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Checklist for Suborder Prostigmata Kramer, 1877 (True mites)
and region Papua New Guinea (Melanesia)


Class
 
Arachnida
Lamarck, 1801
Arachnids
173
628
1291
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Micrura
Ehrenberg, 1831
150
540
1112
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Acari
Nitzsch, 1818
Mites and Ticks
90
226
442
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Acariformes
Zakhvatkin, 1952
Dust mites, Mites
65
168
301
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Trombidiformes
Reuter, 1909
Mites, Trombidiform mites
28
75
180
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Prostigmata
Kramer, 1877
True mites
28
75
180
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


List of families for Papua New Guinea
28 Families width 180 Species
#ATSHMECOPULN
Aturidae Thor, 190011SpeciesTaxom
Trombidiidae Leach, 1815Beer Bahuti1SpeciesTaxom
Syringophilidae Lavoipierre, 1953Quill mites10SpeciesTaxom
Arrenuridae Thor, 19006SpeciesTaxom
Trombiculidae Ewing, 1929Chigger mites51SpeciesTaxom
Hygrobatidae Koch, 184216SpeciesTaxom
Myobiidae Megnin, 18778SpeciesTaxom
Erythraeidae Oudemans, 190213SpeciesTaxom
Cheyletidae Leach, 18151SpeciesTaxom
Halacaridae Murray, 1877Sea mites2SpeciesTaxom
Cunaxidae Thor, 1902Predatory Mites1SpeciesTaxom
Tetranychidae Donnadieu, 1875Spider mites25SpeciesTaxom
Trombellidae Thor, 19351SpeciesTaxom
Oxidae (Viets, 1926)1SpeciesTaxom
Pterygosomatidae Womersley, 19412SpeciesTaxom
Mideopsidae Koenike, 19103SpeciesTaxom
Harpirhynchidae Dubinin, 19572SpeciesTaxom
Smarididae Kramer, 18781SpeciesTaxom
Unionicolidae Oudemans, 19095SpeciesTaxom
Limnesiidae Thor, 19004SpeciesTaxom
Microtrombidiidae Womersley, 1936Micro velvet mites1SpeciesTaxom
Leeuwenhoekiidae Womersley, 1944Chigger mites7SpeciesTaxom
Neothrombiidae Feider, 19591SpeciesTaxom
Podapolipidae Husband, 19902SpeciesTaxom
Psorergatidae Womersley, 19411SpeciesTaxom
Momoniidae Viets, 19261SpeciesTaxom
Tarsonemidae Kramer, 1877Tarsonemid mites2SpeciesTaxom
Hydryphantidae Piersig, 18961SpeciesTaxom


