genera  49 SpeciesHaiti
11 Families  16 Genera  15 SpeciesHonduras
36 Families  57 Genera  80 SpeciesHungary
73 Families  150 Genera  305 SpeciesIceland
88 Families  158 Genera  199 SpeciesIndia
128 Families  404 Genera  993 SpeciesIndonesia
142 Families  395 Genera  750 SpeciesIran
68 Families  179 Genera  309 SpeciesIraq
13 Families  21 Genera  25 SpeciesIreland
51 Families  73 Genera  116 SpeciesIsrael
44 Families  87 Genera  140 SpeciesItaly
247 Families  813 Genera  2519 SpeciesIvory Coast
23 Families  49 Genera  52 SpeciesJamaica
18 Families  27 Genera  36 SpeciesJapan
165 Families  441 Genera  1053 SpeciesJordan
5 Families  12 Genera  19 SpeciesKazakhstan
40 Families  84 Genera  133 SpeciesKenya
74 Families  160 Genera  208 SpeciesKiribati
2 Families  2 Genera  3 SpeciesKosovo
1 Families  2 Genera  2 SpeciesKuwait
3 Families  5 Genera  6 SpeciesKyrgyzstan
25 Families  52 Genera  82 SpeciesLaos
12 Families  18 Genera  28 SpeciesLatvia
57 Families  85 Genera  118 SpeciesLebanon
6 Families  13 Genera  18 SpeciesLesotho
11 Families  12 Genera  10 SpeciesLiberia
34 Families  65 Genera  155 SpeciesLibya
7 Families  10 Genera  10 SpeciesLithuania
28 Families  47 Genera  68 SpeciesLuxembourg
82 Families  147 Genera  345 SpeciesMadagascar
84 Families  184 Genera  358 SpeciesMalawi
15 Families  28 Genera  51 SpeciesMalaysia
95 Families  253 Genera  412 SpeciesMaldives
7 Families  7 Genera  7 SpeciesMali
7 Families  10 Genera  9 SpeciesMalta
5 Families  7 Genera  11 SpeciesMarshall Islands
1 Family  1 Genus  3 SpeciesMauritania
2 Families  6 Genera  7 SpeciesMauritius
51 Families  88 Genera  135 SpeciesMexico
231 Families  753 Genera  1445 SpeciesMicronesia
24 Families  32 Genera  41 SpeciesMoldova
33 Families  41 Genera  52 SpeciesMonaco
4 Families  16 Genera  48 SpeciesMongolia
50 Families  90 Genera  121 SpeciesMontenegro
10 Families  18 Genera  22 SpeciesMorocco
41 Families  67 Genera  78 SpeciesMozambique
32 Families  55 Genera  65 SpeciesMyanmar
30 Families  55 Genera  69 SpeciesNamibia
36 Families  63 Genera  55 SpeciesNauru
1 Family  1 Genus  1 SpeciesNepal
26 Families  51 Genera  55 SpeciesNetherlands
193 Families  531 Genera  1263 SpeciesNew Zealand
185 Families  547 Genera  1296 SpeciesNicaragua
37 Families  55 Genera  67 SpeciesNiger
7 Families  10 Genera  12 SpeciesNigeria
39 Families  66 Genera  95 SpeciesNiue
1 Family  1 Genus  1 SpeciesNorth Korea
6 Families  9 Genera  14 SpeciesNorway
166 Families  464 Genera  1342 SpeciesOman
13 Families  17 Genera  28 SpeciesPakistan
29 Families  85 Genera  218 SpeciesPalau
11 Families  13 Genera  13 SpeciesPalestine
5 Families  5 Genera  3 SpeciesPanama
73 Families  154 Genera  164 SpeciesPapua New Guinea
65 Families  168 Genera  301 SpeciesParaguay
69 Families  117 Genera  177 SpeciesPeru
137 Families  331 Genera  381 SpeciesPhilippines
77 Families  227 Genera  442 SpeciesPoland
113 Families  313 Genera  937 SpeciesPortugal
90 Families  188 Genera  331 SpeciesRepublic of the Congo
8 Families  10 Genera  12 SpeciesRepublic South Africa
170 Families  501 Genera  1309 SpeciesRomania
35 Families  68 Genera  98 SpeciesRussia
196 Families  536 Genera  1598 SpeciesRwanda
53 Families  136 Genera  159 SpeciesSaint Kitts and Nevis
2 Families  2 Genera  2 SpeciesSaint Lucia
21 Families  30 Genera  25 SpeciesSaint Vincent and the Grenadines
9 Families  12 Genera  9 SpeciesSamoa
11 Families  12 Genera  13 SpeciesSan Marino
2 Families  14 Genera  49 SpeciesSão Tomé and Príncipe
4 Families  5 Genera  5 SpeciesSaudi Arabia
16 Families  21 Genera  23 SpeciesSenegal
32 Families  47 Genera  46 SpeciesSerbia
21 Families  52 Genera  86 SpeciesSeychelles
24 Families  30 Genera  32 SpeciesSierra Leone
12 Families  27 Genera  28 SpeciesSingapore
23 Families  38 Genera  66 SpeciesSlovakia
34 Families  73 Genera  143 SpeciesSlovenia
11 Families  18 Genera  25 SpeciesSolomon Islands
68 Families  121 Genera  111 SpeciesSomalia
15 Families  19 Genera  16 SpeciesSouth Korea
79 Families  134 Genera  203 SpeciesSouth Sudan
23 Families  27 Genera  8 SpeciesSpain
139 Families  307 Genera  743 SpeciesSri Lanka
44 Families  61 Genera  74 SpeciesSudan
23 Families  35 Genera  32 SpeciesSuriname
65 Families  139 Genera  208 SpeciesSweden
161 Families  444 Genera  1333 SpeciesSwitzerland
88 Families  166 Genera  251 SpeciesSyria
9 Families  12 Genera  18 SpeciesTaiwan
132 Families  442 Genera  1372 SpeciesTajikistan
14 Families  38 Genera  97 SpeciesTanzania
94 Families  223 Genera  316 SpeciesThailand
79 Families  190 Genera  357 SpeciesTogo
21 Families  32 Genera  43 SpeciesTonga
5 Families  10 Genera  12 SpeciesTrinidad and Tobago
37 Families  62 Genera  64 SpeciesTunisia
32 Families  53 Genera  65 SpeciesTurkey
61 Families  119 Genera  222 SpeciesTurkmenistan
24 Families  41 Genera  60 SpeciesTuvalu
1 Family  1 Genus  1 SpeciesUganda
54 Families  88 Genera  83 SpeciesUkraine
69 Families  166 Genera  375 SpeciesUnited Kingdom
199 Families  559 Genera  1218 SpeciesUruguay
25 Families  40 Genera  56 SpeciesUSA
278 Families  1101 Genera  3320 SpeciesUzbekistan
21 Families  51 Genera  67 SpeciesVanuatu
16 Families  25 Genera  30 SpeciesVenezuela
55 Families  129 Genera  167 SpeciesVietnam
50 Families  101 Genera  139 SpeciesYemen
11 Families  28 Genera  49 SpeciesZambia
29 Families  38 Genera  35 SpeciesZimbabwe
47 Families  80 Genera  125 Species

Distribution on islands

Found in fossile formations

Florissant Fossil Beds
2 Families  2 Genera  6 SpeciesRott Formation
1 Family  1 Genus  1 SpeciesWellington Formation
4 Families  4 Genera  4 Species

Links, sources and further information

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