Acari

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Brachytydeus formosus

Taxonavigation

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Cladus: Protostomia
Cladus: Ecdysozoa
Cladus: Panarthropoda
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Classis: Arachnida
Subclassis: Acari
Superordines (2): Acariformes – Parasitiformes
Ordines (6): Holothyrida – Ixodida – Mesostigmata – Opilioacarida – Sarcoptiformes – Trombidiformes

Name

Acari Nitzsch, 1818

References

• André, H.M. & N'Dri, J.K. 2013 (2012). Bréviaire de taxonomie des acariens. Abc Taxa 13, Bruxelles, Belgique, xiv + 186 pp. ISBN 9789073242203 (hard copy) / ISBN 9789073242210. (PDF:s for download.) reference page 
• Baker, E.W. & Wharton, G.W. 1952. An introduction to acarology. New York: Macmillan. Internet Archive
• Beron, P. 2008. Acarorum catalogus I. Acariformes: Calyptostomatoidea (Calyptostomatidae), Erythraeoidea (Smarididae, Erythraeidae). Pensoft Publishers and the National Museum of Natural History, Sofia Bulgarian Academy of Sciences.
• Dunlop, J.A. & Alberti, G. 2008. The affinities of mites and ticks: a review. Journal of zoological systematics and evolutionary research 46: 1–18. doi: 10.1111/j.1439-0469.2007.00429.x
• Halliday, B. 2009. Review of the third edition of A Manual of Acarology. Systematic & applied acarology 14: 77–80.
• Hernandes, F.A., Huff. J.C. & Oconnor, B.M. 2011. Catalog of the Acari types deposited in the American Museum of Natural History, New York (Arthropoda: Arachnida). Zootaxa 2936: 1–50. Preview (PDF)
• Klompen, H., Lekveishvili, M. & Black, W.C., IV 2007. Phylogeny of parasitiform mites (Acari) based on rRNA. Molecular phylogenetics and evolution 43: 936–951. doi: 10.1016/j.ympev.2006.10.024 PDF
• Krantz, G.W. & Walter, D.E. (eds.) 2009. A manual of acarology. Third edition. Texas Tech University Press, Lubbock Texas. ISBN 0896726207
• Lindquist, E.E. 2001. Poising for a new century: diversification in acarology. Pp. 17–34 in Halliday, R.B., Walter, D.E., Proctor, H.C., Norton, R.A. & Colloff, M.J. (eds.) Acarology: proceedings of the 10th International Congress. CSIRO publishing, Melbourne, Australia.
• Ma, M., Li, S-C. & Fan, Q-H. 2015. Mites and ticks (Acari) in Shanxi Province, China: an annotated checklist. Zootaxa 4006(1): 1–39. doi: 10.11646/zootaxa.4006.1.1. Preview (PDF) reference page 
• Liu, D.; Yi, T.-c.; Xu, Y.; Zhang, Z.-Q. 2013: Hotspots of new species discovery: new mite species described during 2007 to 2012. Zootaxa 3663(1): 1–102. doi: 10.11646/zootaxa.3663.1.1 reference page 
• Murrell, A., Dobson, S.J., Walter, D.E., Campbell, N.J.H., Shao, R. & Barker, S.C. 2005. Relationships among the three major lineages of the Acari (Arthropoda : Arachnida) inferred from small subunit rRNA: paraphyly of the Parasitiformes with respect to the Opilioacariformes and relative rates of nucleotide substitution. Invertebrate systematics 19: 383–389. doi: 10.1071/IS05027
• Pugh, P.J.A. 1993. A synonymic catalogue of the Acari from Antarctica, the sub-Antarctic Islands and the Southern Ocean. Journal of Natural History 27: 323–421. doi: 10.1080/00222939300770171
• Redford, C.D. 1950. Systematic check list of mite genera and type species. Secrétariat général de l’U.I.S.B., Paris.
• Spain, A.V. & Luxton, M. 1971. Catalog and bibliography of the Acari of the New Zealand subregion. Pacific insects monograph 25: 179–226. PDF
• Vacante, V. 2010: Citrus mites: identification, bionomy and control. CABI, Wallingford. ISBN 978-1-84593-498-9
• Walter, D.E. & Proctor, H.C. 1998. Feeding behaviour and phylogeny: observations on early derivative Acari. Experimental and applied acarology 22: 39–50. doi: 10.1023/A:1006033407957
• Zhang, Z.-Q. 2010. Review of a new guide to the identification, biology and control of citrus mites. Systematic & applied acarology 15: 36–38. Abstract
• Zhang, Z.-Q., Hong, X.-Y. & Fan, Q.-H. (eds.) 2010. Xin Jie-Liu Centenary: Progress in Chinese Acarology. Zoosymposia 4: 1–345.
• Spain, A.V.; Luxton, M. 1971: Catalog and bibliography of the Acari of the New Zealand subregion. Pacific insects monograph, 25: 179–226. PDF
• Zhang, Z.-Q.; Rhode, B.E. 2003: A faunistic summary of acarine diversity in New Zealand. Systematic & applied acarology, 8: 75–84. Abstract

Links

• miteresearch.org

Vernacular names

For images and other media, see Acari on Wikimedia Commons.