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Taxonomy of Family Acaridae Latreille, 1802
acarid mites, house dust mites, Stored Products 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

Order
 
Sarcoptiformes
Reuter, 1909
Mites
399
3422
29034
Families
Genera
Species

Suborder
 
Oribatida
Dugès, 1833
Oribatid mites
379
3374
28798
Families
Genera
Species

Infraorder
 
Desmonomata
Woolley, 1973
287
3082
24168
Families
Genera
Species
GroupAstigmata
Canestrini, 1891
108
1473
6889
Families
Genera
Species

Superfamily
 
Acaroidea
Latreille, 1802
13
196
986
Families
Genera
Species
FamilyAcaridae
Latreille, 1802
Acarid mites, House dust mites, Stored Products Mites
158
888
Genera
Species
Subnodes of Acaridae Latreille, 1802
SubfamilyAcarinae
Latreille, 1802
7
327
Genera
Species
SubfamilyFagacarinae
Fain & R. A. Norton, 1979
1
1
Genus
Species
SubfamilyHorstiinae
Fain, 1984
  ⇒ Rhizoglyphinae
1
1
Genus
Species
SubfamilyPontoppidaniinae
Oudemans, 1925
2
4
Genera
Species
SubfamilyRhizoglyphinae
Zakhvatkin, 1941
18
311
Genera
Species
GenusAcarellus
Tatem, 1872
  ⇒ Acarus
0Species
GenusAchropodophorus
Rosas Costa, 1929
0Species
GenusAellenella
S. Mahunka, 1978
1Species
GenusAmhorstia
Fain, 1984
  ⇒ Horstia
0Species
GenusAmphicalvolia
Türk, 1963
1Species
GenusApiacarus
Volgin, 1974
1Species
GenusArarus
Oudemans, 1901
  ⇒ Acarus
0Species
GenusArmacarus
S. Mahunka, 1979
1Species
GenusAscarus
Claus, 1880
  ⇒ Acarus
0Species
GenusAskinasia
Yunker, 1970
3Species
GenusAustralhypopus
Fain & Friend, 1984
1Species
GenusBaloghella
Mahunka, 1963
1Species
GenusBembidioglyphus
Klimov, 1998
1Species
GenusBoletacarus
V. I. Volgin & S. V. Mironov, 1980
2Species
GenusBoletoglyphus
Volgin, 1953
4Species
GenusBromeliaglyphus
H.H.J. Nesbitt, 1985
1Species
GenusCaepophagus
Megnin, 1880
  ⇒ Rhizoglyphus
0Species
GenusCalvoliella
Samsinak, 1969
2Species
GenusCalvoliopsis
Mahunka, 1973
1Species
GenusCapillaroglyphus
Klimov, 1998
1Species
GenusCarabidobius
Volgin, 1953
4Species
GenusCelognathus
Megnin, 1880
  ⇒ Tyrophagus
0Species
GenusCerophagopsis
Zachvatkin, 1941
3Species
GenusChibidaria
Sasa, 1952
1Species
GenusCoelognathus
Hessling, 1852
  ⇒ Tyrophagus
2Species
GenusCoepophagus
Megnin, 1880
0Species
GenusComerinia
Ferguson, 1985
1Species
GenusContromelisia
Samsinak, 1969
2Species
GenusCtenocolletacarus
Fain, 1984
  ⇒ Sancassania
3Species
GenusDiadasiopus
OConnor, 1997
2Species
GenusDynastopus
Fain, 1978
3Species
GenusEberhardia
Oudemans, 1924
5Species
GenusEwingia
Pearse, 1929
3Species
GenusFantovia
Samsinak, 1957
0Species
GenusForcellinia
Oudemans, 1924
15Species
GenusFoumouzea
Zachvatkin, 1953
  ⇒ Thyreophagus
0Species
GenusFumouzea
Zachvatkin, 1953
0Species
GenusGhanacarus
Mahunka, 1973
1Species
GenusHalictacarus
Mahunka, 1975
1Species
GenusHemimeropus
Fain & Beaucournu, 1976
  ⇒ Psylloglyphus
0Species
GenusHeteroglyphus
Foà, 1897
0Species
GenusHoogstraalacarus
Yunker, 1970
1Species
GenusHorstiella
Türk, 1949
7Species
GenusHortacarus
S. Mahunka, 1979
1Species
GenusHungaroglyphus
Mahunka, 1962
1Species
GenusHyohondania
Sasa, 1952
1Species
GenusIrianopus
Fain, 1986
1Species
GenusIsoglyphus
Zachvatkin, 1937
0Species
GenusJacolietta
0Species
GenusJacotietta
Fain, 1976
0Species
GenusKanekobia
Fain, C. E. Yunker, J. van Goethem & D. E. Johnsto, 1982
1Species
GenusKargoecius
Fain, 1985
1Species
GenusKonoglyphus
Delfinado & Baker, 1974
1Species
GenusKucinia
