Acari

Taxonavigation

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Amorphea
Cladus: Obazoa
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Cladus: Holozoa
Cladus: Filozoa
Cladus: Choanozoa
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: ParaHoxozoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Cladus: Protostomia
Superphylum: 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

Synonyms

Acarida Hammen, 1972
Acarina
Monomerosomata Leach, 1815

References

Primary references

Nitzsch, C.L. 1818. Acaridiae, Acarina, Acarus in Ersch und Gruber's Encyclopädie der Wissenschaften und Künste. 1ster Theil. Leipzig. Reference page.

Additional 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. (PDFs for download.) Reference page.
de Araújo, M.S. & Feres, R.J.F. 2019. Catalog of the mite (Acari) type specimens deposited at the “Universidade Estadual Paulista (UNESP), Campus de São José do Rio Preto”, São Paulo, Brazil (DZSJRP). Zootaxa 4700(4): 557–583. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4700.4.11 Reference page.
Baker, E.W. & Wharton, G.W. 1952. An introduction to acarology. New York: Macmillan. Internet Archive
Beaulieu, F., Knee, W., Nowell, V., Schwartzfeld, M., Lindo, Z., Behan-Pelletier, V., Lumley, L., Young, M.R., Smith, I., Proctor, H.C., Mironov, S.V., Galloway, T.D., Walter, D.E. & Lindquist, E.E. 2019. Acari of Canada. Pp 77–168 In Langor, D.W. & Sheffield, C.S. (eds.). The Biota of Canada – A Biodiversity Assessment. Part 1: The Terrestrial Arthropods. ZooKeys 819: 520 pp. Reference page. . DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.819.28307 Reference page.
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Chatterjee, T., Pfingstl, T. & Pešić, V. 2018. A checklist of marine littoral mites (Acari) associated with mangroves. Zootaxa 4442(2): 221–240. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4442.2.2 Reference page.
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Halliday B. 2009. Review of the third edition of A Manual of Acarology. Systematic & Applied Acarology 14: 77–80.
Halliday, R.B., Kamran, M. & Bashir, M.H. 2018. Checklist of the mites of Pakistan. Zootaxa 4464(1): 1–178. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4464.1.1 pdf Reference page.
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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
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Liu, J-F., Wei, X-Y., Li, G-Y. & Zhang, Z-Q. 2017. Where are primary type specimens of new mite species deposited? Zootaxa 4363(1): 1–54. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4363.1.1 PDF. Reference page.
Liu, J-F. & Zhang, Z-Q. 2018. A survey of descriptions of immature instars of mites during the last three years. Pp 211–224 In Zhang, Z-Q., Seeman, O., Fuangarworn, M. & Fan, Q-H. (eds.). Ontogeny and morphological diversity in immature mites (Part I). Zootaxa 1–224. Reference page. Zootaxa 4540(1): 211–224. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4540.1.13 Reference page.
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.
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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

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Vernacular names

беларуская: Кляшчы
Deutsch: Milben
français: Acariens
日本語: ダニ亜綱
русский: клещи
中文: 蜱螨亚纲