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Taxonomy of Superfamily Sarcoptoidea Murray, 1877


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
 		Sarcoptoidea
Murray, 1877
13
223
1059		Families
Genera
Species
Subnodes of Sarcoptoidea Murray, 1877
FamilyAtopomelidae
Fain, 1972
61
260		Genera
Species
FamilyChirodiscidae
Trouessart, 1892
29
145		Genera
Species
FamilyChirorhynchobiidae
Fain, 1967
1
3		Genus
Species
FamilyGastronyssidae
Fain, 1956
8
35		Genera
Species
FamilyLemurnyssidae
Fain, 1957
2
2		Genera
Species
FamilyListrophoridae
Mégnin & Trouessart, 1884
43
288		Genera
Species
FamilyListropsoralgidae
Fain, 1965
4
13		Genera
Species
FamilyLobalgidae
Fain, 1965
3
10		Genera
Species
FamilyMyocoptidae
Gunther, 1942
14
48		Genera
Species
FamilyPneumocoptidae
Fain, 1957
1
3		Genus
Species
FamilyPsoroptidae
Hering, 1838
Scab mites		18
51		Genera
Species
FamilyRhyncoptidae
Lawrence, 1956
2
4		Genera
Species
FamilySarcoptidae
Megnin, 1877
Itch mites		37
197		Genera
Species

Synonyms
Psoroptoidea (Canestrini, 1892)