1Species
GenusKuzinia
Zachvatkin, 1941
10Species
GenusLackerbaueria
Zachvatkin, 1941
3Species
GenusLackerbaüeria
Zachvatkin, 1942
  ⇒ Lackerbaueria
0Species
GenusLagenoglyphus
Berlese, 1924
0Species
GenusLamtoglyphus
Fain, 1975
1Species
GenusLasioacarus
Kadzhyaya, 1968
1Species
GenusLemmaniella
Mahunka, 1977
1Species
GenusLindquistia
Mahunka, 1977
  ⇒ Boletoglyphus
1Species
GenusLowryacarus
Fain, 1986
1Species
GenusMachadoglyphus
Mahunka, 1963
1Species
GenusMadaglyphus
Fain, 1971
3Species
GenusMahunkaglyphus
Eraky, 1998
1Species
GenusMahunkallinia
Eraky, 1999
1Species
GenusMantidoglyphus
1Species
GenusMauracarus
S. Mahunka, 1978
1Species
GenusMedeus
Volgin, 1974
2Species
GenusMegachilopus
Fain, 1974
1Species
GenusMegninietta
Jacot, 1936
0Species
GenusMezorhizoglyphus
Kadzhaya, 1966
2Species
GenusMonetiella
Berlese, 1898
  ⇒ Thyreophagus
0Species
GenusMoneziella
Berlese, 1897
0Species
GenusMurodania
Kugoh, 1957
1Species
GenusMycetosancassania
Klimov, 2000
1Species
GenusMyrmolichus
Türk & Türk, 1957
1Species
GenusNaiacus
H.H.J. Nesbitt, 1990
1Species
GenusNaiadacarus
Fashing, 1974
6Species
GenusNaladacarus  ⇒ Naiadacarus
0Species
GenusNeoacotyledon
K. Samsinak, 1980
2Species
GenusNeohorstia
Zachvatkin, 1941
1Species
GenusNeotropacarus
Baker, 1985
3Species
GenusNotiopsyllopus
Fain, 1977
1Species
GenusOcellacarus
S. Mahunka, 1979
2Species
GenusOlafsenia
Oudemans, 1927
1Species
GenusOmentopus
Fain, 1978
1Species
GenusPachyglyphus
Berlese, 1924
0Species
GenusParaceroglyphus
Fain & Beaucournu, 1979
3Species
GenusParaforcellinia
Kadzhaya, 1974
1Species
GenusPassaloglyphus
Mahunka & Samsinak, 1972
1Species
GenusPaulacarellus
Fain, 1976
2Species
GenusPelzneria
Scheucher in Stammer, 1957
3Species
GenusPetzschia
Oudemans, 1923
0Species
GenusPhycoditum
Volgin & Shchur, 1974
0Species
GenusPinoglyphus
S. Mahunka, 1978
3Species
GenusPsyllacarus
Fain, F. Bartholomaeus, B. Cooke & J. C. Beaucourn, 1990
1Species
GenusPsyllobia
Fain, Bartholomaeus, Cooke & Beaucournu, 1990
  ⇒ Psylloglyphus
0Species
GenusPsyllopus
Fain & J. C. Beaucournu, 1993
1Species
GenusReckiacarus
G.Kadzhaya, 1972
1Species
GenusRettacarus
S. Mahunka, 1979
1Species
GenusRhisoglyphus
1Species
GenusRhizoglyphoides
V. I. Volgin, 1978
1Species
GenusRhypoglyphus
Potter & Olson, 1987
1Species
GenusRobinisca
Zachvatkin, 1941
3Species
GenusRodinovia
1Species
GenusRodionovia
Zachvatkin, 1941
2Species
GenusScatoglyphus
Berlese, 1913
1Species
GenusSchulzea
Zachvatkin, 1941
0Species
GenusSchwiebia
Oudemans, 1916
3Species
GenusSetoglyphus
S. Mahunka, 1979
2Species
GenusSinolardoglyphus
Z. T. Jiang, 1991
1Species
GenusSinosuidasia
Jiang, 1996
2Species
GenusSphecacarus
Klimov in Klimov & Tolstikov, 2011
0Species
GenusSpinacaropus
Fain & A. M. Camerik, 1978
1Species
GenusTerglyphus
Samsinak, 1965
1Species
GenusTetrapsyllopus
Fain & Beaucournu, 1986
  ⇒ Psylloglyphus
0Species
GenusThectochloracarus
Fain, Engel, Flechtmann & OConnor, 1999
1Species
GenusThyrophagus  ⇒ Tyrophagus
1Species
GenusTrichopsyllopus
Fain & G. T. Baker, 1983
1Species
GenusTropacarus
Ewing, 1917
  ⇒ Steganacarus
9Species
GenusTroxocoptes
Fain & J. R. Philips, 1983
1Species
GenusTryophagus
1Species
GenusTyroborus
Oudemans, 1924
4Species
GenusTyroglyphus
Latreille, 1796
  ⇒ Acarus
50Species
GenusTyroglypus
Canestrini, 1897
  ⇒ Acarus
0Species
GenusUmakefeq
Klimov, 2000
3Species
GenusVolginia
Kadzhaya, 1967
1Species

