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Checklist for Superorder Parasitiformes Reuter, 1909 (mites)
and region Tunisia (North Africa)


Class
 
Arachnida
Lamarck, 1801
Arachnids
99
254
473
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Micrura
Ehrenberg, 1831
79
213
383
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Acari
Nitzsch, 1818
Mites and Ticks
40
66
120
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Parasitiformes
Reuter, 1909
Mites, Ticks
8
13
55
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


List of families for Tunisia
8 Families width 55 Species and 1 Subspecies
Argasidae C. L. Koch, 1844Soft tick6SpeciesTaxom
Amblyommidae Banks, 190723SpeciesTaxom
Spinturnicidae Oudemans, 19021SpeciesTaxom
Ixodidae (C. L. Koch, 1844)Hard Tick17SpeciesTaxom
Fedrizziidae Trägårdh, 19371SpeciesTaxom
Phytoseiidae Berlese, 1916Phytoseiid mites1SpeciesTaxom
Trematuridae Berlese, 19172SpeciesTaxom
Zerconidae Berlese, 18924SpeciesTaxom


Genera for Tunisia
13 Genera with 55 Species
Argas Latreille, 1844American Dog Tick2SpeciesTaxom
Carios Latreille, 18491SpeciesTaxom
Dermacentor Koch, 1901Dog Ticks3SpeciesTaxom
Eyndhovenia Rudnick, 18571SpeciesTaxom
Haemaphysalis Koch, 19739SpeciesTaxom
Hyalomma Koch, 194610SpeciesTaxom
Ixodes Latreille, 18218SpeciesTaxom
Neofedrizzia Womersley, 20071SpeciesTaxom
Ornithodoros C. L. Koch, 1827Soft-bodied Tick3SpeciesTaxom
Phytoseiulus Evans, 19571SpeciesTaxom
Rhipicephalus Ziemanni Neu..., 193611SpeciesTaxom
Trichouropoda Berlese, 19882SpeciesTaxom
Zercon C.L.Koch, 19794SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Tunisia
55 Species and 1 Subspecies
Argas (Persicargas) persicus (Oken, 1818)⇒ Argas miniatus Koch, 1844
Argas miniatus Koch, 1844Chicken tick
Carios erraticus Lucas, 1849
Dermacentor (Dermacentor) marginatus (Sulzer, 1776)⇒ 
Dermacentor (Dermacentor) reticulatus (Fabricius, 1794)⇒ Dermacentor occidentalis Marx, 1892
Dermacentor parumapertus Neumann, 1901Rabbit Dermacentor
Eyndhovenia caligus Kolenati, 1857
Haemaphysalis (Aboimisalis) punctata Canestrini &..., 1878Coastal Red Tick
Haemaphysalis (Herpetobia) sulcata (Canestrini &..., 1878)⇒ Haemaphysalis punctata Canestrini &..., 1878
Haemaphysalis (Rhipistoma) asiatica Supino, 1897
Haemaphysalis bancrofti Nuttall & Wa..., 1915Wallaby tick
Haemaphysalis leachi Audouin, 1826African dog tick
Haemaphysalis moreli Camicas, Hoo..., 1972
Haemaphysalis muhsamae Santos Dias, 1954
Haemaphysalis paraleachi Camicas, Hoo..., 1983
Haemaphysalis punctaleachi Camicas, Hoo..., 1973
Hyalomma (Hyalomma) dromedarii Koch, 1844Camel Hyalomma
Hyalomma (Hyalomma) lusitanicum Koch, 1844
Hyalomma (Hyalomma) marginatum (Koch, 1844)⇒ Hyalomma turanicum Pomerantsev, 1946
Hyalomma marginatum rufipes Koch, 1844
Hyalomma (Hyalomma) truncatum Koch, 1844African bont-leg tick
Hyalomma albiparmatum Schulze, 1919
Hyalomma impeltatum Schulze & Sc..., 1930Kratz's Hyalomma
Hyalomma impressum (Koch, 1844)⇒ Hyalomma marginatum rufipes Koch, 1844
Hyalomma nitidum Schulze, 1919
Hyalomma turanicum Pomerantsev, 1946Enamel-legged Hyalomma
Ixodes (Ixodes) gibbosus Nuttall, 1916
Ixodes (Ixodes) ovatus Neumann, 1899
Ixodes (Ixodes) ricinus (Murray, 1852)⇒ Ixodes scapularis Say, 1821
Ixodes (Scaphixodes) frontalis Panzer, 1798Passerine tick
Ixodes aragaoi Fonseca, 1935
Ixodes brunneus (Koch, 1844)⇒ Ixodes neuquenensis Ringuelet, 1947
Ixodes neuquenensis Ringuelet, 1947
Ixodes scapularis (Say, 1821)⇒ Rhipicephalus bursa Canestrini &..., 1877
Neofedrizzia lepas Seeman, 2007
Ornithodoros kairouanensis Trape, Diatt..., 2013
Ornithodoros normandi Larrousse, 1923
Ornithodoros savignyi Audouin, 1827African eyed tampan
Phytoseiulus persimilis Athias-Henriot, 1957Chilean predatory mite
Rhipicephalus (Boophilus) annulatus (Say, 1821)⇒ Rhipicephalus microplus Canestrini, 1888
Rhipicephalus (Boophilus) microplus Canestrini, 1888Asian blue tick
Rhipicephalus (Digeneus) bursa Canestrini &..., 1877
Rhipicephalus (Digineus) bursa (Canestrini &..., 1878)⇒ Rhipicephalus pusillus Gil Collado, 1936
Rhipicephalus (Eurhipicephalus) sanguineus Latreille, 1806
Rhipicephalus (Rhipicephalus) guilhoni Morel & Vass..., 1963
Rhipicephalus (Rhipicephalus) pusillus Gil Collado, 1936
Rhipicephalus (Rhipicephalus) rossicus Yakimov & Ko..., 1911
Rhipicephalus (Rhipicephalus) sanguineus (Latreille, 1806)⇒ Rhipicephalus sanguineus Latreille, 1806
Rhipicephalus (Rhipicephalus) schulzei Olenev, 1929
Rhipicephalus (Rhipicephalus) turanicus Pomerantsev, 1936
Trichouropoda mahunkai Hirschmann &..., 1988
Trichouropoda tunesiae Hirschmann &..., 1988
Zercon (Zercon) indiscretus Blaszak, 1979
Zercon (Zercon) salebrosus Blaszak, 1979
Zercon (Zercon) saphenus Blaszak, 1979
Zercon (Zercon) secundus Blaszak, 1979

Subnodes of Parasitiformes with occurrences in Tunisia
OrderIxodida
Sundevall, 1833
hard ticks, soft ticks, Tick, Ticks
3
8
46
Families
Genera
Species

Taxom

OrderMesostigmata
Canestrini, 1891
free-living predatory mites, Mesostigs, Mites, Predatory mites
5
5
9
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