Glycyphagidae

Glycyphagus sp., copyright Daktaridudu.

Belongs within: Astigmatina.

The Glycyphagidae are a diverse group of mites mostly associated with the nests of small mammals, mostly characterised by the presence of a series of external ridges on the venter of the subcapitulum (OConnor 2009).

Characters (from OConnor 2009): Ventral subcapitulum with prominent pattern of external transverse and oblique ridges (ridges reduced in heavily sclerotised Fusacarus); palpi reflexed inwards; empodial claws small or absent; condylophores very thin or absent; female usually with epigynal apodeme and often with external copulatory tube, oviporus longitudinal with genital valves fused to body anteriorly, free posteriorly; male without paranal suckers or modified setae on tarsus IV. Deutonymph with attachment organ with setae p1–p2 in the form of ribbed claspers, or if absent, then vestiges of their alveoli present as small sclerotised rings (Baloghella), or attachment organ reduced and tibiae III–IV with large ventral, comblike setae; coxal setae 3a and 4a absent; posterior coxal apodemes with distinct edges.

<==Glycyphagidae [Glycyphagina] O09
    |--Labidophorus P90 [Labidophorinae O09]
    |--Marsupialichus [Marsupialichinae] O09
    |    `--M. johnstoni O09
    |--Baloghella [Melesodectinae] O09
    |    `--B. melis [incl. Melesodectes auricularis] O09
    |--Fusacarinae [Fusacaridae] O09
    |    |--Fusacarus O09
    |    `--Xenoryctes krameri O09, GHG91
    |--Metalabidophorinae O09
    |    |--Metalabidophorus O09
    |    |--Paralabidophorus O09
    |    `--Neolabidophorus yucatanensis Pence & Genoways 1974 O09, QV01
    |--Lophuromyopus [Lophuromyopodinae] O09
    |    `--L. schoutedeni O09
    `--Glycyphagus Hering 1838 H98 [incl. Lepidoglyphus Zakhvatkin 1936 H98; Glycyphaginae O09]
         |--G. destructor (Schrank 1781) W91 (see below for synonymy)
         |--G. domesticus (de Geer 1778) [=Acarus domesticus, Glyciphagus (l. c.) domesticus] H98
         |--G. hypudaei O09
         |--G. latipes Berlese 1910 V25
         |--G. ornatus (Kramer 1881) W91
         `--G. spinipes P94

Glycyphagidae incertae sedis:
  Dermacarus O09
    |--D. hypudaei GHG91
    |--D. ornatus Fain 1967 QV01
    `--D. tamiasciuri O09
  Prolepidoglyphus M-PV-G01
  Gohieria Oudemans 1939 [incl. Ferminia Oudemans 1928 (preoc.)] H98
    `--G. fusca (Oudemans 1902) [=Glycyphagus fuscus, Ferminia fuscus] H98
  Zibethacarus P90
  Ctenoglyphus Berlese 1884 [=Cthenoglyphus] H98
    `--C. plumiger (Koch 1835) [=Acarus plumiger, Cthenoglyphus plumiger, Glycyphagus plumiger] H98
  Orycteroxenus soricis O09
  Dipodomyopus P90
  Mediolabidophorus P90
  Microlabidopus P90
  Scalopacarus P90
  Neoxenoryctes P90
  Rodentopus sciuri O09, WK09
  Grammolichus malukuensis O09
  Pycnoglycyphagus O09
  Lophioglyphus liciosus [incl. Apodemopus apodemi] O09
  Diamesoglyphus intermedius O09
  Cryptomyopus zachvatkini O09

Glycyphagus destructor (Schrank 1781) W91 [=Acarus destructor H98, Lepidoglyphus destructor W91; incl. A. cadaverum Schrank 1781 H98, G. cadaverum H98]

*Type species of generic name indicated

REFERENCES

[GHG91] Gállego, M., E. Hidalgo & J. Ginés. 1991. Mites of the house mouse, Mus musculus L., in the north-eastern part of the Iberian Peninsula in Spain. In: Schuster, R., & P. W. Murphy (eds) The Acari: Reproduction, development and life-history strategies pp. 453–454. Chapman & Hall: London.

[H98] Halliday, R. B. 1998. Mites of Australia: A checklist and bibliography. CSIRO Publishing: Collingwood.

[M-PV-G01 Montiel-Parra, G., G. A. Villegas-Guzman, M. Vargas & O. J. Polaco. 2001. Mites associated with nests of Neotoma albigula Hartley, 1894 (Rodentia: Muridae) in Durango, México. In: Halliday, R. B., D. E. Walter, H. C. Proctor, R. A. Norton & M. J. Colloff (eds) Acarology: Proceedings of the 10^th International Congress pp. 586–593. CSIRO Publishing: Melbourne.

[O09] OConnor, B. M. 2009. Cohort Astigmatina. In: Krantz, G. W., & D. E. Walter (eds) A Manual of Acarology 3^rd ed. pp. 565–657. Texas Tech University Press.

[P90] Philips, J. R. 1990. Acarina: Astigmata (Acaridida). In: Dindal, D. L. (ed.) Soil Biology Guide pp. 757–778. John Wiley & Sones: New York.

[P94] Pugh, P. J. A. 1994. Non-indigenous Acari of Antarctica and the sub-Antarctic islands. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 110: 207–217.

[QV01] Quintero, M. M. T., M. Vargas, B. S. Hernández, P García & N. J. Otero. 2001. Ectoparasitic mites on Heteromys gaumeri in the south of Yucatan, Mexico. In: Halliday, R. B., D. E. Walter, H. C. Proctor, R. A. Norton & M. J. Colloff (eds) Acarology: Proceedings of the 10^th International Congress pp. 583–585. CSIRO Publishing: Melbourne.

[V25] Vitzthum, H. 1925. Fauna sumatrensis. (Beitrag no. 5). Acarinae. Supplementa Entomologica 11: 1–79.

[WK09] Walter, D. E., & G. W. Krantz. 2009. Oviposition and life stages. In: Krantz, G. W., & D. E. Walter (eds) A Manual of Acarology 3^rd ed. pp. 57–63. Texas Tech University Press.

[W91] Walzl, M. G. 1991. Comparison of the sclerotized structures of Acaridae and Glycyphagidae used for copulation. In: Dusbábek, F., & V. Bukva (eds) Modern Acarology: Proceedings of the VIII International Congress of Acarology, held in České Budĕjovice, Czechoslovakia, 6–11 August 1990 vol. 2 pp. 283–286. SPB Academic Publishing: The Hague.

Histiostomatidae

Deutonymph of Myianoetus, copyright Olivier9099.

Belongs within: Astigmatina.
Contains: Histiostoma.

The Histiostomatidae are a group of astigmatan mites found on wet substrates, most commonly feeding by filtering organic particles and microorganisms from the water film. Most species are associated with isolated or ephemeral habitats and some may have the shortest development times of any astigmatan mites, going through their entire life cycle in as little as six days (OConnor 2009).

Characters (from OConnor 2009): Adult with body not dorsoventrally flattened; chelicerae laterally compressed, often attenuate, usually with numerous finely divided teeth, nonchelate; palpi with terminal solenidion and usually at least one elongate eupathidial seta, normal setae strongly reduced, usually reflexed outward; genital papillae ring-like, usually not directly associated with the genital opening; female genital valves fused to body posteriorly, open anteriorly forming a transverse oviporus. Deutonymph with Legs III–IV with femur-genu-tibia-tarsus partially or completely fused; legs III–IV flexed at trochanter-femur articulation and directed anteriorly in repose; rostral and lamellar pairs of setae absent; setae 4b absent.

