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Checklist for Order Mesostigmata Canestrini, 1891 (free-living predatory mites)
and region Cairns (Cape York Peninsula, Australia)


Class
 
Arachnida
Lamarck, 1801
Arachnids
57
150
173
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Micrura
Ehrenberg, 1831
51
142
168
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Acari
Nitzsch, 1818
Mites and Ticks
20
39
49
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Parasitiformes
Reuter, 1909
Mites, Ticks
6
10
12
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Mesostigmata
Canestrini, 1891
Free-living predatory mites, Mesostigs, Mites
4
7
7
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


List of families for Cairns
4 Families width 7 Species
Phytoseiidae Berlese, 1916Phytoseiid mites0SpeciesTaxom
Laelapidae Berlese, 18925SpeciesTaxom
Macronyssidae Oudemans, 1936Macronyssid Mites1SpeciesTaxom
Ptochacaridae Kethley, 19771SpeciesTaxom


Genera for Cairns
7 Genera with 7 Species
Amblyseius Berlese, 1915
0SpeciesTaxom
Hypoaspis Canestrini, 1884
Predatory mite0SpeciesTaxom
Laelaps Koch, 19143SpeciesTaxom
Mesolaelaps Hirst, 19261SpeciesTaxom
Neolaelaps Hirst, 19101SpeciesTaxom
Ophionyssus Megnin, 18441SpeciesTaxom
Ptochacarus Silvestri, 19581SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Cairns
7 Species
Laelaps (Laelaps) echidninus (Berlese, 1887)⇒ Echinolaelaps echidninus Berlese, 1887
Laelaps (Laelaps) nuttalli Hirst, 1915Mite
Laelaps (Laelaps) rothschildi Hirst, 1914
Mesolaelaps anomalus Hirst, 1926
Neolaelaps spinosus Berlese, 1910
Ophionyssus natricis Gervais, 1844Mite
Ptochacarus silvestrii Womersley, 1958

Subnodes of Mesostigmata with occurrences in Cairns
SuborderMonogynaspida
Camin & Gorirossi, 1955
3
6
6
Families
Genera
Species

Taxom

SuborderTrigynaspida
Camin & Gorirossi, 1955
1
1
1
Family
Genus
Species

Taxom



Links, sources and further information
Mesostigmata at artfakta.se
Mesostigmata at biodiversity.org.au
Mesostigmata at dyntaxa.se
Mesostigmata at gbif.org
Mesostigmata at itis.gov
Mesostigmata at marinespecies.org