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Checklist for Superfamily Trombidioidea Leach, 1815 (Velvet mites and chiggers)
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
 

Infraorder
 
Anystina
Van der Hammen, 1972
5
8
17
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 
Trombidioidea
Leach, 1815
Velvet mites and chiggers
3
4
11
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


List of families for Kenya
3 Families width 11 Species
Trombidiidae Leach, 1815Beer Bahuti10SpeciesTaxom
Microtrombidiidae Womersley, 1936Micro velvet mites1SpeciesTaxom
Leeuwenhoekiidae Womersley, 1944Chigger mites0SpeciesTaxom


Genera for Kenya
4 Genera with 11 Species
Allothrombium Berlese, 19368SpeciesTaxom
Dinothrombium Oudemans, 1916Giant Red Velvet Mite2SpeciesTaxom
Microtrombidium Haller, 19891SpeciesTaxom
Whartonia Ewing, 1944
0SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Kenya
11 Species
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
Dinothrombium tarsale Berlese, 1916
Dinothrombium trispilum Berlese, 1916
Microtrombidium malindiensis Luxton, 1989

Subnodes of Trombidioidea with occurrences in Kenya
FamilyLeeuwenhoekiidae
Womersley, 1944
chigger mites, chiggers
1
0
Genus
Species

Taxom

FamilyMicrotrombidiidae
Womersley, 1936
Micro velvet mites
1
1
Genus
Species

Taxom

FamilyTrombidiidae
Leach, 1815
Beer Bahuti, Rain Bugs, Red Velvet Mites, True Velvet Mites
2
10
Genera
Species

Taxom



Links, sources and further information
Trombidioidea at artfakta.se
Trombidioidea at biodiversity.org.au
Trombidioidea at dyntaxa.se
Trombidioidea at itis.gov
Trombidioidea at marinespecies.org