<==Histiostomatidae [Anoeteae, Anoetidae, Anoetoidea, Histiostomina] W07
    |--Bonomoia W07
    `--+--+--Pelzneria W07
       |  `--Myianoetus Oudemans 1929 W07, H98 [incl. Anoetostoma Womersley 1941 H98]
       |       |--M. dyucei Fain & Domrow 1980 H98
       |       |--M. muscarum A-B91
       |       |--M. oudemansi (Womersley 1941) [=Anoestostoma oudemansi, Anoetostoma oudemansi] H98
       |       `--M. travei Fain 1976 F76
       `--+--Glyphanoetus W07
          |--+--Aphodanoetus W07
          |  `--+--Rhopalanoetus W07
          |     `--Spinanoetus W07
          `--Histiostoma W07

Histiostomatidae incertae sedis:
  Hexanoetus O09
  Ameranoetus P90
  Anoetus O09
    |--A. fimetarius (Canestrini & Berlese 1881) [=Histiostoma fimetarium, Hypopus fimetarius] V25
    |--A. gladiger V25
    |--A. lorentzi Oudemans 1905 V25
    |--A. muscarum V25
    `--A. toxopei Oudemans 1927 O28
  Copronomoia O09
  Tensiostoma veliaphilum O09
  Fibulanoetus O09
  Peripatetes O09
  Scolianoetus O09
  Kanoetus O09
  Curculanoetus O09
  Chiloanoetus O09
  Prowichmannia O09
  Nepenthanoetus O09
  Loxanoetus Fain 1970 H98
    `--L. lenae Domrow & Ladds 1984 H98
  Otanoetus O09
  Amyzanoetus Fain 1976 F76
    `--*A. halophilus Fain 1976 F76
  Comyianoetus O09
  Xenanoetus kofrankova O09
  Chiropteranoetus Womersley 1942 H98
    `--C. chalinolobus Womersley 1942 H98
  Austranoetus Fain 1976 F76
    `--*A. kerguelenensis Fain 1976 F76

*Type species of generic name indicated

REFERENCES

[A-B91] Athias-Binche, F. 1991. Ecology and evolution of phoresy in mites. In: Dusbábek, F., & V. Bukva (eds) Modern Acarology: Proceedings of the VIII International Congress of Acarology, held in České Budĕjovice, Czechoslovakia, 6–11 August 1990 vol. 1 pp. 27–41. SPB Academic Publishing: The Hague.

[F76] Fain, A. 1976. Acariens récoltés par le Dr. J. Travé aux iles subantarctiques II. Familles Acaridae, Anoetidae, Ereynetidae et Tarsonemidae (astigmates et prostigmates). Acarologia 18 (2): 302–328.

[H98] Halliday, R. B. 1998. Mites of Australia: A checklist and bibliography. CSIRO Publishing: Collingwood.

[O09] OConnor, B. M. 2009. Cohort Astigmatina. In: Krantz, G. W., & D. E. Walter (eds) A Manual of Acarology 3^rd ed. pp. 565–657. Texas Tech University Press.

[O28] Oudemans, A. C. 1928. Fauna Buruana. Acari. Treubia 7 (Suppl. 2): 37–100.

[P90] Philips, J. R. 1990. Acarina: Astigmata (Acaridida). In: Dindal, D. L. (ed.) Soil Biology Guide pp. 757–778. John Wiley & Sones: New York.

[V25] Vitzthum, H. 1925. Fauna sumatrensis. (Beitrag no. 5). Acarinae. Supplementa Entomologica 11: 1–79.

[W07] Wirth, S. 2007. Phylogeny and character transformations of the Histiostomatidae. In: Morales-Malacara, J. B., V. M. Behan-Pelletier, E. Ueckermann, T. M. Pérez, E. G. Estrada-Venegas & M. Badii (eds) Acarology XI: Proceedings of the International Congress pp. 607–615. Instituto de Biología and Faculdad de Ciencias, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Sociedad Latinoamericana de Acarología: México.

Last updated: 10 May 2019.

Rhizoglyphini

Bulb mites Rhizoglyphus robini, from here.

Belongs within: Rhizoglyphinae.
Contains: Schwiebea.

The Rhizoglyphini are a group of acarid mites characterised by the lack of seta aa on the first tarsus. Klimov (1998) divided this lineage into two tribes, Rhizoglyphini and Thyreophagini, based on the appearance of seta ba on the first two tarsi (stout and spine-like in 'Rhizoglyphini', weak and stick-like in 'Thyreophagini') but these divisions were not shown as reciprocally monophyletic by OConnor (2001).

<==Rhizoglyphini [Thyreophagini] K98
    |--+--Boletacarus Volgin & Mironov 1980 O01, K98
    |  |--Bromeliaglyphus O01
    |  |--Mesorhizoglyphus Kadzhaya 1966 O01, K98
    |  |    `--M. colchicus K98
    |  `--Rhizoglyphus Claparede 1869 O01, K98
    |       |--R. callae YM91
    |       |--R. echinopus (Fumouze & Robin 1868) [=Tyroglyphus echinopus] H98
    |       |--R. longispinosus H07
    |       |--R. robini Claparède 1869 W91
    |       |--R. setosus H07
    |       |--R. termitum Womersley 1941 H98
    |       `--R. tsutienensis H07
    `--+--Boletoglyphus Volgin 1953 O01, K98 [incl. Fantovia Samšińák 1957 K98]
       |    |--B. (Boletoglyphus) boletophagi (Türk & Türk 1952) (see below for synonymy) K98
       |    `--B. (Ellipsopus Fain & Ide 1976) [incl. Lindquistia Mahunka 1977] K98
       |         `--B. (*E.) ornatus (Fain & Ide 1976) (see below for synonymy) K98
       `--+--+--Calvoliella cyclopis O01
          |  `--+--Histiogaster Berlese 1883 O01, K98
          |     |    |--*H. carpio G39
          |     |    |--H. anops N96
          |     |    |--H. arborsignis O01
          |     |    |--H. rotundus N96
          |     |    `--H. xylophaga J37
          |     `--Thyreophagus Rondani 1874 O01, K98 (see below for synonymy)
          |          |--*T. entomophagus (Laboulbene 1852) K98 (see below for synonymy)
          |          |--T. cooremani Fain 1982 K98
          |          |--T. gallegoi Portus & Gomez 1980 C-RSV-S88
          |          `--T. odyneri Fain 1982 K98
          `--+--Troupeauia O01
             |--Naiacus O01
             |--Stereoglyphus O01 [incl. Troglocoptes Fain 1966 O01, K98]
             |    |--‘Schwiebea’ barbei Cooreman 1959 [=Troglocoptes barbei] F76
             |    `--‘*Troglocoptes’ luciae Fain 1966 F76
             |--Lamtoglyphus O01
             |--Passaloglyphus O01
             |--Naiadacarus [Naiadacarinae] O01
             |    `--N. arboricolus N07
             |--Lasioacarus [Lasioacarini] O01
             |    `--L. nidicolus C91
             `--Schwiebea O01

