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Astigmatina

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Order
  
Sarcoptiformes

Higher classification
  
Sarcoptiformes

Scientific name
  
Astigmatina

Phylum
  
Arthropoda

Subclass
  
Acari


Lower classifications
  
Blomia tropicalis, Sarcoptes, Notoedres cati

The Astigmatina are a "cohort" of mites.

Contents

Astigmatina belongs to the Sarcoptiformes, which contains the "biting" Acariformes. Many species are parasites of vertebrates. Most notorious among these are the Psoroptidia, which contain such notable taxa as feather mites and Sarcoptes scabiei.

Taxonomy

The hyporder contains 11 superfamilies with over thousands of genera as follows:

Acaridia (> 400 genera, > 1300 species)
  • Schizoglyphoidea (2 genera, 2 species)
  • Schizoglyphidae
  • Histiostomatoidea (c. 60 genera, > 200 species)
  • Histiostomatidae
  • Guanolichidae
  • Canestrinioidea (> 100 genera, > 300 species)
  • Chetochelacaridae
  • Lophonotacaridae
  • Canestriniidae
  • Heterocoptidae
  • Hemisarcoptoidea (50 genera, > 200 species)
  • Chaetodactylidae
  • Hyadesiidae
  • Carpoglyphidae
  • Algophagidae
  • Hemisarcoptidae
  • Winterschmidtiidae
  • Glycyphagoidea (> 70 genera, > 150 species)
  • Euglycyphagidae
  • Chortoglyphidae
  • Pedetropodidae
  • Echimyopodidae
  • Aeroglyphidae
  • Rosensteiniidae
  • Glycyphagidae
  • Acaroidea (> 120 genera, > 500 species)
  • Sapracaridae
  • Suidasiidae
  • Lardoglyphidae
  • Glycacaridae
  • Gaudiellidae
  • Acaridae (> 110 genera, > 400 species)
  • Hypoderoidea
  • Hypoderidae
    • Psoroptidia (> 600 genera, > 2,000 species)
  • Pterolichoidea (> 200 genera, > 500 species)
  • Oconnoriidae
  • Ptiloxenidae
  • Pterolichidae (> 100 genera, c. 300 species)
  • Cheylabididae
  • Ochrolichidae
  • Gabuciniidae
  • Falculiferidae
  • Eustathiidae
  • Crypturoptidae
  • Thoracosathesidae
  • Rectijanuidae
  • Ascouracaridae
  • Syringobiidae
  • Kiwilichidae
  • Kramerellidae
  • Freyanoidea (> 30 genera, c. 50 species)
  • Freyanidae
  • Vexillariidae
  • Caudiferidae
  • Analgoidea (> 200 genera, c. 700 species)
  • Heteropsoridae
  • Analgidae
  • Xolalgidae
  • Avenzoariidae
  • Pteronyssidae
  • Proctophyllodidae
  • Psoroptoididae
  • Trouessartiidae
  • Alloptidae
  • Thysanocercidae
  • Dermationidae
  • Epidermoptidae
  • Apionacaridae
  • Dermoglyphidae
  • Laminosioptidae
  • Knemidokoptidae
  • Cytoditidae
  • Pyroglyphoidea (26 genera, > 50 species)
  • Pyroglyphidae
  • Turbinoptidae
  • Psoroptoidea (c. 160 genera, > 600 species)
  • Psoroptidae
  • Galagalgidae
  • Lobalgidae
  • Myocoptidae
  • Rhyncoptidae
  • Audycoptidae
  • Listrophoridae
  • Chirodiscidae
  • Atopomelidae
  • Chirorhynchobiidae
  • Gastronyssidae
  • Lemurnyssidae
  • Pneumocoptidae
  • Sarcoptidae
  • incertae sedis (16 genera, 17 species)
  • Ptyssalgidae
  • Ptyssalges major (Trouessart, 1887)
  • Psoralgidae

    • incertae sedis

    Troglotacaridae

  • Troglotacarus hauseri Fain, 1977

    • References

    Astigmatina Wikipedia
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