Acari

Lorryia formosa

§Taxonavigation

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Superregnum: Eukaryota
Regnum: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Classis: Arachnida
Subclassis: Acari
Superordines (2): Acariformes - Parasitiformes

§Overview of ordines (6)

Holothyrida - Ixodida - Mesostigmata - Opilioacarida - Sarcoptiformes - Trombidiformes

§Name

Acari Nitzsch, 1818

§References

• 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.
• 2011: Zootaxa, 2936: 1–50. Preview
• 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.
• 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. ISSN: 1362-1971 Abstract
• Zhang, Z.-Q.; Hong, X.-Y.; Fan, Q.-H. (eds.) 2010: Xin Jie-Liu Centenary: Progress in Chinese Acarology. Zoosymposia, 4: 1–345.

§links

• miteresearch.org

§Vernacular names

Ελληνικά: Ακάρεα
English: mites and ticks
español: Acaros
français: Acariens
한국어: 응애아강
日本語: ダニ亜綱
norsk bokmål: Midder
slovenščina: Pršice
Türkçe: Akarlar

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