Rhizoglyphini incertae sedis:
  Michaelopus Fain & Johnston 1974 K98
    |--*M. corticalis (Michael 1885) K98 (see below for synonymy)
    |--M. africanus (Mahunka 1974) K98
    |--M. angustus (Banks 1906) K98
    |--M. annae Sevastianov & Kivganov 1992 K98
    |--M. athiasae Fain 1982 K98
    |--M. berlesiana (Zachvatkin 1941) K98
    |--M. evansi Fain 1982 K98
    |--M. gallegoi (Portus & Gomez 1980) K98
    |    |--M. g. gallegoi K98
    |    `--M. g. mauritianus Fain 1982 K98
    |--M. incanus Fain & Rack 1987 K98
    |--M. johnstoni Fain 1982 K98
    |--M. leclercqi Fain 1982 K98
    |--M. lignieri (Zachvatkin 1953) [=Monieziella lignieri] K98
    |--M. macfarlanei Fain 1982 K98
    |--M. magnus (Berlese 1910) K98
    |--M. passerinus Cruz 1990 K98
    |--M. polezhaevi (Zachvatkin 1953) K98
    |--M. rwandanus Fain 1982 K98
    |--M. sminthurus Fain & Johnston 1974 K98
    |--M. spinitarsis Fain 1982 K98
    |--M. tridens Fain & Lukoschus 1986 K98
    `--M. vermicularis (Fain & Lukoschus 1982) K98
  Capillaroglyphus Klimov 1998 K98
    `--*C. polypori Klimov 1998 K98
  Acarotalpa Volgin 1966 K98
  Rhizoglyphoides Volgin 1978 K98
  Megninietta Jacot 1936 (n. d.) F76
    |--*M. ulmi Jacot 1936 F76
    `--M. terrena Jacot 1937 J37

Nomen nudum: Monieziella oryctis Kamenskiy 1940 [=Michelopus oryctis] K98

Boletoglyphus (Boletoglyphus) boletophagi (Türk & Türk 1952) [=Schwiebea boletophagi, *Fantovia boletophagi; incl. *Boletoglyphus cribrosus Volgin 1953] K98

Boletoglyphus (*Ellipsopus) ornatus (Fain & Ide 1976) [=*Ellipsopus ornatus; incl. *Lindquistia bolitotheri Mahunka 1977] K98

*Michaelopus corticalis (Michael 1885) K98 [=Tyroglyphus corticalis K98, Histiogaster corticalis H98, Monieziella corticalis H98, Thyreophagus corticalis H98]

Thyreophagus Rondani 1874 O01, K98 [=Fumouzea Zachvatkin 1953 K98, Monieziella Berlese 1897 K98]

*Thyreophagus entomophagus (Laboulbene 1852) K98 [=Acarus entomophagus K98, *Fumouzea entomophaga K98, Histiogaster entomophagus H98, *Monieziella entomophaga K98]

*Type species of generic name indicated

REFERENCES

[C91] Chmielewski, W. 1991. Stored products mites (Acaroidea) in Polish bee hives. In: Dusbábek, F., & V. Bukva (eds) Modern Acarology: Proceedings of the VIII International Congress of Acarology, held in České Budĕjovice, Czechoslovakia, 6–11 August 1990 vol. 1 pp. 615–619. SPB Academic Publishing: The Hague.

[C-RSV-S88] Corpuz-Raros, L. A., G. C. Sabio & M. Velasco-Soriano. 1988. Mites associated with stored products, poultry houses and house dust in the Philippines. Philippine Entomologist 7 (3): 311–321.

[F76] Fain, A. 1976. Acariens récoltés par le Dr. J. Travé aux iles subantarctiques II. Familles Acaridae, Anoetidae, Ereynetidae et Tarsonemidae (astigmates et prostigmates). Acarologia 18 (2): 302–328.

[G39] Grandjean, F. 1939. La chaetotaxie des pattes chez les Acaridiae. Bulletin de la Société Zoologique de France 64: 50–60.

[H98] Halliday, R. B. 1998. Mites of Australia: A checklist and bibliography. CSIRO Publishing: Collingwood.

[H07] Ho, C.-C. 2007. Crop mite pests of southeast Asia and tropical far east. In: Morales-Malacara, J. B., V. M. Behan-Pelletier, E. Ueckermann, T. M. Pérez, E. G. Estrada-Venegas & M. Badii (eds) Acarology XI: Proceedings of the International Congress pp. 259–266. Instituto de Biología and Faculdad de Ciencias, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Sociedad Latinoamericana de Acarología: México.

[J37] Jacot, A. P. 1937. Six new mites from western North Carolina. Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington 39 (6): 163–166.

[K98] Klimov, P. B. 1998. A new tribe of acarid mites of the subfamily Rhizoglyphinae (Acariformes, Acaridae). Far Eastern Entomologist 59: 1–19.

[K91] Kuwahara, Y. 1991. Pheromone studies on astigmatid mites—alarm, aggregation and sex. In: Dusbábek, F., & V. Bukva (eds) Modern Acarology: Proceedings of the VIII International Congress of Acarology, held in České Budĕjovice, Czechoslovakia, 6–11 August 1990 vol. 1 pp. 43–52. SPB Academic Publishing: The Hague.

[N96] Nannelli, R. 1996. Biological obsevations on Michaelopus corticalis (Mich.) and Histiogaster carpio (Kramer) (Acaridae) associated with chestnut blight fungus. In: Mitchell, R., D. J. Horn, G. R. Needham & W. C. Welbourn (eds) Acarology IX vol. 1. Proceedings pp. 67–69. Ohio Biological Survey: Columbus (Ohio).

[N07] Norton, R. A. 2007. Holistic acarology and ultimate causes: examples from the oribatid mites. In: Morales-Malacara, J. B., V. M. Behan-Pelletier, E. Ueckermann, T. M. Pérez, E. G. Estrada-Venegas & M. Badii (eds) Acarology XI: Proceedings of the International Congress pp. 3–20. Instituto de Biología and Faculdad de Ciencias, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Sociedad Latinoamericana de Acarología: México.

[O01] OConnor, B. M. 2001. Historical ecology of the Acaridae (Acari): phylogenetic evidence for host and habitat shifts. In: Halliday, R. B., D. E. Walter, H. C. Proctor, R. A. Norton & M. J. Colloff (eds) Acarology: Proceedings of the 10^th International Congress pp. 76–82. CSIRO Publishing: Melbourne.

[W91] Walzl, M. G. 1991. Comparison of the sclerotized structures of Acaridae and Glycyphagidae used for copulation. In: Dusbábek, F., & V. Bukva (eds) Modern Acarology: Proceedings of the VIII International Congress of Acarology, held in České Budĕjovice, Czechoslovakia, 6–11 August 1990 vol. 2 pp. 283–286. SPB Academic Publishing: The Hague.

[YM91] Yaninek, J. S., & G. J. de Moraes. 1991. A synopsis of classical biological control of mites in agriculture. In: Dusbábek, F., & V. Bukva (eds) Modern Acarology: Proceedings of the VIII International Congress of Acarology, held in České Budĕjovice, Czechoslovakia, 6–11 August 1990 vol. 1 pp. 133–149. SPB Academic Publishing: The Hague.

Analgoidea

Female Trouessartia corvina, from Federmilben.de.

Belongs within: Psoroptidia.
Contains: Alloptidae, Avenzoariidae, Xolalgidae, Analgidae, Pteronyssidae, Proctophyllodidae, Sarcoptoidea, Pyroglyphidae.

The Analgoidea are a group of astigmatan mites usually found as parasites or paraphages of birds, more rarely as nidicoles or in synanthropic habitats (OConnor 2009). They are closely related to the mammal-associated Sarcoptoidea and may possibly be paraphyletic to the latter group.

