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Checklist for Suborder Prostigmata Kramer, 1877 (True mites)
and region Botswana (Southern Africa)


Class
 
Arachnida
Lamarck, 1801
Arachnids
95
308
447
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Micrura
Ehrenberg, 1831
84
286
397
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Acari
Nitzsch, 1818
Mites and Ticks
39
67
99
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Acariformes
Zakhvatkin, 1952
Dust mites, Mites
28
41
42
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Trombidiformes
Reuter, 1909
Mites, Trombidiform mites
15
23
30
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Prostigmata
Kramer, 1877
True mites
15
23
30
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


List of families for Botswana
15 Families width 30 Species
Cheyletidae Leach, 18155SpeciesTaxom
Eriophyidae Nalepa, 1898Blister mites1SpeciesTaxom
Arrenuridae Thor, 19008SpeciesTaxom
Tenuipalpidae Berlese, 1913False spider mites1SpeciesTaxom
Unionicolidae Oudemans, 19095SpeciesTaxom
Ereynetidae Schrank, 17762SpeciesTaxom
Harpirhynchidae Dubinin, 19570SpeciesTaxom
Limnesiidae Thor, 19001SpeciesTaxom
Syringophilidae Lavoipierre, 1953Quill mites2SpeciesTaxom
Psorergatidae Womersley, 19411SpeciesTaxom
Pterygosomatidae Womersley, 19410SpeciesTaxom
Scutacaridae Paoli, 19110SpeciesTaxom
Pygmephoridae Krczal, 19641SpeciesTaxom
Tarsonemidae Kramer, 1877Tarsonemid mites1SpeciesTaxom
Tetranychidae Donnadieu, 1875Spider mites2SpeciesTaxom


Genera for Botswana
23 Genera with 30 Species
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Acaropsis Moquin-Tandon, 19401SpeciesTaxom
Aceria Keifer, 19861SpeciesTaxom
Arrenurus Dugès, 20128SpeciesTaxom
Bakericheyla Volgin, 19591SpeciesTaxom
Brevipalpus Donnadieu, 19581SpeciesTaxom
Cheyletus Latreille, 19721SpeciesTaxom
Encentridophorus Piersig, 19372SpeciesTaxom
Ereynetes Berlese, 19942SpeciesTaxom
Harpyrhynchoides Fain, 1972
0SpeciesTaxom
Limnesia Koch, 19021SpeciesTaxom
Neocheyletiella Baker, 19591SpeciesTaxom
Neumania Lebert, 19161SpeciesTaxom
Picobia Haller, 20091SpeciesTaxom
Psorergates Tyrrell, 19811SpeciesTaxom
Pterygosoma Peters, 1949
0SpeciesTaxom
Pygmodispus Paoli, 1911
0SpeciesTaxom
Samsinakia Volgin, 19841SpeciesTaxom
Spatulaphorus H. Dastych &..., 19931SpeciesTaxom
Stibarokris Kethley, 20101SpeciesTaxom
Tarsonemus Canestrini &..., 19211SpeciesTaxom
Tetranychus Dufour, 19741SpeciesTaxom
Thelechoris Karsch, 18891SpeciesTaxom
Unionicola Haldeman, 02SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Botswana
30 Species
Acaropsis sollers Kuzin, 1940
Aceria roivaineni Sukhareva, 1986
Arrenurus (Arrenurus) cavatus Viets, 1980
Arrenurus (Megaluracarus) agnewi Viets, 1980
Arrenurus (Megaluracarus) concavus Koenike, 1893
Arrenurus (Megaluracarus) geniculatus Koenike, 1898
Arrenurus (Micruracarus) curtipalpis Viets, 1980
Arrenurus (Micruracarus) pedatus Viets, 1980
Arrenurus custipalpis
Arrenurus monocavus Smit, 2012
Bakericheyla (Bakericheyla) subquadrata Lawrence, 1959
Brevipalpus aeoloides Pritchard & ..., 1958
Cheyletus zumpti Fain, 1972
Encentridophorus (Encentridophorus) spinifer Koenike, 1893
Encentridophorus (Encentridophorus) tumidus Walter, 1937
Ereynetes (Anereynetes) botswanensis Fain & Camerik, 1994
Ereynetes (Anereynetes) copridis Fain & Camerik, 1994
Limnesia (Limnesia) africana Thor, 1902
Neocheyletiella megaphallos Lawrence, 1959
Neumania (Neumania) marginata Viets, 1916
Picobia oritis Skoracki, An..., 2009
Psorergates paraxeri Giesen & Luk..., 1981
Samsinakia gonocephalum Fain, 1984
Spatulaphorus foliatus Dastych & Rack, 1993
Stibarokris phoeniconaias Skoracky & O..., 2010
Tarsonemus (Tarsonemus) apis Rennie, 1921
Tetranychus rooyenae Meyer, 1974
Thelechoris striatipes Eugène Simon, 1889Fine-sculpted cerith
Unionicola botswanianna
Unionicola gledhillli

Subnodes of Prostigmata with occurrences in Botswana
InfraorderEleutherengona
Oudemans, 1909
10
16
13
Families
Genera
Species

Taxom

InfraorderEupodina
Krantz, 1978
2
2
3
Families
Genera
Species

Taxom

InfraorderParasitengonina
Walter & al., 2009
3
5
14
Families
Genera
Species

Taxom



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