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Checklist for Suborder Prostigmata Kramer, 1877 (True mites)
and region Sri Lanka (South Asia)


Class
 
Arachnida
Lamarck, 1801
Arachnids
136
505
1017
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Micrura
Ehrenberg, 1831
109
436
909
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Acari
Nitzsch, 1818
Mites and Ticks
58
100
157
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Acariformes
Zakhvatkin, 1952
Dust mites, Mites
44
61
74
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Trombidiformes
Reuter, 1909
Mites, Trombidiform mites
22
31
40
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Prostigmata
Kramer, 1877
True mites
22
31
40
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


List of families for Sri Lanka
22 Families width 40 Species and 1 Subspecies
#ENAHTMSPCDU
Eriophyidae Nalepa, 1898Blister mites3SpeciesTaxom
Neopygmephoridae Cross, 19652SpeciesTaxom
Arrenuridae Thor, 19001SpeciesTaxom
Hygrobatidae (Koch, 1842)2SpeciesTaxom
Tenuipalpidae Berlese, 1913False spider mites5SpeciesTaxom
Halacaridae Murray, 1877Sea mites1SpeciesTaxom
Tarsonemidae Kramer, 1877Tarsonemid mites3SpeciesTaxom
Myobiidae Megnin, 18770SpeciesTaxom
Trombidiidae Leach, 1815Beer Bahuti0SpeciesTaxom
Tetranychidae (Donnadieu, 1875)Spider mites6SpeciesTaxom
Microtrombidiidae Womersley, 1936Micro velvet mites1SpeciesTaxom
Trombiculidae Ewing, 1929Chigger mites1SpeciesTaxom
Syringophilidae Lavoipierre, 1953Quill mites1SpeciesTaxom
Aturidae Thor, 19001SpeciesTaxom
Pionidae Thor, 19001SpeciesTaxom
Cheyletidae Leach, 18151SpeciesTaxom
Demodecidae Nicolet, 1855Follicle mites1SpeciesTaxom
Podapolipidae Husband, 19901SpeciesTaxom
Hydryphantidae Piersig, 18964SpeciesTaxom
Torrenticolidae Thor, 1902Torrent Mites3SpeciesTaxom
Pyemotidae Newport, 18501SpeciesTaxom
Unionicolidae Oudemans, 19091SpeciesTaxom


Genera for Sri Lanka
31 Genera with 40 Species
#ABCDEILNOPRSTU
Aceria Keifer, 02SpeciesTaxom
Aegiptophorus V. D. Sevast..., 19841SpeciesTaxom
Arrenurus Dugès, 18981SpeciesTaxom
Atractides Koch, 19692SpeciesTaxom
Brevipalpus Donnadieu, 19394SpeciesTaxom
Copidognathus Trouessart, 19591SpeciesTaxom
Coreitarsonemus Fain, 19701SpeciesTaxom
Crocidurobia Jameson, 1970
0SpeciesTaxom
Dinothrombium Oudemans, 1910
Giant Red Velvet Mite0SpeciesTaxom
Diplonychus Laporte, 17811SpeciesTaxom
Eutrombidium Verdun, 20061SpeciesTaxom
Indothele Coyle, 19951SpeciesTaxom
Leptotrombidium Nagayo & al., 19221SpeciesTaxom
Neoaulonastus Skoracki, 20191SpeciesTaxom
Neoaxonopsalbia Cook, 19821SpeciesTaxom
Oligonychus Berlese, 18611SpeciesTaxom
Panonychus Yokoyama, 19161SpeciesTaxom
Piona C. L. Koch, 19691SpeciesTaxom
Raoiella Hirst, 19241SpeciesTaxom
Samsinakia Volgin, 19841SpeciesTaxom
Stomatodex Fain, 19601SpeciesTaxom
Tarsonemus Canestrini &..., 19392SpeciesTaxom
Tegonotus Nalepa, 19201SpeciesTaxom
Tetranychus Dufour, 17582SpeciesTaxom
Tetrapolipus Berlese, 01SpeciesTaxom
Thyas Koch, 18233SpeciesTaxom
Thyasella Viets, 19581SpeciesTaxom
Torrenticola Piersig, 1967Water Mites3SpeciesTaxom
Trochometridium Cross, 19791SpeciesTaxom
Troxodania Khaustov & T..., 19751SpeciesTaxom
Unionicola Haldeman, 20181SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Sri Lanka
40 Species and 1 Subspecies
Aceria guerreronis Keifer, 1965Coconut mite
Aceria largoensis
Aegiptophorus shibinensis V. D. Sevast..., 1984
Arrenurus (Micruracarus) madaraszi Daday, 1898
Atractides (Atractides) jurgenschwoerbeli Orghidan & G..., 1987
Atractides (Atractides) schwoerbeli (Lundblad, 1969)⇒ Atractides jurgenschwoerbeli Orghidan & G..., 1987
Brevipalpus californicus Banks, 1904Bunch mite
Brevipalpus colpodes Pritchard & ..., 1958
Brevipalpus obovatus Donnadieu, 1875Privet false spider mite
Brevipalpus phoenicis Geijskes, 1939False spider mite
Copidognathus mesomorphus André, 1959
Coreitarsonemus acanthocoris Fain, 1970
Diplonychus rusticus Fabricius, 1781
Eutrombidium sigirijanum Haitlinger, 2006
Indothele lanka Coyle, 1995
Leptotrombidium (Leptotrombidium) deliense Walch, 1922Scrub typhus mite
Neoaulonastus sidorchukae Zmudzinski, ..., 2019
Neoaxonopsalbia (Lankaxonopsalbia) judithae Gledhill, 1982
Oligonychus (Oligonychus) coffeae Nietner, 1861Red coffee mite
Panonychus (Panonychus) citri McGregor, 1916Citrus red mite
Piona (Piona) flagellifera Lundblad, 1969
Raoiella indica Hirst, 1924Red palm mite
Samsinakia gonocephalum Fain, 1984
Stomatodex rousetti rousetti Fain, 1960
Tarsonemus (Tarsonemus) apis Rennie, 1921
Tarsonemus (Tarsonemus) cryptocephalus Ewing, 1939
Tegonotus platynaspis Nalepa, 1920
Tetranychus (Tetranychus) urticae C. L. Koch, 1836Carmine spider mite
Tetranychus telarius (Linnaeus, 1758)⇒ Tetranychus urticae C. L. Koch, 1836
Tetrapolipus ramarajui
Thyas coronata Fabricius, 1775
Thyas honesta Hübner, 1824
Thyas juno Dalman, 1823
Thyasella mandibularis torrenticola Schwoerbel, 1958
Torrenticola (Monatractides) ceylonensis K.O. Viets, 1973
Torrenticola (Monatractides) oxystoma Viets, 1935
Torrenticola (Monatractides) pusta Cook, 1967
Trochometridium tribulatum Cross, 1965 ..., 1979
Troxodania problematica Mahunka, 1975
Unionicola srilankana Pešić & Za..., 2018

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

Taxom

InfraorderEleutherengona
Oudemans, 1909
10
17
21
Families
Genera
Species

Taxom

InfraorderEupodina
Krantz, 1978
2
3
4
Families
Genera
Species

Taxom

InfraorderParasitengonina
Walter & al., 2009
7
8
13
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