Characters (from OConnor 2009): All tarsi lacking proral setae, tarsus IV lacking seta s; genu I with 0–2 solenidia; pretarsus with empodium claw-like in center of ambulacral disc or flattened as central sclerite; condylophore guide typically present at junction of ambulacral stalk and disc; pretarsus often retractable. Paraproctal chaetome with 0–3 pairs of p setae and no ad setae.

<==Analgoidea DW10
    |--+--Avenzoariidae DW10
    |  `--Trouessartia Canestrini in Canestrini & Kramer 1899 H98 [Trouessartiidae DW10, Trouessartiinae]
    |       |--T. corvina (Koch 1841) [=Dermaleichus corvinus, Pterocolus corvinus] H98
    |       |--T. funiculata DW10
    |       |--T. geospiza O09
    |       |--T. megadisca Gaud 1962 H98
    |       `--T. rosterii DW10
    `--+--+--Xolalgidae DW10
       |  `--+--Analgidae DW10
       |     `--Knemidocoptidae [Knemidokoptinae] DW10
       |          |--Neocnemidocoptes Fain 1966 H98
       |          |    |--N. australiensis Fain & Lukoschus 1979 H98
       |          |    `--N. gallinae (Railliet 1887) (see below for synonymy) H98
       |          `--Knemidocoptes Fürstenberg 1967 DW10, H98
       |               |--K. intermedius Fain & Macfarlane 1967 (see below for synonymy) H98
       |               |--K. jamaicensis Turk 1950 (see below for synonymy) H98
       |               |--K. mutans (Robin & Lanquentin 1859) (see below for synonymy) H98
       |               `--K. pilae Lavoipierre & Griffiths 1951 [=Cnemidocoptes pilae, Knemidokoptes pilae] H98
       `--+--+--Pteronyssidae DW10
          |  `--Proctophyllodidae DW10
          `--+--Sarcoptoidea DW10
             `--Pyroglyphoidea O09
                  |--Pyroglyphidae DW10
                  |--Ptyssalges [Ptyssalgidae] O09
                  `--Turbinoptidae [Turbinoptinae] O09
                       |--Congocoptes sphyrapicicola O09
                       |--Mycteroptes Fain 1956 H98
                       |    `--M. basilewskyi Fain 1956 H98
                       |--Oxleya Domrow 1965 H98
                       |    `--O. podargi Domrow 1965 H98
                       |--Passerrhinoptes Fain 1956 H98
                       |    `--P. pomatostomi Domrow 1966 H98
                       |--Rhinoptes de Castro & Periera 1951 H98
                       |    `--R. gallinae de Castro & Periera 1951 H98
                       `--Turbinoptes Boyd 1949 H98
                            `--T. strandtmanni Boyd 1949 H98

Analgoidea incertae sedis:
  Alloptidae O09
  Thysanocercus [Thysanocercidae] O09
    `--T. affinis O09
  Psoroptoididae O09
    |--Pandalura strigisoti O09
    `--Mesalgoides Gaud & Atyeo 1967 O09, H98
         `--M. oscinum (Koch 1840) [=Dermalichus oscinum, Megninia oscinum, Mesalges oscinum] H98
  Dermoglyphidae O09
    |--Paralges microtrichus O09
    `--Dermoglyphus E-KO07
         |--D. columbae E-KO07
         `--D. elongatus RN72
  Gaudoglyphus [Gaudoglyphidae] O09
    `--G. minor O09
  Atelespoda [Apionacaridae] O09
    `--A. crena O09
  Dermationidae [Dermationinae] O09
    |--Rivoltasia Canestrini 1894 H98
    |    `--R. bifurcata (Rivolta & Delprato 1880) [=Epidermoptes bifurcatus] H98
    `--Passeroptes Fain 1964 H98
         |--P. dermicola O09
         `--P. lophophaps Fain 1965 H98
  Epidermoptidae O09
    |--Rallepidermoptes fulicae O09
    |--Epidermoptes Rivolta & Delprato 1880 H98
    |    `--E. bilobatus Rivolta & Delprato 1880 H98
    `--Myialges Trouessart 1906 H98
         |--M. ancistronae Fain 1965 H98
         |--M. bombycillae Fain 1965 H98
         |--M. (Promyialges) macdonaldi Evans et al. 1963 K09, H98
         `--M. nudus O09
  Laminosioptidae [Caminosioptidae] O09
    |--Laminosioptes Mégnin 1880 H98
    |    `--L. cysticola (Vizioli 1868) O09, H98 (see below for synonymy)
    `--Fainocoptes Lukoschus & Lombert 1979 (see below for synonymy) H98
         |--F. australis (Lukoschus & Lombert 1979) [=Streetacarus australis] H98
         |--F. columbicola O09
         |--F. conopophilae (Lukoschus & Lombert 1979) [=Calamicoptes conopophilae] H98
         |--F. meliphagae (Lukoschus & Lombert 1979) [=Calamicoptes meliphagae] H98
         `--F. nixoni Lukoschus & Lombert 1979 [=F. nizoni (l. c.)] H98
  Cytoditidae [Cytoditinae] O09
    |--Cytonyssus Fain 1960 H98
    |    |--C. andrei Fain 1960 [=Kytonyssus (l. c.) andrei] H98
    |    `--C. temenuchi O09
    `--Cytodites Mégnin in Girard 1877 O09, H98
         |--C. amandavae Fain & Bafort 1964 [=Kytodites amandavae] H98
         |--C. geopeliae Fain & Lukoschus 1979 [=Kytodites geopeliae] H98
         `--C. nudus (Vizioli 1868) (see below for synonymy) H98

Cytodites nudus (Vizioli 1868) [=Sarcoptes nudus, Cytolichus nudus, Cytoleichus (l. c.) nudus, Kytodites nudus] H98

Fainocoptes Lukoschus & Lombert 1979 [incl. Calamicoptes Lukoschus & Lombert 1979, Streetacarus Lukoschus & Lombert 1979] H98

Knemidocoptes intermedius Fain & Macfarlane 1967 [=Knemidocopties (l. c.) intermedius, Knemidokoptes intermedius] H98

Knemidocoptes jamaicensis Turk 1950 [=Cnemidocoptes jamaicensis, Knemidocoptes mutans var. jamaicensis, Knemidokoptes jamaicensis] H98

Knemidocoptes mutans (Robin & Lanquentin 1859) [=Sarcoptes mutans, Cnemidocoptes mutans, Knemidokoptes mutans] H98

Laminosioptes cysticola (Vizioli 1868) O09, H98 [=Sarcoptes cisticola H98, Caminopioptes (l. c.) cysticola H98, Laminosioptes cisticola H98]

Neocnemidocoptes gallinae (Railliet 1887) [=Sarcoptes laeva var. gallinae, Cnemidocoptes gallinae, Knemidocoptes gallinae, Knemidokoptes gallinae] H98

*Type species of generic name indicated

REFERENCES

[DW10] Dabert, M., W. Witalinski, A. Kazmierski, Z. Olszanowski & J. Dabert. 2010. Molecular phylogeny of acariform mites (Acari, Arachnida): strong conflict between phylogenetic signal and long-branch attraction artifacts. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 56 (1): 222–241.

