Species list, Checklist of Superfamily Acaroidea for Kenya (East Africa)

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Checklist for Superfamily Acaroidea Latreille, 1802
and region Kenya (East Africa)

Class	Arachnida Lamarck, 1801 Arachnids	172 629 1333	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Subclass	Micrura Ehrenberg, 1831	144 524 1085	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Infraclass	Acari Nitzsch, 1818 Mites and Ticks	90 195 308	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Superorder	Acariformes Zakhvatkin, 1952 Dust mites, Mites	74 160 208	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Order	Sarcoptiformes Reuter, 1909 Mites	50 94 100	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Suborder	Oribatida Dugès, 1833 Oribatid mites	50 94 100	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Infraorder	Desmonomata Woolley, 1973	44 86 88	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Superfamily	Acaroidea Latreille, 1802	3 10 6	Families Genera Species	Taxom

List of families for Kenya
3 Families width 6 Species

Acaridae Latreille, 1802	Acarid mites	5	Species	Taxom
Knemidokoptidae Lavoipierre ..., 1951		1	Species	Taxom
Suidasiidae Hughes, 1948		0	Species	Taxom

Genera for Kenya
10 Genera with 6 Species

Species list for Kenya
6 Species

Acarus farris Oudemans, 1905	Baker's itch mite
Acarus siro Linnaeus, 1758	Cereal mite
Knemidokoptes pilae Lavoipierre ..., 1951	Budgerigar mange mite
Pelzneria meyerae Mahunka, 1979
Schwiebea cavicola Mahunka, 1978
Tyrophagus (Tyrophagus) putrescentiae Schrank, 1781	Cereal mite

Subnodes of Acaroidea with occurrences in Kenya

Family	Acaridae ♰ Latreille, 1802 acarid mites, house dust mites, Stored Products Mites	8 5	Genera Species	Taxom
Family	Knemidokoptidae Lavoipierre & Griffiths, 1951	1 1	Genus Species	Taxom
Family	Suidasiidae Hughes, 1948	1 0	Genus Species	Taxom

Links, sources and further information

Acaroidea at artfakta.se
Acaroidea at biodiversity.org.au
Acaroidea at dyntaxa.se
Acaroidea at itis.gov