Genera for Papua New Guinea
75 Genera with 180 Species
#ABCDEFGHIKLMNOPRSTUW
Albia Thon, 19929SpeciesTaxom
Allothrombium Berlese, 1903
0SpeciesTaxom
Apodisyringiana Skoracki, 20051SpeciesTaxom
Arrenurus Dugès, 19976SpeciesTaxom
Ascoschoengastia Ewing, 19833SpeciesTaxom
Australiobates Lundblad, 19979SpeciesTaxom
Axonopsella Lundblad, 19972SpeciesTaxom
Binuncus Radford, 19851SpeciesTaxom
Caeculisoma Berlese, 20086SpeciesTaxom
Caenothrombium Oudemans, 1927
0SpeciesTaxom
Callidosoma Womersley, 19721SpeciesTaxom
Charletonia Oudemans, 19911SpeciesTaxom
Cheletophyes Oudemans, 20051SpeciesTaxom
Chiroptella Vercammen-Gr..., 1960
0SpeciesTaxom
Copidognathus Trouessart, 19821SpeciesTaxom
Corticacarus Lundblad, 19942SpeciesTaxom
Cuculisyringophilus Skoracki, 20111SpeciesTaxom
Cunaxa von Heyden, 18041SpeciesTaxom
Diplonychus Laporte, 1833
0SpeciesTaxom
Durenia Vercammen-Gr..., 19961SpeciesTaxom
Eutetranychus Banks, 19261SpeciesTaxom
Eutrombicula Ewing, 19522SpeciesTaxom
Frontipoda Koenike, 19971SpeciesTaxom
Geckobia Megnin, 19832SpeciesTaxom
Gretacarus K.O. Viets, 19972SpeciesTaxom
Guineaxonopsis Imamura, 19831SpeciesTaxom
Gunabopicobia Skoracki & H..., 20142SpeciesTaxom
Guntheria Womersley, 198124SpeciesTaxom
Harpirhynchus Megnin, 1877
0SpeciesTaxom
Harpyrhynchoides Fain, 19591SpeciesTaxom
Hirstiosoma Womersley, 1934
0SpeciesTaxom
Isobactrus Newell, 20091SpeciesTaxom
Koenikea Wolcott, 19972SpeciesTaxom
Leptotrombidium Nagayo & al., 19413SpeciesTaxom
Leptus Latreille, 19996SpeciesTaxom
Limnesia Koch, 19973SpeciesTaxom
Masteria L. Koch, 19082SpeciesTaxom
Mesothrombium Hirst, 1926
0SpeciesTaxom
Metabinuncus Fain, 19861SpeciesTaxom
Microtrombidium Haller, 19941SpeciesTaxom
Neharpyrhynchus Fain, 20151SpeciesTaxom
Neoaulobia Fain, Bochko..., 20191SpeciesTaxom
Neoperisterophila Skoracki, 20051SpeciesTaxom
Neoschoengastia Ewing, 19832SpeciesTaxom
Odontacarus Ewing, 19446SpeciesTaxom
Oligonychus Berlese, 19776SpeciesTaxom
Oxus Kramer, 1877
0SpeciesTaxom
Panonychus Yokoyama, 19632SpeciesTaxom
Paputrombidium Fain, 19951SpeciesTaxom
Paratrombium Bruyant, 19971SpeciesTaxom
Peristerophila Kethley, 20142SpeciesTaxom
Picobia Haller, 20081SpeciesTaxom
Podapolipus Rovelli & Gr..., 1888
0SpeciesTaxom
Polynychus Wainstein, 19551SpeciesTaxom
Procorticacarus Viets, 19985SpeciesTaxom
Psorergatoides Fain, 19591SpeciesTaxom
Pteropimyobia Fain, 19864SpeciesTaxom
Radfordia Ewing, 02SpeciesTaxom
Recifella Viets, 19973SpeciesTaxom
Ripiaspichia Vercammen-Gr..., 19821SpeciesTaxom
Scarabapolipus Husband & Ku..., 19941SpeciesTaxom
Schizotetranychus Trägårdh, 19554SpeciesTaxom
Schoengastia Oudemans, 198012SpeciesTaxom
Stygolimnesia T. Imamura, 19831SpeciesTaxom
Stygomomonia Szalay, 19431SpeciesTaxom
Tarsonemus Canestrini &..., 19392SpeciesTaxom
Terratosyringophilus Bochkov & Perez, 20031SpeciesTaxom
Tetranychus Dufour, 18369SpeciesTaxom
Tetrapolipus Berlese, 01SpeciesTaxom
Thyas Koch, 18741SpeciesTaxom
Trichosmaris Southcott, 20021SpeciesTaxom
Trombicula Berlese, 19783SpeciesTaxom
Ugandobia Dusbábek, 1968
0SpeciesTaxom