[E-KO07] El-Kammah, K. M., & L. M. I. Oyoun. 2007. Taxonomic records of mite species associated with animal and poultry farms in the Nile delta, vally and N. Sinai Egypt. In: Morales-Malacara, J. B., V. M. Behan-Pelletier, E. Ueckermann, T. M. Pérez, E. G. Estrada-Venegas & M. Badii (eds) Acarology XI: Proceedings of the International Congress pp. 223–232. Instituto de Biología and Faculdad de Ciencias, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Sociedad Latinoamericana de Acarología: México.

[H98] Halliday, R. B. 1998. Mites of Australia: A checklist and bibliography. CSIRO Publishing: Collingwood.

[K09] Krantz, G. W. 2009. Habits and habitats. In: Krantz, G. W., & D. E. Walter (eds) A Manual of Acarology 3^rd ed. pp. 64–82. Texas Tech University Press.

[O09] OConnor, B. M. 2009. Cohort Astigmatina. In: Krantz, G. W., & D. E. Walter (eds) A Manual of Acarology 3^rd ed. pp. 565–657. Texas Tech University Press.

[RN72] Rutgers, A., & K. A. Norris (eds) 1972. Encyclopaedia of Aviculture vol. 1. London, Blandford Press.

Psoroptidia

Male Freyanella tarandus, from OConnor (2009).

Belongs within: Astigmatina.
Contains: Eustathiidae, Freyanidae, Listrophoridae, Analgoidea, Pterolichidae.

The Psoroptidia are a group of astigmatan mites usually found as parasites or commensals on birds or mammals, most commonly in association with the feathers or hair. OConnor (2009) divided the Psoroptidia between three superfamilies, the bird-associated Pterolichoidea and Analgoidea, and the mammal-associated Sarcoptoidea but phylogenetic analysis by Dabert et al. (2010) indicates that the Pterolichoidea is paraphyletic to a clade containing the other two groups.

Characters (from OConnor 2009): Body cuticle usually at least partially striate: genital papillae greatly reduced or absent; tibiae Iand II with a dorsal solenidion and one (v') or rarely no ventral setae; unguinal serae absent from all tarsi; pretarsi often enlarged, with ambulacral stalk and disc well developed, empodial claws usually reduced or incorporated into ambulacral disc as central sclerite; deutonymph absent from life cycle.

<==Psoroptidia [Freyanoidea, Psoroptides, Psoroptoidae, Pterolichoidea] DW10
    |--Syringobiidae DW10
    |    |--Syringobia longipenis DW10
    |    |--Plutarchusia O09
    |    |--Paidoplutarchusia O09
    |    `--Phyllochaeta DW10
    |         |--P. bouveti DW10
    |         `--P. tenuiseta O09
    `--+--Kramerellidae [Kramerellinae] DW10
       |    |--Petitota O09
       |    |--Parabdellorhynchus O09
       |    |--Kramerella DW10
       |    |    |--K. maculata O09
       |    |    `--K. oti DW10
       |    `--Freyanella Dubinin 1953 H98
       |         |--F. alcicornus Atyeo et al. 1972 H98
       |         |--F. perpapillata Atyeo et al. 1972 H98
       |         |--F. plataleae (Dubinin & Dubinina 1940) [=Freyana plataleae] H98
       |         `--F. tarandus (Trouessart & Neumann 1888) [=Freyana tarandus] H98
       `--+--Freyanidae DW10
          `--+--+--Listrophoridae DW10
             |  `--Analgoidea DW10
             `--+--Pterolichidae DW10
                `--Falculiferidae DW10
                     |--Atyeonia bifurcata O09
                     |--Falculifer Railliet 1896 H98
                     |    `--F. rostratus (Buchholz 1869) (see below for synonymy) H98
                     |--Pterophagus Mégnin in Robin & Mégnin 1877 H98
                     |    `--P. strictus Mégnin in Robin & Mégnin 1877 H98
                     `--Psittophagus Gaud & Atyeo 1996 H98
                          |--P. obsoletus (Mégnin & Trouessart 1884) [=Pterolichus ornatus obsoletus] H98
                          `--P. ornatus (Mégnin & Trouessart 1884) [=Pterolichus ornatus] H98

Psoroptidia incertae sedis:
  Gabuciniidae DW10
    |--Gabucinia delibata WP99
    |--Hieracolichus nisi DW10
    |--Capitolichus tetroplourus O09
    |--Aetacarus phylloproctus O09
    `--Artamacarus Gaud & Atyeo 1975 H98
         `--A. diacanthurus Gaud & Atyeo 1975 H98
  Caudifera [Caudiferidae] O09
    `--C. marginata O09
  Vexillariidae O09
    |--Vexillaria intermedia O09
    `--Calaobia [Calaobiinae] O09
  Ptiloxenus [Ptiloxenidae O09]
    `--P. major O09
  Eustathiidae O09
  Crypturoptidae O09
    |--Mesosathes tetrasetosus O09
    `--Allosathes anepiandrius O09
  Gangolichus [Cheylabididae] O09
    `--G. prionurus O09
  Psilolichus [Ochrolichidae] O09
    `--P. brachyurus O09
  Rectijanua [Rectijanuidae] O09
    `--R. striata O09
  Thoracosathes [Thoracosathesidae] O09
    `--T. thoracosathes O09
  Ascouracaridae [Ascouracarinae] O09
    |--Orphanacarus Gaud & Atyeo 1976 H98
    |    `--O. parvisetiger Dabert & Ehrnsberger 1992 H98
    `--Ascouracarus Gaud & Kolebinova 1973 H98
         |--A. distinctus Dabert & Ehrnsberger 1992 H98
         `--A. michigani O09
  Kiwilichus [Kiwilichidae] O09
    `--K. delosikyus O09
  Oconnoria [Oconnoriidae] O09
    `--O. inexpectata O09

Falculifer rostratus (Buchholz 1869) [=Dermaleichus rostratus, Faculifer (l. c.) rostratus, Falciger rostratus] H98

*Type species of generic name indicated

REFERENCES

[DW10] Dabert, M., W. Witalinski, A. Kazmierski, Z. Olszanowski & J. Dabert. 2010. Molecular phylogeny of acariform mites (Acari, Arachnida): strong conflict between phylogenetic signal and long-branch attraction artifacts. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 56 (1): 222–241.

[H98] Halliday, R. B. 1998. Mites of Australia: A checklist and bibliography. CSIRO Publishing: Collingwood.

[O09] OConnor, B. M. 2009. Cohort Astigmatina. In: Krantz, G. W., & D. E. Walter (eds) A Manual of Acarology 3^rd ed. pp. 565–657. Texas Tech University Press.

[WP99] Walter, D. E., & H. C. Proctor. 1999. Mites: Ecology, Evolution and Behaviour. CABI Publishing: Wallingford (UK).

Last updated: 9 May 2019.

Alloptidae

Ventral views of female (left) and male Oxyalges cardiurus, from OConnor (2009).

Belongs within: Analgoidea.

The Alloptidae are a group of ectoparasitic mites specialised for life on the flight and covert feathers of aquatic birds (Mironov 2007).

Synapomorphies (from Mironov 2007): Subhmeral seta c3 posterior to humeral seta cp. Central sclerite of ambulacral disc an inverted T or Y. Male with genital apodemes well developed. Female with opisthosoma bilobate; hysteronotal shield completely covering posterior end of opisthosoma.

