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Checklist for Suborder Prostigmata Kramer, 1877 (True mites)
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
 
Trombidiformes
Reuter, 1909
Mites, Trombidiform mites
24
66
108
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Prostigmata
Kramer, 1877
True mites
24
66
108
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


List of families for Kenya
24 Families width 108 Species and 1 Subspecies
#MESTCHLPI
Myobiidae Megnin, 18774SpeciesTaxom
Eriophyidae Nalepa, 1898Blister mites9SpeciesTaxom
Stigmaeidae Wood, 19670SpeciesTaxom
Trombidiidae Leach, 1815Beer Bahuti10SpeciesTaxom
Syringophilidae Lavoipierre, 1953Quill mites29SpeciesTaxom
Tenuipalpidae Berlese, 1913False spider mites1SpeciesTaxom
Erythraeidae Oudemans, 19024SpeciesTaxom
Cheyletidae Leach, 18155SpeciesTaxom
Halacaridae Murray, 1877Sea mites5SpeciesTaxom
Tarsonemidae Kramer, 1877Tarsonemid mites4SpeciesTaxom
Tetranychidae Donnadieu, 1875Spider mites16SpeciesTaxom
Eupalopsellidae Willmann, 19521SpeciesTaxom
Hydrodromidae Viets, 19361SpeciesTaxom
Hygrobatidae (Koch, 1842)3SpeciesTaxom
Limnesiidae (Thor, 1900)4SpeciesTaxom
Pontarachnidae Koenike, 19101SpeciesTaxom
Podapolipidae Husband, 19903SpeciesTaxom
Tydeidae Kramer, 1877Tydeid mites2SpeciesTaxom
Trombiculidae Ewing, 1929Chigger mites2SpeciesTaxom
Microtrombidiidae Womersley, 1936Micro velvet mites1SpeciesTaxom
Iolinidae Pritchard, 19560SpeciesTaxom
Sperchontidae Thor, 19002SpeciesTaxom
Hydryphantidae Piersig, 18961SpeciesTaxom
Leeuwenhoekiidae Womersley, 1944Chigger mites0SpeciesTaxom


