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Checklist for Superorder Parasitiformes Reuter, 1909 (mites)
and region Houston County (Texas, USA)


Class
 		Arachnida
Lamarck, 1801
Arachnids		44
113
140		Families
Genera
Species		 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 		Micrura
Ehrenberg, 1831
38
106
132		Families
Genera
Species		 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 		Acari
Nitzsch, 1818
Mites and Ticks		13
14
8		Families
Genera
Species		 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 		Parasitiformes
Reuter, 1909
Mites, Ticks		6
7
4		Families
Genera
Species		 
Taxom
 


List of families for Houston County (Texas)
6 Families width 4 Species
Argasidae (C. L. Koch, 1844)Soft tick1SpeciesTaxom
Ascidae Oudemans, 19050SpeciesTaxom
Amblyommidae (Banks, 1907)2SpeciesTaxom
Antennophoridae Berlese, 18920SpeciesTaxom
Laelapidae Berlese, 18920SpeciesTaxom
Macrochelidae Vitzthum, 19301SpeciesTaxom


Genera for Houston County (Texas)
7 Genera with 4 Species
Argas Latreille, 1818American Dog Tick1SpeciesTaxom
Asca von Heyden, 1826
0SpeciesTaxom
Dermacentor Koch, 1821Dog Ticks1SpeciesTaxom
Echinomegistus Berlese, 1903
0SpeciesTaxom
Echinonyssus Hirst, 1925
0SpeciesTaxom
Macrocheles Latreille, 19041SpeciesTaxom
Rhipicephalus Ziemanni Neu..., 18061SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Houston County (Texas)
4 Species
Argas (Persicargas) persicus (Oken, 1818)⇒ Argas miniatus Koch, 1844
Dermacentor variabilis Say, 1821American dog tick
Macrocheles (Macrocheles) subbadius Berlese, 1904Mite
Rhipicephalus (Rhipicephalus) sanguineus (Latreille, 1806)⇒ Rhipicephalus sanguineus Latreille, 1806

Subnodes of Parasitiformes with occurrences in Houston County (Texas)
OrderIxodida
Sundevall, 1833
hard ticks, soft ticks, Tick, Ticks		2
3
3		Families
Genera
Species
Taxom

OrderMesostigmata
Canestrini, 1891
free-living predatory mites, Mesostigs, Mites, Predatory mites		4
4
1		Families
Genera
Species
Taxom



Links, sources and further information
Parasitiformes at artfakta.se
Parasitiformes at dyntaxa.se
Parasitiformes at itis.gov
Parasitiformes at marinespecies.org