<==Alloptidae
    |--+--+--Aramolichus foliatus Peterson & Atyeo 1968 M07
    |  |  `--Psilobrephosceles ortygometrae (Canestrini 1878) M07
    |  `--Brephosceles Hull 1934 M07, H98
    |       |  i. s.: B. haematopi Peterson 1971 H98
    |       |--+--B. forficiger (Megnin & Trouessart 1884) M07
    |       |  `--+--+--B. diomedei Atyeo & Peterson 1970 M07
    |       |     |  |--B. lanceolatus Peterson 1971 M07
    |       |     |  `--B. marginiventris (Trouessart 1899) B07
    |       |     `--+--Onychalloptes microphaeton (Trouessart 1885) M07
    |       |        `--+--B. decapus (Gaud 1953) M07
    |       |           `--B. pachyptilae Peterson 1971 M07
    |       `--+--+--B. geranoxenus Peterson 1968 M07
    |          |  `--+--Alloptoides aythinae (Dubinin 1951) M07
    |          |     `--+--B. anhimae Peterson 1971 M07
    |          |        `--B. lambda (Trouessart 1885) M07
    |          `--+--Homeobrephosceles M07
    |             |    |--H. discosurus (Trouessart 1886) M07
    |             |    `--H. orthothrix M07
    |             `--+--Dichobrephosceles actitidis (Canestrini 1878) M07
    |                `--+--B. charadrii Dubinin 1951 M07
    |                   `--+--B. chaubaudi Gaud 1968 M07
    |                      `--B. haematopi Peterson 1971 M07
    `--+--+--Oxyalginae M07
       |  |    |--Diomedalloptes pacificus (Peterson & Atyeo 1972) M07
       |  |    `--Oxyalges M07
       |  |         |--O. cardiurus Gaud & Atyeo 1966 M07
       |  |         `--O. incertus (Gaud 1952) M07
       |  `--+--Echinacarus [Echinacarinae] M07
       |     |    `--E. rubidus (Trouesart 1886) M07
       |     `--Microspalax Mégnin & Trouessart 1884 M07, H98 [Microspalacinae]
       |          |--M. ardennae Dubinin 1949 H98
       |          |--M. manicata (Mégnin & Trouessart 1884) [=Freyana manicata] H98
       |          `--M. puffini Dubinin 1949 M07
       `--+--Rhynchalloptes pyrgognathus Peterson & Atyeo 1977 M07
          `--+--+--Heterobrephosceles rapiformis Peterson & Atyeo 1977 M07
             |  `--+--Gaudium abbreviatum (Trouessart 1885) M07
             |     `--+--Ibidocolus sexangularis (Peterson & Atyeo 1977) M07
             |        `--+--+--Anisanchus ptilotus Peterson & Atyeo 1977 M07
             |           |  `--Tauralloptes cornutus Mironov 2002 M07
             |           `--+--Hyperpedalloptes titanopedes Dubinin 1955 M07
             |              `--Nealloptes Gaud & Mouchet 1957 M07, H98
             |                   |--N. corymbophorus (Trouessart & Neumann 1888) [=Alloptes corymbophorus] H98
             |                   `--N. petazophorus (Trouessart 1887) M07
             `--Alloptinae M07
                  |--Dinalloptes chelionatus Atyeo & Peterson 1966 M07
                  `--+--Alloptellus M07
                     |    |--A. coniventris (Trouesart 1887) M07
                     |    `--A. pelecanus Dubinin 1955 M07
                     `--+--Alloptes M07
                        |    |--A. aschizurus Gaud 1952 M07
                        |    |--A. cepphusi Dubinin 1952 M07
                        |    `--A. crassipes (Canestrini 1879) M07
                        |--+--Paradoxalloptes ibidorhynchae Mironov 1998 M07
                        |  `--+--Apodalloptes curtipes (Trouessart 1885) M07
                        |     `--Conuralloptes M07
                        |          |--C. chionis (Atyeo & Peterson 1967) M07
                        |          |--C. conurus (Trouessart 1885) M07
                        |          `--C. eurytrichus Gaud 1972 M07
                        `--+--Sternalloptes M07
                           |    |--S. bisetatus (Haller 1882) M07
                           |    |--S. mandei Gaud 1976 M07
                           |    `--S. stercorarii (Dubinin 1952) M07
                           `--+--+--Laminalloptes phaetontis (Fabricius 1775) M07
                              |  `--Megalloptes triphyllurus Mironov & Perez 1998 M07
                              `--+--+--Ceraturoptellus euryurus (Trouessart 1885) M07
                                 |  `--+--Ptyctalloptes claviger (Trouessart 1885) M07
                                 |     `--Spinicnemis reticulatus Mironov 2002 M07
                                 `--Plicatalloptes M07
                                      |--P. fregatae (Atyeo & Peterson 1992) M07
                                      |--P. plegadis Dubidin 1955 M07
                                      |--P. umbrettae (Gaud 1960) M07
                                      `--+--P. pelecani (Dubinin 1954) M07
                                         `--P. subcrassipes (Dubinin & Dubinina 1940) M07

*Type species of generic name indicated

REFERENCES

Halliday, R. B. 1998. Mites of Australia: A checklist and bibliography. CSIRO Publishing: Collingwood.

Mironov, S. V. 2007. Phylogeny of the feather mite family Alloptidae (Astigmata, Analgoidea) and coevolutionary trends with aquatic birds. In: Morales-Malacara, J. B., V. M. Behan-Pelletier, E. Ueckermann, T. M. Pérez, E. G. Estrada-Venegas & M. Badii (eds) Acarology XI: Proceedings of the International Congress pp. 617–633. Instituto de Biología and Faculdad de Ciencias, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Sociedad Latinoamericana de Acarología: México.

OConnor, B. M. 2009. Cohort Astigmatina. In: Krantz, G. W., & D. E. Walter (eds) A Manual of Acarology 3^rd ed. pp. 565–657. Texas Tech University Press.

Analgidae

Megninia sp., copyright Daktaridudu.

Belongs within: Analgoidea.

The Analgidae are a group of mites inhabiting the feathers of a variety of birds, most commonly Passeriformes (OConnor 2009).

Characters (from OConnor 2009): Chelicerae well developed; legs III and IV inserted laterally or ventrally; genu III with solenidion ς present; tibia IV with one ventral seta; tarsus I with solenidion ω1 inserted basally; pretarsal ambulacral stalk thickened, asymmetrical, with ventral surface convex, distally rounded at point of contact with ambulacral disc, arising ventrally from tarsal apex.

<==Analgidae DW10
    |--Kiwialges WP99
    |--Diplaegidia columbae DW10
    |--Ancyralges O09
    |--Plesialges Trouessart in Trouessart & Berlese 1919 H98
    |    `--P. mimus Trouessart & Berlese 1919 H98
    |--Anhemialges Gaud & Mouchet 1959 H98
    |    |--A. gracillimus (Bonnet 1924) [=Megninia gracillima] H98
    |    `--A. longipes DW10
    |--Analges Nitzsch in Ersch & Grube 1818 H98
    |    |--A. corvinus DW10
    |    |--A. passerinus DW10
    |    |--A. sturninus DW10
    |    `--A. tetracentros Trouessart 1899 [=A. tetracentrus (l. c.)] H98
    `--Megninia Berlese 1883 H98
         |--M. acutipes Bonnet 1924 H98
         |--M. analgoides Bonnet 1924 H98
         |--M. columbae E-KO07
         |--M. cubitalis (Mégnin in Robin & Mégnin 1877) [=Dermalichus cubitalis] H98
         |--M. ginglymura (Mégnin in Robin & Mégnin 1877) [=Analges ginglymura] H98
         `--M. hologastra Gaud 1975 H98

*Type species of generic name indicated

REFERENCES

[DW10] Dabert, M., W. Witalinski, A. Kazmierski, Z. Olszanowski & J. Dabert. 2010. Molecular phylogeny of acariform mites (Acari, Arachnida): strong conflict between phylogenetic signal and long-branch attraction artifacts. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 56 (1): 222–241.