Genera for Kenya
66 Genera with 108 Species
#ABCDEHIKLMNOPRSTUVW
Acanthophthirius Perkins, 1925
0SpeciesTaxom
Acaricalus Keifer, 19911SpeciesTaxom
Aceria Keifer, 19761SpeciesTaxom
Aculops Keifer, 19371SpeciesTaxom
Agistemus Summers, 1960
0SpeciesTaxom
Allothrombium Berlese, 19368SpeciesTaxom
Aulobia Kethley, 20031SpeciesTaxom
Betasyringophiloidus Skoracki, 19641SpeciesTaxom
Binuncus Radford, 19852SpeciesTaxom
Brevipalpus Donnadieu, 19581SpeciesTaxom
Calacarus Keifer, 18901SpeciesTaxom
Charletonia Oudemans, 19911SpeciesTaxom
Chelacaropsis Baker, 20011SpeciesTaxom
Cheletacaropsis Baker, 20011SpeciesTaxom
Cheletogenes Oudemans, 18761SpeciesTaxom
Copidognathus Trouessart, 19593SpeciesTaxom
Coreitarsonemus Fain, 19702SpeciesTaxom
Dinothrombium Oudemans, 1916Giant Red Velvet Mite2SpeciesTaxom
Eriophyes Siebold, 19761SpeciesTaxom
Eutetranychus Banks, 19362SpeciesTaxom
Exothorhis Summers, 19881SpeciesTaxom
Hydrodroma Koch, 19131SpeciesTaxom
Hygrobates C. L. Koch, 19273SpeciesTaxom
Ischnothele Ausserer, 1875
0SpeciesTaxom
Isobactrus Newell, 20091SpeciesTaxom
Kenyacheylus Fain & Bochkov, 20011SpeciesTaxom
Leptus Latreille, 20013SpeciesTaxom
Limnesia Koch, 19334SpeciesTaxom
Litarachna Walter, 20021SpeciesTaxom
Locustacarus Ewing, 19241SpeciesTaxom
Lorryia Oudemans, 19932SpeciesTaxom
Microtrombicula Ewing, 19801SpeciesTaxom
Microtrombidium Haller, 19891SpeciesTaxom
Mononychellus Wainstein, 19382SpeciesTaxom
Myobia von Heyden, 1826
0SpeciesTaxom
Neoaulonastus Skoracki, 20166SpeciesTaxom
Neomyobia Radford, 1948
0SpeciesTaxom
Neopicobia Skoracki, 20141SpeciesTaxom
Neosyringophilopsis Skoracki & S..., 20142SpeciesTaxom
Neotrombicula Hirst, 19951SpeciesTaxom
Oligonychus Berlese, 19213SpeciesTaxom
Paraphytoptus Nalepa, 19761SpeciesTaxom
Peristerophila Kethley, 20144SpeciesTaxom
Phyllocoptes Nalepa, 19921SpeciesTaxom
Picineoaulonastus Skoracki, Kl..., 20141SpeciesTaxom
Picobia Haller, 20078SpeciesTaxom
Podapolipus Rovelli & Gr..., 19951SpeciesTaxom
Proctotydaeus Berlese, 1911
0SpeciesTaxom
Protomyobia Ewing, 1938
0SpeciesTaxom
Radfordia Ewing, 19862SpeciesTaxom
Samsinakia Volgin, 19841SpeciesTaxom
Schizotetranychus Trägårdh, 19602SpeciesTaxom
Simognathus Trouessart, 20001SpeciesTaxom
Sperchon Kramer, 1951Water Mites2SpeciesTaxom
Syringophiloidus Kethley, 20142SpeciesTaxom
Syringophilopsis Kethley, 20093SpeciesTaxom
Tarsonemus Canestrini &..., 19392SpeciesTaxom
Tarsopolipus Berlese, 19891SpeciesTaxom
Tegonotus Nalepa, 19201SpeciesTaxom
Tetranychus Dufour, 18366SpeciesTaxom
Thelechoris Karsch, 18891SpeciesTaxom
Thyas Koch, 19131SpeciesTaxom
Trichothyas Viets, 1926
0SpeciesTaxom
Ugandobia Dusbábek, 1968
0SpeciesTaxom
Vittacus Keifer, 19911SpeciesTaxom
Whartonia Ewing, 1944
0SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Kenya
108 Species and 1 Subspecies
Acaricalus eriobotryae Abou-Awad & ..., 1991
Aceria sodomaei Keifer, 1976
Aculops lycopersici Massee, 1937Tomato mite
Allothrombium arambourgi André, 1936
Allothrombium barbuligerum André, 1936
Allothrombium cursorium Berlese, 1916
Allothrombium franklinimuelleri Krausse, 1916
Allothrombium geminatum André, 1936
Allothrombium innocens André, 1936
Allothrombium pumilio André, 1936
Allothrombium vicinum André, 1936
Aulobia cisticolae Skoracki & S..., 2003
Betasyringophiloidus seiuri Clark, 1964
Binuncus (Binuncus) kenyaensis Uchikawa, 1982
Binuncus (Binuncus) minoris Uchikawa, 1985
Brevipalpus aeoloides Pritchard & ..., 1958
Calacarus carinatus Green, 1890Purple mite
Charletonia naivashae Southcott, 1991
Chelacaropsis kenyensis Fain & Bochkov, 2001
Cheletacaropsis kenyensis Fain & Bochkov, 2001
Cheletogenes ornatus Canestrini &..., 1876Mite
Copidognathus gazii Chatterjee &..., 2000
Copidognathus kenyae Chatterjee &..., 2000
Copidognathus mesomorphus André, 1959
Coreitarsonemus anoplocnemis anoplocnemis Fain, 1970
Coreitarsonemus congoensis Fain, 1970
Dinothrombium tarsale Berlese, 1916
Dinothrombium trispilum Berlese, 1916
Eriophyes sodomaei (Keifer, 1976)⇒ Aceria sodomaei Keifer, 1976
Eutetranychus africanus Tucker, 1926Citrus brown mite
Eutetranychus orientalis (Klein, 1936)⇒ Eutetranychus africanus Tucker, 1926