Walchia Ewing, 19841SpeciesTaxom
Whartonia Ewing, 19801SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Papua New Guinea
180 Species
Albia (Albiella) alexae Wiles, 1992
Albia (Albiella) julieae Wiles, 1992
Albia (Albiella) longipalpis Wiles, 1992
Albia (Albiella) oenakensis Wiles, 1992
Albia (Albiella) suvarnopsis Wiles, 1992
Albia (Albiella) vanimoensis Wiles, 1992
Albia (Albiella) wauensis Wiles, 1992
Albia (Albiella) wewakensis Wiles, 1992
Albia (Spinalbia) spinipes Wiles, 1992
Apodisyringiana mystaceae Skoracki, 2005
Arrenurus (Arrenurus) bakerae Wiles, 1997
Arrenurus (Brevicaudaturus) lohmanni Piersig, 1898
Arrenurus (Megaluracarus) bunuensis Wiles, 1997
Arrenurus (Micruracarus) ashei Wiles, 1997
Arrenurus (Micruracarus) foiorum Wiles, 1997
Arrenurus (Truncaturus) wewakensis Wiles, 1997
Ascoschoengastia (Ascoschoengastia) maculata Goff, 1979
Ascoschoengastia (Ascoschoengastia) sepikensis Goff, 1979
Ascoschoengastia (Ascoschoengastia) tristernala Goff, 1983
Australiobates (Australiobates) archboldi Wiles, 1997
Australiobates (Australiobates) bruijni Wiles, 1997
Australiobates (Australiobates) concavipalpis Wiles, 1997
Australiobates (Australiobates) convexipalpis Wiles, 1997
Australiobates (Australiobates) longiseta Wiles, 1997
Australiobates (Australiobates) plumosa Wiles, 1997
Australiobates (Australiobates) reticulata Wiles, 1997
Australiobates (Australiobates) reticuloides Wiles, 1997
Australiobates (Australiobates) varirataensis Wiles, 1997
Axonopsella (Axonopsella) novaguinensis Wiles, 1997
Axonopsella (Axonopsella) ovalis Wiles, 1997
Binuncus (Binuncus) mirabilis Uchikawa, 1985
Caeculisoma (Caeculisoma) claviger Canestrini, 1897
Caeculisoma (Caeculisoma) plantacionis
Caeculisoma (Caeculisoma) sulcatum Canestrini, 1898
Caeculisoma (Papuacaeculisoma) chapmani Beron, 2008
Caeculisoma (Papuacaeculisoma) novaeirlandiae Beron, 2008
Callidosoma rostratum Southcott, 1972
Charletonia philometra Southcott, 1991
Cheletophyes occisor Bochkov & Kl..., 2005
Copidognathus papillatus Krantz, 1982
Corticacarus (Corticacarus) multiscutatus Wiles, 1990
Corticacarus (Corticacarus) richardsi Wiles, 1994
Cuculisyringophilus chirovi Skoracki, 2011
Cunaxa setirostris Hermann, 1804
Durenia papuana Fain & Groot..., 1996
Eutetranychus africanus Tucker, 1926Citrus brown mite
Eutrombicula (Eutrombicula) onyongensis Goff & Easton, 1989
Eutrombicula (Eutrombicula) tovelli Womersley, 1952
Frontipoda (Frontipoda) michelleae Wiles, 1997
Geckobia bataviensis Vitzthum, 1926
Geckobia manzanelli Domrow, 1983
Gretacarus novaguinensis Wiles, 1997
Gretacarus ravenscroftae Wiles, 1997
Guineaxonopsis cooki Cook, 1983
Gunabopicobia lathami Kaszewska, S..., 2018
Gunabopicobia masalaje Kaszewska, K..., 2014
Guntheria (Guntheria) bisetosa Goff, 1981
Guntheria (Guntheria) bosaviensis Goff, 1981
Guntheria (Guntheria) chingae Goff, 1982
Guntheria (Guntheria) forbesi Goff, 1983
Guntheria (Guntheria) heterosetosa Goff, 1982
Guntheria (Guntheria) hoxieae Goff, 1978
Guntheria (Guntheria) inflata Goff, 1978