[E-KO07] El-Kammah, K. M., & L. M. I. Oyoun. 2007. Taxonomic records of mite species associated with animal and poultry farms in the Nile delta, vally and N. Sinai Egypt. In: Morales-Malacara, J. B., V. M. Behan-Pelletier, E. Ueckermann, T. M. Pérez, E. G. Estrada-Venegas & M. Badii (eds) Acarology XI: Proceedings of the International Congress pp. 223–232. Instituto de Biología and Faculdad de Ciencias, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Sociedad Latinoamericana de Acarología: México.

[H98] Halliday, R. B. 1998. Mites of Australia: A checklist and bibliography. CSIRO Publishing: Collingwood.

[O09] OConnor, B. M. 2009. Cohort Astigmatina. In: Krantz, G. W., & D. E. Walter (eds) A Manual of Acarology 3^rd ed. pp. 565–657. Texas Tech University Press.

[WP99] Walter, D. E., & H. C. Proctor. 1999. Mites: Ecology, Evolution and Behaviour. CABI Publishing: Wallingford (UK).

Pyroglyphidae

House dust mites Dermatophagoides pteronyssinus, from Time.

Belongs within: Analgoidea.

The Pyroglyphidae are a morphologically and ecologically diverse group of astigmatic mites including the house dust mites and related taxa. Members of the family vary from largely unsclerotised as in Dermatophagoides to almost completely sclerotised as in Pyroglyphus (OConnor 2009).

Characters (from OConnor 2009): Chelicerae well developed. Genu III with solenidion ς present; tibia IV with one ventral seta; tarsus I with solenidion ω1 inserted subapically, very near solenidion ω3; tarsus II with solenidion ω inserted in basal half of segment; pretarsi I and II with ambulacral stalks shorter than tarsi.

<==Pyroglyphidae
    |--Pyroglyphus africanus O09, E-KO07
    |--Sturnophagoides bakeri DW10
    |--Hirstia P90
    |--Paralgopsis DW10
    |--Gymnoglyphus longior O09
    |--Malayoglyphus O09
    |--Onychalges O09
    |--Weelawadjia Fain & Lowry 1975 H98
    |    `--W. australis Fain & Lowry 1975 H98
    |--Euroglyphus Fain 1965 H98
    |    |--E. longior O09
    |    `--E. maynei (Cooreman 1950) [=Mealia maynei] H98
    `--Dermatophagoides Bogdanoff 1864 [incl. Mealia Trouessart 1898] H98
         |--D. evansi QA91
         |--D. farinae Hughes 1961 H98
         |--D. microceras HD91
         |--D. pteronyssinus (Trouessart 1898) H98 (see below for synonymy)
         `--D. siboney MR01

Dermatophagoides pteronyssinus (Trouessart 1898) H98 [=Mealia pteronyssina H98, Tyrophagus pteronyssinus H98; incl. M. scheremetewskyi C91]

*Type species of generic name indicated

REFERENCES

[C91] Colloff, M. J. 1991. Practical and theoretical aspects of the ecology of house dust mites (Acari: Pyroglyphidae) in relation to the study of mite-mediated allergy. Review of Medical and Veterinary Entomology 79 (11–12): 611–630.

[DW10] Dabert, M., W. Witalinski, A. Kazmierski, Z. Olszanowski & J. Dabert. 2010. Molecular phylogeny of acariform mites (Acari, Arachnida): strong conflict between phylogenetic signal and long-branch attraction artifacts. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 56 (1): 222–241.

[E-KO07] El-Kammah, K. M., & L. M. I. Oyoun. 2007. Taxonomic records of mite species associated with animal and poultry farms in the Nile delta, vally and N. Sinai Egypt. In: Morales-Malacara, J. B., V. M. Behan-Pelletier, E. Ueckermann, T. M. Pérez, E. G. Estrada-Venegas & M. Badii (eds) Acarology XI: Proceedings of the International Congress pp. 223–232. Instituto de Biología and Faculdad de Ciencias, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Sociedad Latinoamericana de Acarología: México.

[H98] Halliday, R. B. 1998. Mites of Australia: A checklist and bibliography. CSIRO Publishing: Collingwood.

[HD91] Hart, B. J., & A. E. Douglas. 1991. The relationship between house-dust mites and fungi. In: Schuster, R., & P. W. Murphy (eds) The Acari: Reproduction, development and life-history strategies pp. 319–324. Chapman & Hall: London.

[MR01] Morris, M. J. A., & J. Rimmer. 2001. Allergenicity of the predator dust mite Cheyletus tenuipilis (Acari: Cheyletidae): a preliminary study. In : Halliday, R. B., D. E. Walter, H. C. Proctor, R. A. Norton & M. J. Colloff (eds) Acarology: Proceedings of the 10^th International Congress pp. 558–564. CSIRO Publishing: Melbourne.

[O09] OConnor, B. M. 2009. Cohort Astigmatina. In: Krantz, G. W., & D. E. Walter (eds) A Manual of Acarology 3^rd ed. pp. 565–657. Texas Tech University Press.

[P90] Philips, J. R. 1990. Acarina: Astigmata (Acaridida). In: Dindal, D. L. (ed.) Soil Biology Guide pp. 757–778. John Wiley & Sones: New York.

[QA91] Quintero, M. T., & H. A. Acevedo. 1991. Studies on deep litter mites on farms in Mexico. In: Dusbábek, F., & V. Bukva (eds) Modern Acarology: Proceedings of the VIII International Congress of Acarology, held in České Budĕjovice, Czechoslovakia, 6–11 August 1990 vol. 1 pp. 443–448. SPB Academic Publishing: The Hague.

Last updated: 9 May 2019.

Astigmatina

Female Glycycometus sp., from here.

Belongs within: Desmonomata.
Contains: Histiostomatidae, Canestrinioidea, Hemisarcoptoidea, Acaroidea, Hypoderatidae, Psoroptidia, Glycyphagidae.

The Astigmatina are a group of soft-bodied mites lacking respiratory tracheae (Philips 1990). Many have rapid life cycles, and may be significant scavengers of decomposing matter. Most astigmatines (excluding the vertebrate-associated Psoroptidia) have a modified non-feeding deutonymph (hypopus) stage in the life cycle that is adapted for phoretic dispersal or diapause during adverse conditions. However, if conditions are suitable, protonymphs may moult directly to the tritonymphal stage of the life cycle and bypass the deutonymph instar (OConnor 2009).

The basalmost member of the Astigmatina, Schizoglyphus biroi, is known only from two specimens collected from the tenebrionid beetle Dioedus tibialis. These specimens probably represent deutonymphs due to their lack of chelicerae and ventral attachment organ but differ from deutonymphs of other astigmatines in having three rather than two pairs of genital papillae. Other distinctive astigmatine families include the Guanolichidae, a small group of strongly sclerotised, dorsoventrally flattened mites found on bat guano in the Afrotropical and Neotropical regions (OConnor 2009).

See also: Life in the fast lane.