Synonyms
Acotyledonini (Zachvatkin, 1941)
Caloglyphidae (Oudemans, 1932)
Ewingidae (Pearse, 1929)
Fagacarinae (Fain & Norton, 1979)
Forcelliniidae (Oudemans, 1927)
Horstiinae (Fain, 1984)
Hypopidae (Murray, 1877)
Lasioacarini (Fain & Chmielewski, 1987)
Myrmolichinae (Türk & Türk, 1957)
Naiadacarinae (Fashing, 1974)
Olafseniidae (Oudemans, 1927)
Pinoglyphidae (Mahunka, 1979)
Rhizoglyphidae (Oudemans, 1923)
Thyreophagini (Klimov, 1998)
Tyroglyphidae (Donnadieu, 1868)
Tyrophagidae (Oudemans, 1924)

Native, vernacular names and spellings of Acaridae
GermanVorratsmilben
EnglishAcarid mites, House dust mites, Stored Products Mites
DutchSchurftmijten
SwedishFörmultningskvalster


Distribution and Species lists of Acaridae Latreille, 1802
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Algeria
8 Genera  8 Species
Angola
4 Genera  3 Species
Argentina
4 Genera  4 Species
Australia
23 Genera  49 Species
Austria
12 Genera  12 Species
Bahamas
5 Genera  2 Species
Belarus
2 Genera  2 Species
Belgium
21 Genera  38 Species
Benin
1 Genus  1 Species
Bolivia
2 Genera  3 Species
Bosnia and Herzegovina
1 Genus  1 Species
Botswana
4 Genera  0 Species
Brazil
20 Genera  22 Species
Brunei
1 Genus  1 Species
Bulgaria
1 Genus  2 Species
Burkina Faso
1 Genus  0 Species
Cameroon
3 Genera  2 Species
Canada
5 Genera  10 Species
Central African Republic
1 Genus  0 Species
Chile
8 Genera  7 Species
China
14 Genera  54 Species
Colombia
8 Genera  5 Species
Comoros
1 Genus  1 Species
Costa Rica
11 Genera  14 Species
Croatia
2 Genera  2 Species
Cuba
3 Genera  4 Species
Czech Republic
1 Genus  2 Species
Democratic Republic of the Congo
17 Genera  13 Species
Denmark
13 Genera  20 Species
Dominica
1 Genus  0 Species
Ecuador
6 Genera  8 Species
Egypt
9 Genera  18 Species
Estonia
2 Genera  4 Species
Ethiopia
1 Genus  0 Species
Fiji
3 Genera  4 Species
Finland
1 Genus  1 Species
France
15 Genera  20 Species
Gabon
6 Genera  1 Species
Georgia
2 Genera  1 Species
Germany
20 Genera  35 Species
Greece
3 Genera  3 Species
Guatemala
3 Genera  1 Species
Guyana
1 Genus  3 Species
Honduras
1 Genus  1 Species
Hungary
3 Genera  3 Species
Iceland
1 Genus  0 Species
India
11 Genera  12 Species
Indonesia
12 Genera  11 Species
Iran
2 Genera  1 Species
Ireland
4 Genera  4 Species