Guntheria (Guntheria) joannae Goff, 1981
Guntheria (Guntheria) kallipygos Gunther, 1939
Guntheria (Guntheria) lavaniensis Goff, 1977
Guntheria (Guntheria) margaretae Goff, 1981
Guntheria (Guntheria) mirzai Goff, 1979
Guntheria (Guntheria) niobensis Goff, 1977
Guntheria (Guntheria) parana Womersley, 1944
Guntheria (Guntheria) perameles Womersley, 1939
Guntheria (Guntheria) scrobiculata Goff, 1979
Guntheria (Guntheria) serrata Goff, 1980
Guntheria (Guntheria) squamosa Goff, 1981
Guntheria (Guntheria) syllogisma Goff, 1982
Guntheria (Phyllacarus) buelowi Goff, 1981
Guntheria (Phyllacarus) pectinata Goff, 1981
Guntheria (Phyllacarus) sabinae Goff, 1981
Guntheria (Phyllacarus) wauensis Goff, 1980
Guntheria (Phyllacarus) wrenni Goff, 1981
Harpyrhynchoides rosellacinus Lawrence, 1959
Isobactrus aspidiotus Bartsch, 2009
Koenikea (Notomideopsis) daundoensis Wiles, 1997
Koenikea (Notomideopsis) magnunguilata Wiles, 1997
Leptotrombidium (Ericotrombidium) kirhocephales Goff, 1982
Leptotrombidium (Leptotrombidium) deliense Walch, 1922Scrub typhus mite
Leptotrombidium robustum Gunther, 1941
Leptus (Leptus) boggohoranus Haitlinger, 1990
Leptus (Leptus) cheesmanae Southcott, 1999
Leptus (Leptus) draco Southcott, 1984
Leptus (Leptus) lorarius Southcott, 1999
Leptus (Leptus) scutellatus Southcott, 1999
Leptus (Leptus) triacanthus Southcott, 1999
Limnesia (Limnesia) koenikei Piersig, 1894Littlehead horkelia
Limnesia (Limnesia) shephardi Wiles, 1997
Limnesia (Limnesia) suraensis Wiles, 1997
Masteria macgregori William Jose..., 1898
Masteria pallida Wladislaus K..., 1908
Metabinuncus asellisci Uchikawa, 1986
Microtrombidium striatum Fain & Groot..., 1994
Neharpyrhynchus domrowi Bochkov & Kl..., 2015
Neoaulobia cacatua Marciniak, S..., 2019
Neoperisterophila regiusi regiusi Skor..., 2005
Neoschoengastia (Neoschoengastia) charmosyna Goff, 1979
Neoschoengastia (Neoschoengastia) gigantea Goff, 1983
Odontacarus (Leogonis) nadchatrami Goff, 1979
Odontacarus (Leogonis) trisetosus Goff, 1979
Odontacarus (Leogonis) unisetosa Goff, 1979
Odontacarus (Leogonis) ziegleri Goff, 1979
Odontacarus (Odontacarus) mitchelli Goff, 1981
Odontacarus (Odontacarus) novaguinea Womersley, 1944
Oligonychus (Oligonychus) coffeae Nietner, 1861Red coffee mite
Oligonychus (Oligonychus) grypus Baker & Prit..., 1960African sugarcane spider mite
Oligonychus (Oligonychus) oryzae Hirst, 1926 ..., 2003Stalkeye sumo crab
Oligonychus (Pritchardinychus) biharensis Hirst, 1924Cassava red mite
Oligonychus plegas Baker & Prit..., 1960Granulate shellback crab
Oligonychus thelytokus Gutiérrez, 1977
Panonychus (Panonychus) citri McGregor, 1916Citrus red mite
Panonychus (Panonychus) elongatus Manson, 1963Eroded clutch crab
Paputrombidium chersodromia Fain & Groot..., 1995
Paratrombium anemone Southcott, 1997
Peristerophila coraciidus Skoracki, Hr..., 2020
Peristerophila lature Kaszewska, K..., 2014
Picobia lemi Skoracki, Gl..., 2008
Polynychus (Eleutheronychus) lambi Pritchard & ..., 1955
Procorticacarus aureatus Wiles, 1990
