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Checklist for Order Mesostigmata Canestrini, 1891 (free-living predatory mites)
and region Papua Region (Papua New Guinea)


Class
 
Arachnida
Lamarck, 1801
Arachnids
27
49
53
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Micrura
Ehrenberg, 1831
17
32
35
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Acari
Nitzsch, 1818
Mites and Ticks
10
14
17
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Parasitiformes
Reuter, 1909
Mites, Ticks
4
4
3
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Mesostigmata
Canestrini, 1891
Free-living predatory mites, Mesostigs, Mites
4
4
3
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


List of families for Papua Region
4 Families width 3 Species
Spinturnicidae Oudemans, 19021SpeciesTaxom
Laelapidae Berlese, 18921SpeciesTaxom
Megisthanidae Berlese, 19141SpeciesTaxom
Paramegistidae Trägårdh, 19460SpeciesTaxom


Genera for Papua Region
4 Genera with 3 Species
Eyndhovenia Rudnick, 18571SpeciesTaxom
Laelaps Koch, 19151SpeciesTaxom
Megisthanus Thorell, 20191SpeciesTaxom
Ophiomegistus Banks, 1914
0SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Papua Region
3 Species
Eyndhovenia caligus Kolenati, 1857
Laelaps (Laelaps) nuttalli Hirst, 1915Mite
Megisthanus womersleyi Seeman, 2019

Subnodes of Mesostigmata with occurrences in Papua Region
SuborderMonogynaspida
Camin & Gorirossi, 1955
2
2
2
Families
Genera
Species

Taxom

SuborderTrigynaspida
Camin & Gorirossi, 1955
2
2
1
Families
Genera
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