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Checklist for Suborder Prostigmata Kramer, 1877 (True mites)
and region Indian Ocean islands (East Africa)


Class
 
Arachnida
Lamarck, 1801
Arachnids
266
1114
2746
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Micrura
Ehrenberg, 1831
234
1010
2473
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Acari
Nitzsch, 1818
Mites and Ticks
157
376
731
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Acariformes
Zakhvatkin, 1952
Dust mites, Mites
126
308
594
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Trombidiformes
Reuter, 1909
Mites, Trombidiform mites
39
99
224
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Prostigmata
Kramer, 1877
True mites
39
99
224
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


List of families for Indian Ocean islands
39 Families width 224 Species and 2 Subspecies
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Anisitsiellidae Koenike, 19102SpeciesTaxom
Anystidae Oudemans, 1936Whirligig Mites1SpeciesTaxom
Arrenuridae Thor, 190011SpeciesTaxom
Athienemanniidae Viets, 19221SpeciesTaxom
Aturidae Thor, 19001SpeciesTaxom
Cheyletidae Leach, 18156SpeciesTaxom
Cunaxidae Thor, 1902Predatory Mites3SpeciesTaxom
Demodecidae Nicolet, 1855Follicle mites1SpeciesTaxom
Ereynetidae Schrank, 17761SpeciesTaxom
Eriophyidae Nalepa, 1898Blister mites1SpeciesTaxom
Erythraeidae Oudemans, 190213SpeciesTaxom
Eupalopsellidae Willmann, 19521SpeciesTaxom
Eylaidae Leach, 18151SpeciesTaxom
Halacaridae Murray, 1877Sea mites16SpeciesTaxom
Hydrachnidae Leach, 18154SpeciesTaxom
Hydrodromidae Viets, 19363SpeciesTaxom
Hydryphantidae Piersig, 18968SpeciesTaxom
Hygrobatidae Koch, 18425SpeciesTaxom
Johnstonianidae Thor, 19351SpeciesTaxom
Krendowskiidae Viets, 19261SpeciesTaxom
Limnesiidae Thor, 19004SpeciesTaxom
Limnocharidae Grube, 18592SpeciesTaxom
Microtrombidiidae Womersley, 1936Micro velvet mites0SpeciesTaxom
Myobiidae Megnin, 187712SpeciesTaxom
Neopygmephoridae Cross, 19651SpeciesTaxom
Pionidae Thor, 19003SpeciesTaxom
Podapolipidae Husband, 19902SpeciesTaxom
Pontarachnidae Koenike, 19101SpeciesTaxom
Pterygosomatidae Womersley, 19415SpeciesTaxom
Scutacaridae Paoli, 19116SpeciesTaxom
Syringophilidae Lavoipierre, 1953Quill mites8SpeciesTaxom
Tarsonemidae Kramer, 1877Tarsonemid mites5SpeciesTaxom
Tenuipalpidae Berlese, 1913False spider mites2SpeciesTaxom
Teratothyadidae Viets, 19291SpeciesTaxom
Tetranychidae Donnadieu, 1875Spider mites81SpeciesTaxom
Torrenticolidae Thor, 1902Torrent Mites4SpeciesTaxom
Trombiculidae Ewing, 1929Chigger mites0SpeciesTaxom
Trombidiidae Leach, 1815Beer Bahuti2SpeciesTaxom
Unionicolidae Oudemans, 19094SpeciesTaxom

Subnodes of Prostigmata with occurrences in Indian Ocean islands
InfraorderAnystina
Van der Hammen, 1972
6
9
17
Families
Genera
Species

Taxom

InfraorderEleutherengona
Oudemans, 1909
12
48
130
Families
Genera
Species

Taxom

InfraorderEupodina
Krantz, 1978
4
11
21
Families
Genera
Species

Taxom

InfraorderParasitengonina
Walter & al., 2009
17
31
56
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