Procorticacarus kingi Wiles, 1990
Procorticacarus mendi Wiles, 1990
Procorticacarus pinguipalpis Wiles, 1990
Procorticacarus yunae Wiles, 1990
Psorergatoides emballonurae Fain, 1959
Pteropimyobia melonycteris Uchikawa, 1986
Pteropimyobia nyctineme Fain, 1973 ..., 1986
Pteropimyobia papuana Fain, 1978
Pteropimyobia paranyctimene Uchikawa, 1986
Radfordia (Radfordia) ensifera Poppe, 1896Mite
Radfordia pogonomys
Recifella (Recifella) burtoni Wiles, 1997
Recifella (Recifella) curvata Wiles, 1997
Recifella (Recifella) pinguipalpifera Wiles, 1997
Ripiaspichia (Suzukia) kaloloensis Goff, 1982
Scarabapolipus bisetosus Husband & Ku..., 1994
Schizotetranychus (Schizotetranychus) baltazari Rimando, 1962Citrus green mite
Schizotetranychus (Schizotetranychus) fauveli Gutiérrez, 1978
Schizotetranychus lechrius Rimando, 1962Rainbow crab
Schizotetranychus parasemus Pritchard & ..., 1955
Schoengastia (Schoengastia) bicoxalae Goff, 1981
Schoengastia (Schoengastia) brennani Goff, 1977
Schoengastia (Schoengastia) diannae Goff, 1977
Schoengastia (Schoengastia) heterosetosa Goff, 1982
Schoengastia (Schoengastia) lanceolata Goff, 1982
Schoengastia (Schoengastia) loomisi Goff, 1981
Schoengastia (Schoengastia) nadchatrami Goff, 1981
Schoengastia (Schoengastia) nudoseta Goff, 1978
Schoengastia (Schoengastia) plumosa Goff, 1980
Schoengastia (Schoengastia) roselli Goff, 1980
Schoengastia (Schoengastia) ruberi Goff, 1982
Schoengastia (Schoengastia) tricoxalae Goff, 1980
Stygolimnesia baderi Imamura, 1983
Stygomomonia (Stygomomonia) latipes Szalay, 1943
Tarsonemus (Tarsonemus) apis Rennie, 1921
Tarsonemus (Tarsonemus) cryptocephalus Ewing, 1939
Terratosyringophilus loricinus loricinus Bo..., 2003
Tetranychus (Epitetranychus) ludeni Zacher, 1913Bean spider mite
Tetranychus (Pritchardina) fijiensis Hirst, 1924
Tetranychus (Tetranychus) evansi Baker & Prit..., 1960Mite
Tetranychus (Tetranychus) kanzawai Kishida, 1927Hydrangea spider mite
Tetranychus (Tetranychus) lambi (Pritchard & ..., 1955)⇒ Polynychus lambi Pritchard & ..., 1955
Tetranychus (Tetranychus) marianae (McGregor, 1950)⇒ Tetranychus evansi Baker & Prit..., 1960
Tetranychus (Tetranychus) neocaledonicus André, 1933Vegetable spider mite
Tetranychus (Tetranychus) piercei McGregor, 1950
Tetranychus (Tetranychus) urticae C. L. Koch, 1836Carmine spider mite
Tetrapolipus seemani
Thyas miniacea Felder & Rog..., 1874
Trichosmaris papuana Beron, 2002
Trombicula (Rudnicula) agurensis Goff & Easton, 1989
Trombicula (Sasatrombicula) umboiensis Goff, 1982
Trombicula (Trombicula) papua Domrow, 1978
Walchia (Goffia) lorentzi Goff, 1984
Whartonia (Whartonia) kulumadouensis Goff, 1980

Subnodes of Prostigmata with occurrences in Papua New Guinea
InfraorderAnystina
Van der Hammen, 1972
8
25
76
Families
Genera
Species

Taxom

InfraorderEleutherengona
Oudemans, 1909
9
31
53
Families
Genera
Species

Taxom

InfraorderEupodina
Krantz, 1978
2
3
3
Families
Genera
Species

Taxom

InfraorderParasitengonina
Walter & al., 2009
9
16
48
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