Mesostigmata

Mesostigmata
Varroa mite
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Arachnida
Superorder:	Parasitiformes
Order:	Mesostigmata
Suborders
Heatherellina Sejina Arctacarina Microgyniina Epicriina Uropodina Diarthrophallina Cercomegistina Antennophorina Parasitina Dermanyssina Heterozerconina
Diversity
c. 100 families, 900 genera, > 8,000 species

Mesostigmata is an order of mites belonging to the Parasitiformes. Unlike most members of that group, many of these mites are not parasitic but free-living and predatory. They can be recognized by the single pair of spiracles positioned laterally on the body.

The family with the most described species is Phytoseiidae. Other families of note are Diplogyniidae, Macrochelidae, Pachylaelapidae, Uropodidae and Veigaiaidae.

Taxonomy

Monogynaspida

• Arctacarina (2 genera, 6 species)

• Arctacaroidea

• Arctacaridae

• Dermanyssina (559 genera, 5,141 species)

• Rhodacaroidea (72 genera, 506 species)

• Ologamasidae (36 genera, 236 species)
• Euryparasitidae
• Rhodacaridae
• Digamasellidae (5 genera, 170 species)
• Laelaptonyssidae
• Panteniphididae

• Veigaioidea (4 genera, 59 species)

• Veigaiidae

• Eviphidoidea (72 genera, 505 species)

• Macrochelidae
• Parholaspididae
• Pachylaelapidae
• Megalolaelapidae
• Eviphididae

• Ascoidea (138 genera, 2,721 species)

• Ameroseiidae
• Ascidae (39 genera, 558 species)
• Halolaelapidae
• Melicharidae
• Otopheidomenidae
• Phytoseiidae (67 genera, 2,000 species)
• Podocinidae

• Dermanyssoidea (273 genera, 1,359 species)

• Trichoaspididae
• Larvamimidae
• Leptolaelapidae
• Varroidae
• Laelapidae (144 genera, 791 species)
• Haemogamasidae
• Pneumophionyssidae
• Dermanyssidae
• Hirstionyssidae
• Hystrichonyssidae
• Macronyssidae (26 genera, 127 species)
• Rhinonyssidae (30 genera, 160 species)
• Spinturnicidae
• Spelaeorhynchidae
• Halarachnidae
• Raillietiidae
• Entonyssidae
• Ixodorhynchidae
• Omentolaelapidae
• Dasyponyssidae
• Manitherionyssidae

• Diarthrophallina (22 genera, 63 species)

• Diarthrophalloidea

• Diarthrophallidae

• Epicriina (43 genera, 233 species)

• Epicrioidea

• Epicriidae
• Dwigubskyiidae
• Coprozerconidae
• Zerconidae (37 genera, 214 species)

• Heatherellina (1 genus, 2 species)

• Heatherellidae

• Heterozerconina (10 genera, 17 species)

• Heterozerconidae
• Discozerconidae

• Sejina (10 genera, 59 species)

• Sejoidea

• Sejidae

• Microgyniina (3 genera, 6 species)

• Microgynioidea

• Nothogynidae
• Microgyniidae

• Parasitina (32 genera, 363 species)

• Parasitoidea

• Parasitidae

• Uropodina (92 genera, 2,167 species)

• Uropodoidea

• Protodinychidae
• Thinozerconidae
• Polyaspididae
• Trachytidae
• Dithinozerconidae
• Nenteriidae
• Trematuridae
• Macrodinychidae
• Trigonuropodidae
• Urodinychidae
• Dinychidae (12 genera, 71 species)
• Uroactinidae (1 genus, 57 species)
• Circocyllibamidae
• Deraiophoridae (1 genus, 67 species)
• Discourellidae (1 genus, 72 species)
• Uropodidae (35 genera, 577 species)
• Metagynuridae
• Oplitidae (5 genera, 184 species)
• Trachyuropodidae (7 genera, 110 species)

Trigynaspida

• Antennophorina (101 genera, 210 species)

• Aenicteguoidea

• Aenicteguidae
• Messoracaridae
• Physalozerconidae
• Ptochacaridae

• Antennophoroidea

• Antennophoridae

• Celaenopsoidea (73 genera, 120 species)

• Neotenogyniidae
• Celaenopsidae
• Costacaridae
• Schizogyniidae
• Megacelaenopsidae
• Triplogyniidae
• Meinertulidae
• Diplogyniidae (40 genera, 64 species)
• Euzerconidae

• Fedrizzioidea (12 genera, 62 species)

• Fedrizziidae
• Klinckowstroemiidae
• Promegistidae
• Paramegistidae

• Megisthanoidea

• Hoplomegistidae
• Megisthanidae

• Parantennuloidea

• Parantennulidae
• Philodanidae

• Cercomegistina (11 genera, 12 species)

• Cercomegistoidea

• Cercomegistidae
• Saltiseiidae
• Asternoseiidae
• Davacaridae
• Seiodidae
• Pyrosejidae

Other

Meliponopus palpifer Fain & Flechtmann, 1985 has not yet been placed into a family.

References

• Mesostigmata at Natureserve
• Joel Hallan's Biology Catalog: Mesostigmata

External links

• Ornithonyssus bursa, tropical fowl mite on the UF / IFAS Featured Creatures Web site

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