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Checklist for Family Acaridae Latreille, 1802 (acarid mites)
and region West Australia (Australia)


Class
 
Arachnida
Lamarck, 1801
Arachnids
243
1188
5299
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Micrura
Ehrenberg, 1831
211
1104
5133
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Acari
Nitzsch, 1818
Mites and Ticks
129
325
611
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Acariformes
Zakhvatkin, 1952
Dust mites, Mites
102
256
491
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Sarcoptiformes
Reuter, 1909
Mites
45
77
90
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Oribatida
Dugès, 1833
Oribatid mites
42
74
89
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Desmonomata
Woolley, 1973
36
66
85
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 
Acaroidea
Latreille, 1802
2
11
16
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
FamilyAcaridae
Latreille, 1802
Acarid mites, House dust mites, Stored Products Mites
10
16
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


Genera for West Australia
10 Genera with 16 Species
Australhypopus Fain & Friend, 19841SpeciesTaxom
Caloglyphus Berlese, 1923
0SpeciesTaxom
Cosmoglyphus Oudemans, 19842SpeciesTaxom
Ctenocolletacarus Fain, 19842SpeciesTaxom
Forcellinia Oudemans, 19631SpeciesTaxom
Lowryacarus Fain, 1986
0SpeciesTaxom
Sancassania Oudemans, 19845SpeciesTaxom
Schwiebea Oudemans, 19161SpeciesTaxom
Tyrolichus Oudemans, 19862SpeciesTaxom
Tyrophagus Oudemans, 19103SpeciesTaxom


Species list for West Australia
16 Species and 1 Subspecies
Australhypopus flagellifer Fain & Friend, 1984
Cosmoglyphus angustus Fain & Friend, 1984
Cosmoglyphus angustus distinctus Fain & Friend, 1984
Ctenocolletacarus brevirostris (Fain, 1984)⇒ Sancassania brevirostris Fain, 1984
Ctenocolletacarus grandior (Fain, 1984)⇒ Sancassania grandior Fain, 1984
Forcellinia galleriella Womersley, 1963
Sancassania berlesei Michael, 1903Mite
Sancassania berlesi Michael, 1903
Sancassania brevirostris Fain, 1984
Sancassania grandior Fain, 1984
Sancassania longirostris Fain, 1984
Schwiebea talpa Oudemans, 1916
Tyrolichus casei Oudemans, 1910Cheese mite
Tyrolichus houstoni Fain, 1986
Tyrophagus (Tyroborus) houstoni Fain, 1986
Tyrophagus (Tyrophagus) putrescentiae Schrank, 1781Cereal mite
Tyrophagus casei Oudemans, 1910Cheese mite

Subnodes of Acaridae with occurrences in West Australia
SubfamilyAcarinae
Latreille, 1802
2
5
Genera
Species

Taxom

SubfamilyRhizoglyphinae
Zakhvatkin, 1941
4
7
Genera
Species

Taxom



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