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

Infraorder
 
Anystina
Van der Hammen, 1972
8
25
76
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 
Trombidioidea
Leach, 1815
Velvet mites and chiggers
4
8
10
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


List of families for Papua New Guinea
4 Families width 10 Species
Trombidiidae Leach, 1815Beer Bahuti1SpeciesTaxom
Microtrombidiidae Womersley, 1936Micro velvet mites1SpeciesTaxom
Leeuwenhoekiidae Womersley, 1944Chigger mites7SpeciesTaxom
Neothrombiidae Feider, 19591SpeciesTaxom


Genera for Papua New Guinea
8 Genera with 10 Species
Allothrombium Berlese, 1903
0SpeciesTaxom
Caenothrombium Oudemans, 1927
0SpeciesTaxom
Mesothrombium Hirst, 1926
0SpeciesTaxom
Microtrombidium Haller, 19941SpeciesTaxom
Odontacarus Ewing, 19446SpeciesTaxom
Paputrombidium Fain, 19951SpeciesTaxom
Paratrombium Bruyant, 19971SpeciesTaxom
Whartonia Ewing, 19801SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Papua New Guinea
10 Species
Microtrombidium striatum Fain & Groot..., 1994
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
Paputrombidium chersodromia Fain & Groot..., 1995
Paratrombium anemone Southcott, 1997
Whartonia (Whartonia) kulumadouensis Goff, 1980

Subnodes of Trombidioidea with occurrences in Papua New Guinea
FamilyLeeuwenhoekiidae
Womersley, 1944
chigger mites, chiggers
2
7
Genera
Species

Taxom

FamilyMicrotrombidiidae
Womersley, 1936
Micro velvet mites
1
1
Genus
Species

Taxom

FamilyNeothrombiidae
Feider, 1959
1
1
Genus
Species

Taxom

FamilyTrombidiidae
Leach, 1815
Beer Bahuti, Rain Bugs, Red Velvet Mites, True Velvet Mites
4
1
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