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Checklist for Suborder Prostigmata Kramer, 1877 (True mites)
and region Kerala (South India, India)


Class
 
Arachnida
Lamarck, 1801
Arachnids
52
100
119
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Micrura
Ehrenberg, 1831
41
80
96
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Acari
Nitzsch, 1818
Mites and Ticks
21
26
29
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Acariformes
Zakhvatkin, 1952
Dust mites, Mites
19
24
26
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Trombidiformes
Reuter, 1909
Mites, Trombidiform mites
8
9
8
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Prostigmata
Kramer, 1877
True mites
8
9
8
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


List of families for Kerala
8 Families width 8 Species
Eriophyidae Nalepa, 1898Blister mites1SpeciesTaxom
Bdellidae Dugès, 1834Snout Mites0SpeciesTaxom
Pygmephoridae Krczal, 19641SpeciesTaxom
Erythraeidae Oudemans, 19022SpeciesTaxom
Halacaridae Murray, 1877Sea mites2SpeciesTaxom
Leeuwenhoekiidae Womersley, 1944Chigger mites0SpeciesTaxom
Tarsonemidae Kramer, 1877Tarsonemid mites1SpeciesTaxom
Tetranychidae Donnadieu, 1875Spider mites1SpeciesTaxom


Genera for Kerala
9 Genera with 8 Species
Aceria Keifer, 20001SpeciesTaxom
Bdella Latreille, 1795
0SpeciesTaxom
Brasilopsis Mahunka, 19941SpeciesTaxom
Charletonia Oudemans, 19981SpeciesTaxom
Copidognathus Trouessart, 20002SpeciesTaxom
Odontacarus Ewing, 1929
0SpeciesTaxom
Pollux Southcott, 20021SpeciesTaxom
Tarsonemus Canestrini &..., 19391SpeciesTaxom
Tetranychus Dufour, 18361SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Kerala
8 Species
Aceria ariyankavensis Umapathy & M..., 2000
Brasilopsis longiabdominalis Mohanasundaram, 1994
Charletonia keralicus Ramaraju & M..., 1998
Copidognathus balakrishnani Chatterjee, 2000
Copidognathus keralensis Chatterjee, 2000
Pollux kovalamicus Haitlinger, 2002
Tarsonemus (Tarsonemus) cryptocephalus Ewing, 1939
Tetranychus (Tetranychus) urticae C. L. Koch, 1836Carmine spider mite

Subnodes of Prostigmata with occurrences in Kerala
InfraorderAnystina
Van der Hammen, 1972
2
3
2
Families
Genera
Species

Taxom

InfraorderEleutherengona
Oudemans, 1909
3
3
3
Families
Genera
Species

Taxom

InfraorderEupodina
Krantz, 1978
3
3
3
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