Israel
1 Genus  0 Species
Italy
18 Genera  56 Species
Ivory Coast
7 Genera  2 Species
Japan
11 Genera  17 Species
Kazakhstan
2 Genera  4 Species
Kenya
8 Genera  5 Species
Latvia
1 Genus  1 Species
Lesotho
1 Genus  1 Species
Liberia
1 Genus  1 Species
Libya
1 Genus  1 Species
Lithuania
4 Genera  5 Species
Luxembourg
2 Genera  2 Species
Madagascar
7 Genera  4 Species
Malaysia
6 Genera  4 Species
Mauritius
1 Genus  1 Species
Mexico
17 Genera  14 Species
Micronesia
1 Genus  0 Species
Mongolia
2 Genera  2 Species
Montenegro
1 Genus  1 Species
Morocco
5 Genera  5 Species
Mozambique
1 Genus  1 Species
Myanmar
2 Genera  1 Species
Namibia
2 Genera  1 Species
Nepal
1 Genus  0 Species
Netherlands
17 Genera  47 Species
New Zealand
12 Genera  25 Species
Nigeria
4 Genera  2 Species
North Korea
1 Genus  0 Species
Norway
8 Genera  10 Species
Pakistan
6 Genera  17 Species
Palau
1 Genus  0 Species
Palestine
1 Genus  0 Species
Panama
8 Genera  5 Species
Papua New Guinea
7 Genera  6 Species
Paraguay
1 Genus  1 Species
Peru
6 Genera  4 Species
Philippines
4 Genera  2 Species
Poland
11 Genera  12 Species
Portugal
6 Genera  11 Species
Republic South Africa
6 Genera  7 Species
Russia
11 Genera  23 Species
Rwanda
11 Genera  9 Species
Saint Lucia
1 Genus  0 Species
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
2 Genera  2 Species
Saudi Arabia
1 Genus  2 Species
Senegal
4 Genera  1 Species
Seychelles
1 Genus  1 Species
Sierra Leone
3 Genera  1 Species
Solomon Islands
4 Genera  3 Species
Somalia
1 Genus  1 Species
South Korea
3 Genera  4 Species
Spain
8 Genera  7 Species
Sri Lanka
1 Genus  1 Species
Sudan
1 Genus  0 Species
Suriname
4 Genera  2 Species
Sweden
8 Genera  15 Species
Switzerland
5 Genera  6 Species
Taiwan
11 Genera  65 Species
Tanzania
4 Genera  4 Species
Thailand
3 Genera  2 Species
Trinidad and Tobago
1 Genus  0 Species
Tunisia
2 Genera  2 Species
Turkey
5 Genera  4 Species
Turkmenistan
1 Genus  1 Species
Uganda
1 Genus  0 Species
Ukraine
5 Genera  7 Species
United Kingdom
15 Genera  40 Species
USA
29 Genera  47 Species
Vanuatu
1 Genus  0 Species
Venezuela
1 Genus  2 Species
Vietnam
1 Genus  0 Species
Zambia
1 Genus  0 Species


Distribution on islands


Found in fossile formations


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