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


Class
 
Arachnida
Lamarck, 1801
Arachnids
355
1465
4209
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Micrura
Ehrenberg, 1831
326
1358
3854
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Acari
Nitzsch, 1818
Mites and Ticks
250
812
1891
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Acariformes
Zakhvatkin, 1952
Dust mites, Mites
204
659
1598
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Trombidiformes
Reuter, 1909
Mites, Trombidiform mites
70
324
895
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Prostigmata
Kramer, 1877
True mites
69
323
895
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Anystina
Van der Hammen, 1972
11
38
50
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 
Trombidioidea
Leach, 1815
Velvet mites and chiggers
3
9
13
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


List of families for Polynesia
3 Families width 13 Species
Tanaupodidae Thor, 19350SpeciesTaxom
Microtrombidiidae (Womersley, 1936)Micro velvet mites11SpeciesTaxom
Leeuwenhoekiidae Womersley, 1944Chigger mites2SpeciesTaxom


Genera for Polynesia
9 Genera with 13 Species
Athera Menge, 1854
0SpeciesTaxom
Ettmulleria1SpeciesTaxom
Eutrombidium Verdun, 19621SpeciesTaxom
Foliotrombidium Womersley, 19361SpeciesTaxom
Holcotrombidium Womersley, 19362SpeciesTaxom
Microtrombidium Haller, 19365SpeciesTaxom
Odontacarus Ewing, 19471SpeciesTaxom
Platytrombidium Thor, 19361SpeciesTaxom
Womersia Wharton, 19891SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Polynesia
13 Species
Ettmulleria townsendi (Dumbleton, 1962)⇒ Eutrombidium townsendi Dumbleton, 1962
Eutrombidium townsendi Dumbleton, 1962
Foliotrombidium pritchardi Womersley, 1936
Holcotrombidium scalare Womersley, 1936
Holcotrombidium scalaris (Womersley, 1936)⇒ Holcotrombidium scalare Womersley, 1936
Microtrombidium aucklandicum Luxton, 1989
Microtrombidium karriense Womersley, 1934
Microtrombidium karriensis (Womersley, 1934)⇒ Microtrombidium karriense Womersley, 1934
Microtrombidium otagoensis Luxton, 1989
Microtrombidium zelandicum Womersley, 1936
Odontacarus lygosomae Dumbleton, 1947
Platytrombidium pritchardi (Womersley, 1936)⇒ Foliotrombidium pritchardi Womersley, 1936
Womersia midwayensis Goff, Siever..., 1989

Subnodes of Trombidioidea with occurrences in Polynesia
FamilyLeeuwenhoekiidae
Womersley, 1944
chigger mites, chiggers
2
2
Genera
Species

Taxom

FamilyMicrotrombidiidae
Womersley, 1936
Micro velvet mites
6
11
Genera
Species

Taxom

FamilyTanaupodidae
Thor, 1935
1
0
Genus
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