Acarus siro

Acarus siro

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Acaroidea

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Cladus: Protostomia Cladus: Ecdysozoa Cladus: Panarthropoda Phylum: Arthropoda Subphylum: Chelicerata Classis: Arachnida Subclassis: Acari Superordo: Acariformes Ordo: Oribatida Infraordo: Desmonomata Cohort: Astigmata Subordo: Acaridia Superfamilia: Acaroidea

Familia: Acaridae
Subfamilia: Acarinae
Genus: Acarus
Species: Acarus siro

Name

• Acarus siro Linnaeus, 1758
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Synonyms

• Acarus farinae

Note:

Pascal’s mite is not Acarus siro L., as usually thought, but Sarcoptes scabiei (L.). In everyday language and in Pascal’s time, the term used to designate A. siro L. was mite (used singly, in English and French) and not ciron, a word restricted to the scabies mite (cf André, 2019).

Vernacular names

English: mite
français: mite, mitte,artison, miton, midon
Nederlands: mijt

References

Primary references

• André, H.M. 2019. The true identity of Pascal’s mite and the diachronic use of ciron. Acarologia 59(2): 261–278.
• Linnaeus, C. 1758. Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. Editio Decima, Reformata. Tomus I. Holmiæ (Stockholm): impensis direct. Laurentii Salvii. 824 pp. DOI: 10.5962/bhl.title.542 BHL Reference page.  [first availability, see p. 616]

Additional references

• Webster, L.M.I.; Thomas, R.H.; McCormack, G.P. 2004: Molecular systematics of Acarus siro s. lat., a complex of stored food pests. Molecular phylogenetics and evolution 32(3): 817-822. DOI: 10.1016/j.ympev.2004.04.005 Reference page. 

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