Exothorhis kenyae Bolland, 1988
Hydrodroma perreptans Viets, 1913
Hygrobates (Hygrobates) baderi Viets, 1955
Hygrobates (Hygrobates) elgonensis Lundblad, 1927
Hygrobates (Thonia) loveni (Lundblad, 1927)⇒ Hygrobates baderi Viets, 1955
Isobactrus aspidiotus Bartsch, 2009
Kenyacheylus troglodytes Fain & Bochkov, 2001
Leptus (Leptus) bogoriacus Haitlinger, 2001
Leptus (Leptus) masaimaraicus Haitlinger, 2001
Leptus (Leptus) olamukijacus Haitlinger, 2001
Limnesia (Limnesia) lucifera Koenike, 1898
Limnesia (Limnesia) marshalliana Lundblad, 1952Lovell's violet
Limnesia (Tetralimnesia) macropora Viets, 1921
Limnesia coxalis (Viets, 1933)⇒ Limnesia lucifera Koenike, 1898
Litarachna cawthorni Wiles, Chatt..., 2002
Locustacarus trachealis Ewing, 1924
Lorryia oryx Kazmierski, 1993
Lorryia tragelaphus Kazmierski, 1993
Microtrombicula (Microtrombicula) kikuyuensis Kolebinova &..., 1980
Microtrombidium malindiensis Luxton, 1989
Mononychellus progresivus (Doreste, 1981)⇒ Schizotetranychus progresivus Doreste, 1981
Mononychellus tanajoa Auct. nec Bo..., 1938Cassava green mite
Neoaulonastus apalis Klimovičova,..., 2014
Neoaulonastus bisetatus Fritsch, 1958
Neoaulonastus lonchurus Skoracki, Hr..., 2019
Neoaulonastus malaconotus Klimovičova,..., 2016
Neoaulonastus oryzivorus Skoracki et ..., 2019
Neoaulonastus prionops Klimovičova,..., 2016
Neopicobia freya Skoracki, Un..., 2014
Neosyringophilopsis lonchurus Skoracki, 2011
Neosyringophilopsis lybidus Skoracki & al., 2014
Neotrombicula (Neotrombicula) kenyaensis Goff, 1995
Oligonychus (Oligonychus) coffeae Nietner, 1861Red coffee mite
Oligonychus (Oligonychus) indicus Hirst, 1923 ..., 1994Bigtooth rock crab
Oligonychus gossypii Zacher, 1921
Paraphytoptus konoella Keifer, 1976
Peristerophila columbae Hirst, 1920Mite
Peristerophila falcophila Skoracki, Hr..., 2018
Peristerophila meropis Skoracki, Hr..., 2020
Peristerophila upupi upupi Klimov..., 2014
Phyllocoptes lantanae Abou-Awad & ..., 1992
Picineoaulonastus pogoniulus pogoniulus S..., 2014
Picobia dryobatis Kethley, 1970
Picobia dziabaszewskii Glowska, Dra..., 2012
Picobia illadopsae Skoracki & H..., 2013
Picobia lamprotornis Klimovičova,..., 2014
Picobia meru Klimovičova,..., 2016
Picobia oritis Skoracki, An..., 2009
Picobia ploceus Klimovičova,..., 2014
Picobia pycnonoti Glowska, Sko..., 2007
Podapolipus (Podapolipoides) volkonskyi Husband, 1995
Radfordia (Dendromyobia) dendromus Fain, 1972
Radfordia (Rattimyobia) thamnomys Fain, 1972 D..., 1986
Samsinakia gonocephalum Fain, 1984
Schizotetranychus (Mononychellus) progresivus Doreste, 1981
Schizotetranychus spiculus Baker & Prit..., 1960
Simognathus tropicalis Chatterjee &..., 2000
Sperchon elgonensis Lundblad, 1927
Sperchon variabilis Lundblad, 1951
Syringophiloidus nkaii Klimovičova,..., 2016
Syringophiloidus picidus Skoracki & al., 2014
Syringophilopsis dicruri Skoracki, Hr..., 2011
Syringophilopsis nitens Skoracki & D..., 2001
Syringophilopsis veselovsky Skoracki , A..., 2009
Tarsonemus (Tarsonemus) apis Rennie, 1921
Tarsonemus (Tarsonemus) cryptocephalus Ewing, 1939
Tarsopolipus bisetalus Husband, 1989
Tegonotus platynaspis Nalepa, 1920
Tetranychus (Epitetranychus) ludeni Zacher, 1913Bean spider mite
Tetranychus (Tetranychus) evansi Baker & Prit..., 1960Mite
Tetranychus (Tetranychus) lombardinii Baker & Prit..., 1960Crimson spider mite
Tetranychus (Tetranychus) neocaledonicus André, 1933Vegetable spider mite
Tetranychus (Tetranychus) sayedi Baker & Prit..., 1960Bigclaw hippolyte
Tetranychus (Tetranychus) urticae C. L. Koch, 1836Carmine spider mite
Thelechoris striatipes Eugène Simon, 1889Fine-sculpted cerith
Thyas arcifera Hampson, 1913
Vittacus bougainvilleae Abou-Awad & ..., 1991

Subnodes of Prostigmata with occurrences in Kenya
InfraorderAnystina
Van der Hammen, 1972
5
8
17
Families
Genera
Species

Taxom

InfraorderEleutherengona
Oudemans, 1909
9
37
63
Families
Genera
Species

Taxom

InfraorderEupodina
Krantz, 1978
4
14
16
Families
Genera
Species

Taxom

InfraorderParasitengonina
Walter & al., 2009
6
7
12
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