Characters (from Philips 1990): Weakly sclerotised, slow-moving, pale; respiratory stigmata and tracheae absent, respiration occuring through cuticle. Chelicerae mostly chelate-dentate. Palps two-segmented. Idiosoma usually divided into propodosoma and hysterosoma by sejugal furrow. Hysterosoma with laterodorsal hysterosomal gland openings normally visible. Primary genital opening of both sexes occuring ventrally between the legs, flanked by two pairs of genital papillae. Oviposition occuring through this opening (oviporus) in female, but sperm received through small circular opening (bursa copulatrix) at posterior end of body. Male aedeagus supported by struts; male anal opening often flanked by pair of copulatory suckers.

<==Astigmatina [Acaridei, Acaridiae, Acaridida, Astigmata, Diacotricha] O09
    |  i. s.: Myrmolichus greimae W01
    |         Amphicalvolia hurdi O09
    |--Schizoglyphus [Schizoglyphidae, Schizoglyphoidea] O09
    |    `--S. biroi O09
    `--+--Histiostomatoidea O09
       |    |--Histiostomatidae O09
       |    `--Guanolichidae O09
       |         |--Neoguanolichus P90
       |         `--Guanolichus gabonensis O09
       `--+--Canestrinioidea O09
          |--Hemisarcoptoidea O09
          `--+--+--Acaroidea O09
             |  `--+--Hypoderatidae O09
             |     `--Psoroptidia O09
             `--Glycyphagoidea O09
                  |--Aeroglyphidae [Aeroglyphinae] O09
                  |    |--Aeroglyphus robustus O09
                  |    `--Glycycometus Parameswaran Pillai 1957 [incl. Austroglycyphagus Fain & Lowry 1974] H98
                  |         |--G. geniculatus (Vitzthum 1919) (see below for synonymy) H98
                  |         |--‘Austroglycyphagus’ kualalumpurensis Fain & Nadchatram 1980 C-RSV-S88
                  |         |--G. lukoschusi O09
                  |         |--G. malaysiensis (Fain & Nadchatram 1980) C-R02, C-RSV-S88 (see below for synonymy)
                  |         |--‘Austroglycyphagus’ orientalis SH01
                  |         |--‘Austroglycyphagus’ thailandicus SH01
                  |         |--G. troglodytus (Fain & Lowry 1974) [=Austroglycyphagus troglodytus] H98
                  |         `--G. weelawadjiensis (Fain & Lowry 1974) [=Austroglycyphagus weelawadjiensis] H98
                  |--Rosensteiniidae O09
                  |    |--Rosensteinia sieversi O09
                  |    |--Mydopholeus O09
                  |    |--Chiroptoglyphus americanus O09
                  |    |--Micronychites postverrucosus O09
                  |    |--Cheiromelicus trochanteralis O09
                  |    |--Troglotacarus [Troglotacaridae] O09
                  |    |    `--T. hauseri O09
                  |    |--Lophonotacarus [Lophonotacaridae] O09
                  |    |    `--L. minutus O09
                  |    `--Nycteriglyphus Zakhvatkin 1941 H98
                  |         |--N. bifolium O09
                  |         |--N. dewae (Womersley 1963) [=Coproglyphus dewae] H98
                  |         |--N. miniopteri Fain 1963 H98
                  |         |--N. pterophorus O09
                  |         `--N. vespertilio O09
                  |--Euglycyphagidae O09
                  |    |--Euglycyphagus intercalatus O09
                  |    `--Lomelacarus O09
                  |--Pedetopus [Pedetopodidae] O09
                  |    `--P. zumpti O09
                  |--Echimyopodidae [Echimyopinae] O09
                  |    |--Echimyopus dasypus O09
                  |    |--Marmosopus mesoamericanus O09
                  |    |--Blomia Oudemans 1928 H98
                  |    |    `--B. tropicalis van Bronswijk, De Cock & Oshima 1974 H98
                  |    `--Marsupiopus Fain 1967 H98
                  |         |--M. acrobates Fain & Lukoschus 1976 H98
                  |         |--M. antechinus Fain & Lukoschus 1976 H98
                  |         |--M. leporilli Fain 1969 H98
                  |         |    |--M. l. leporilli H98
                  |         |    `--M. l. pseudomys Fain & Lukoschus 1976 H98
                  |         |--M. michaeli Fain 1969 H98
                  |         |--M. myrmecobius Fain & Lukoschus 1976 H98
                  |         |--M. trichosuri Fain 1967 [=Marsupiops (l. c.) trichosuri] H98
                  |         `--M. zyzomys Lukoschus et al. 1979 H98
                  |--Glycyphagidae O09
                  `--Chortoglyphidae [Chortoglyphina] O09
                       |--Chortoglyphus Berlese 1884 H98
                       |    `--C. arcuatus (Troupeau 1879) [=Tyroglyphus arcuatus] H98
                       |--Aplodontopus O09
                       |    |--A. marmotae O09
                       |    `--A. sciuricola Hyland & Fain 1968 M-PV-G01
                       `--Alabidopus Fain 1967 H98
                            |--A. asiaticus O09
                            |--A. hydromys Fain 1967 H98
                            `--A. muris Lukoschus et al. 1979 H98

Glycycometus geniculatus (Vitzthum 1919) [=Glycyphagus geniculatus, Austroglycyphagus geniculatus] H98

Glycycometus malaysiensis (Fain & Nadchatram 1980) C-R02, C-RSV-S88 [=Austroglycyphagus malaysiensis C-RSV-S88]

*Type species of generic name indicated

REFERENCES

[C-R02] Corpuz-Raros, L. A. 2002. Philippine acarine biological control agents: status, bioecology and research prospects. Philippine Agricultural Scientist 85 (2): 137–154.

[C-RSV-S88] Corpuz-Raros, L. A., G. C. Sabio & M. Velasco-Soriano. 1988. Mites associated with stored products, poultry houses and house dust in the Philippines. Philippine Entomologist 7 (3): 311–321.

[H98] Halliday, R. B. 1998. Mites of Australia: A checklist and bibliography. CSIRO Publishing: Collingwood.

[M-PV-G01] Montiel-Parra, G., G. A. Villegas-Guzman, M. Vargas & O. J. Polaco. 2001. Mites associated with nests of Neotoma albigula Hartley, 1894 (Rodentia: Muridae) in Durango, México. In: Halliday, R. B., D. E. Walter, H. C. Proctor, R. A. Norton & M. J. Colloff (eds) Acarology: Proceedings of the 10^th International Congress pp. 586–593. CSIRO Publishing: Melbourne.

[O09] OConnor, B. M. 2009. Cohort Astigmatina. In: Krantz, G. W., & D. E. Walter (eds) A Manual of Acarology 3^rd ed. pp. 565–657. Texas Tech University Press.

[P90] Philips, J. R. 1990. Acarina: Astigmata (Acaridida). In: Dindal, D. L. (ed.) Soil Biology Guide pp. 757–778. John Wiley & Sones: New York.

[SH01] Sumangala, K., & M. A. Haq. 2001. Survey of the mite fauna associated with Apis spp. in Kerala, southern India. In: Halliday, R. B., D. E. Walter, H. C. Proctor, R. A. Norton & M. J. Colloff (eds) Acarology: Proceedings of the 10^th International Congress pp. 565–568. CSIRO Publishing: Melbourne.

[W01] Wurst, E. 2001. The life cycle of Lemanniella minotauri n. sp. and the erection of the new family Lemanniellidae (Acari: Astigmata). Stuttgarter Beiträge zur Naturkunde Serie A (Biologie) 621: 1–34.

Last updated: 11 May 2019.