Acarus
Taxonavigation
| Taxonavigation: Acaroidea |
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Superregnum: Eukaryota |
Familia: Acaridae
Subfamilia: Acarinae
Genus:
Species (21 + 1†):
A. ananas –
A. beschkovi –
A. bomiensis –
A. calcarabellus –
A. chaetoxysilos –
A. ebrius –
A. farinae –
A. farris –
A. fengxianensis –
A. gracilis –
A. griffithsi –
A. immobilis –
A. inaequalis –
A. lushanensis –
A. monopsyllus –
A. nidicolus –
A. queenslandiae –
A. rhombeus –
A. sentus –
A. siro –
A. umbonis –
†A. indicus
- nec Acarus armatus, Acarus caudatus, Acarus junci, Acarus mammilaris, Acarus padi (incerta sedis species included in Ereynetidae by Thor (1933) but excluded by Fain & Camerik (1994: 153)
Name
- Acarus Linnaeus, 1758
- Original status: valid genus
- Gender: masculine
- Type species: Acarus siro Linnaeus, 1758
- Fixation: subsequent designation
Synonyms
- Tyroglyphus Latreille, 1797
- Aleurobius Canestrini, 1888
References
- Ashfaq, M.; Akhtar, T.; Chaudhri, W.M. 1986: Descriptions of three new species (hypopi) of genus Acarus Linnaeus Acarina: Acaridiae from Pakistan. Sarhad journal of agriculture, 2(1): 225–238. [not seen]
- Fain, A. & Camerik, A.M. 1994. Notes on the mites of the genus Ereynetes Berlese (Acari: Ereynetinae), with description of five new species from South Africa. Bulletin de l'Institut Royal des Sciences Naturelles de Belgique, entomologie 64: 145–164. PDF. Reference page.
- Griffiths, D.A. 1964: A revision of the genus Acarus L. 1758 (Acaridae, Acarina). Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History), zoology 11(6): 413–464. BHL Reference page.
- Griffiths, D.A. 1970: A further systematic study of the genus Acarus L., 1758 (Acaridae, Acarina), with a key to species. Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History), zoology 19(2): 83–118. BHL Reference page.
- Latreille, P.A. 1797 ["1796"]. Précis des caractères génériques des insectes, disposés dans un ordre naturel. Prévôt, Paris [&] F. Bourdeaux, Brive. xiii + [1] + 201 + [7] pp. BHL Reference page.
- Thor, S. 1933. Tydeidae, Ereynetidae. Das Tierreich 60: 1–84. Reference page.
- 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.