Distribution and Species lists of Sarcoptoidea Murray, 1877
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Algeria
3 Families  3 Genera  0 SpeciesAngola
7 Families  17 Genera  25 SpeciesArgentina
3 Families  12 Genera  13 SpeciesAustralia
8 Families  49 Genera  152 SpeciesAustria
3 Families  5 Genera  3 SpeciesAzerbaijan
1 Family  1 Genus  0 SpeciesBelgium
8 Families  33 Genera  51 SpeciesBelize
2 Families  3 Genera  1 SpeciesBenin
2 Families  2 Genera  1 SpeciesBolivia
2 Families  4 Genera  2 SpeciesBotswana
3 Families  4 Genera  2 SpeciesBrazil
8 Families  31 Genera  33 SpeciesBurkina Faso
1 Families  2 Genera  0 SpeciesBurundi
1 Families  2 Genera  2 SpeciesCambodia
1 Family  1 Genus  1 SpeciesCameroon
4 Families  12 Genera  10 SpeciesCanada
5 Families  11 Genera  14 SpeciesCentral African Republic
3 Families  7 Genera  7 SpeciesChad
3 Families  3 Genera  0 SpeciesChile
4 Families  8 Genera  3 SpeciesChina
8 Families  21 Genera  33 SpeciesColombia
7 Families  21 Genera  15 SpeciesComoros
1 Family  1 Genus  2 SpeciesCosta Rica
4 Families  5 Genera  3 SpeciesCuba
1 Family  1 Genus  1 SpeciesCyprus
1 Families  2 Genera  3 SpeciesCzech Republic
3 Families  3 Genera  5 SpeciesDemocratic Republic of the Congo
7 Families  40 Genera  76 SpeciesDenmark
5 Families  8 Genera  11 SpeciesDominica
1 Family  1 Genus  0 SpeciesDominican Republic
2 Families  3 Genera  3 SpeciesEcuador
4 Families  9 Genera  5 SpeciesEgypt
4 Families  10 Genera  8 SpeciesEquatorial Guinea
1 Families  3 Genera  1 SpeciesEritrea
1 Family  1 Genus  2 SpeciesEthiopia
2 Families  6 Genera  4 SpeciesFiji
1 Family  1 Genus  1 SpeciesFinland
3 Families  3 Genera  2 SpeciesFrance
6 Families  17 Genera  19 SpeciesGabon
3 Families  3 Genera  1 SpeciesGermany
4 Families  13 Genera  33 SpeciesGhana
3 Families  3 Genera  3 SpeciesGreece
4 Families  5 Genera  5 SpeciesGrenada
2 Families  2 Genera  0 SpeciesGuatemala
2 Families  4 Genera  4 SpeciesGuinea
1 Family  1 Genus  1 SpeciesGuinea-Bissau
1 Families  4 Genera  2 SpeciesGuyana
4 Families  9 Genera  2 SpeciesHonduras
2 Families  3 Genera  2 SpeciesHungary
1 Family  1 Genus  0 SpeciesIceland
1 Family  1 Genus  1 SpeciesIndia
6 Families  15 Genera  15 SpeciesIndonesia
7 Families  34 Genera  66 SpeciesIran
4 Families  11 Genera  4 SpeciesIsrael
4 Families  10 Genera  8 SpeciesItaly
6 Families  19 Genera  30 SpeciesIvory Coast
4 Families  8 Genera  14 SpeciesJamaica
1 Families  2 Genera  1 SpeciesJapan
7 Families  14 Genera  13 SpeciesJordan
1 Family  1 Genus  1 SpeciesKazakhstan
1 Family  1 Genus  0 SpeciesKenya
6 Families  12 Genera  14 SpeciesLaos
3 Families  9 Genera  13 SpeciesLiberia
4 Families  4 Genera  4 SpeciesLibya
2 Families  2 Genera  1 SpeciesLuxembourg
3 Families  3 Genera  2 SpeciesMadagascar
5 Families  13 Genera  51 SpeciesMalawi
2 Families  4 Genera  6 SpeciesMalaysia
7 Families  36 Genera  74 SpeciesMali
1 Family  1 Genus  0 SpeciesMauritius
3 Families  5 Genera  3 SpeciesMexico
6 Families  11 Genera  25 SpeciesMongolia
3 Families  10 Genera  12 SpeciesMorocco
2 Families  3 Genera  2 SpeciesMozambique
3 Families  6 Genera  4 SpeciesMyanmar
4 Families  11 Genera  10 SpeciesNamibia
4 Families  6 Genera  4 SpeciesNepal
2 Families  3 Genera  2 SpeciesNetherlands
7 Families  29 Genera  50 SpeciesNew Zealand
5 Families  15 Genera  22 SpeciesNicaragua
1 Family  1 Genus  1 SpeciesNiger
1 Family  1 Genus  0 SpeciesNigeria
3 Families  7 Genera  6 SpeciesNorway
6 Families  14 Genera  28 SpeciesPakistan
4 Families  7 Genera  7 SpeciesPalestine
1 Family  1 Genus  0 SpeciesPanama
8 Families  16 Genera  16 SpeciesPapua New Guinea
7 Families  31 Genera  42 SpeciesParaguay
3 Families  5 Genera  8 SpeciesPeru
5 Families  16 Genera  26 SpeciesPhilippines
5 Families  24 Genera  50 SpeciesPoland
4 Families  6 Genera  5 SpeciesPortugal
1 Family  1 Genus  1 SpeciesRepublic of the Congo
1 Family  1 Genus  1 SpeciesRepublic South Africa
9 Families  28 Genera  32 SpeciesRomania
1 Families  2 Genera  2 SpeciesRussia
4 Families  5 Genera  21 SpeciesRwanda
7 Families  18 Genera  21 SpeciesSaint Lucia
1 Family  1 Genus  0 SpeciesSaudi Arabia
1 Family  1 Genus  1 SpeciesSenegal
3 Families  3 Genera  1 SpeciesSeychelles
2 Families  2 Genera  1 SpeciesSierra Leone
2 Families  5 Genera  4 SpeciesSolomon Islands
3 Families  10 Genera  7 SpeciesSomalia
4 Families  4 Genera  3 SpeciesSouth Korea
3 Families  5 Genera  2 SpeciesSouth Sudan
1 Families  2 Genera  2 SpeciesSpain
4 Families  10 Genera  13 SpeciesSri Lanka
4 Families  9 Genera  7 SpeciesSudan
3 Families  5 Genera  3 SpeciesSuriname
8 Families  28 Genera  43 SpeciesSweden
5 Families  9 Genera  11 SpeciesSwitzerland
7 Families  7 Genera  7 SpeciesTaiwan
4 Families  9 Genera  23 SpeciesTanzania
7 Families  22 Genera  27 SpeciesThailand
5 Families  10 Genera  16 SpeciesTogo
2 Families  2 Genera  2 SpeciesTrinidad and Tobago
5 Families  11 Genera  5 SpeciesTunisia
5 Families  7 Genera  4 SpeciesTurkey
2 Families  2 Genera  0 SpeciesTurkmenistan
2 Families  2 Genera  2 SpeciesUganda
5 Families  15 Genera  9 SpeciesUkraine
1 Family  1 Genus  2 SpeciesUnited Kingdom
6 Families  16 Genera  20 SpeciesUruguay
1 Family  1 Genus  0 SpeciesUSA
9 Families  33 Genera  97 SpeciesUzbekistan
1 Family  1 Genus  1 SpeciesVanuatu
2 Families  7 Genera  9 SpeciesVenezuela
8 Families  18 Genera  20 SpeciesVietnam
4 Families  11 Genera  11 SpeciesZambia
3 Families  4 Genera  4 SpeciesZimbabwe
2 Families  2 Genera  1 Species


Distribution on islands
Baffin Island
1 Family  1 Genus  1 SpeciesBaranof Island
1 Family  1 Genus  1 Species


Found in fossile formations
Wellington Formation
1 Family  1 Genus  1 Species


Links, sources and further information
Sarcoptoidea at artfakta.se
Sarcoptoidea at biodiversity.org.au
Sarcoptoidea at dyntaxa.se
Sarcoptoidea at itis.gov