Species list, Checklist of Superfamily Acaroidea for Nigeria (West Africa)

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Checklist for Superfamily Acaroidea Latreille, 1802
and region Nigeria (West Africa)

Class	Arachnida Lamarck, 1801 Arachnids	85 230 397	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Subclass	Micrura Ehrenberg, 1831	74 211 375	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Infraclass	Acari Nitzsch, 1818 Mites and Ticks	50 88 154	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Superorder	Acariformes Zakhvatkin, 1952 Dust mites, Mites	39 66 95	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Order	Sarcoptiformes Reuter, 1909 Mites	25 37 41	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Suborder	Oribatida Dugès, 1833 Oribatid mites	25 37 41	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Infraorder	Desmonomata Woolley, 1973	23 35 39	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Superfamily	Acaroidea Latreille, 1802	4 7 4	Families Genera Species	Taxom

List of families for Nigeria
4 Families width 4 Species

Acaridae Latreille, 1802	Acarid mites	2	Species	Taxom
Knemidokoptidae Lavoipierre ..., 1951		0	Species	Taxom
Suidasiidae Hughes, 1948		1	Species	Taxom
Thysanocercidae Atyeo & Pete..., 1972		1	Species	Taxom

Genera for Nigeria
7 Genera with 4 Species

Species list for Nigeria
4 Species

Aleuroglyphus ovatus Troupeau, 1879	Brown legged grain mite
Suidasia pontifica Oudemans, 1905	Mite
Thysanocercus parvulus Gaud & Peterson, 1987
Tyrophagus (Tyrophagus) putrescentiae Schrank, 1781	Cereal mite

Subnodes of Acaroidea with occurrences in Nigeria

Family	Acaridae ♰ Latreille, 1802 acarid mites, house dust mites, Stored Products Mites	4 2	Genera Species	Taxom
Family	Knemidokoptidae Lavoipierre & Griffiths, 1951	1 0	Genus Species	Taxom
Family	Suidasiidae Hughes, 1948	1 1	Genus Species	Taxom
Family	Thysanocercidae Atyeo & Peterson, 1972	1 1	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