Acari

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Brachytydeus formosus

Taxonavigation

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
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. (PDF:s 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. 
• 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.
• 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. 
• 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.
• 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. 
• 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.
• 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. 
• 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

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

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