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Superfamilia Cheyletoidea. (Cheyletidae, Psorergatidae, Demodecidae,Harpyrhynchidae, Syringophilidae) Superfamilia Cloacaroidea (Cloacaridae, Epimyodicidae). Pensoft & National Museum of Natural History, Sofia, 465 pp. © PENSOFT Publishers © National Museum of Natural History, Sofia Pensoft Publishers Prof. Georgi Zlatarski 12, Sofia 1700, Bulgaria Fax: +359-2-870-42-82 [email protected] www.pensoft.net Printed in Bulgaria, June 2021 Acarorum Catalogus VIII 5 Contents Introduction ...............................................................................................................................7 The Mite Superfamily Cheyletoidea ........................................................................................8 System accepted in this book ...........................................................................................9 The Mite Family Cheyletidae Leach ......................................................................................10 Composition of fam. Cheyletidae .................................................................................11 Catalogue of the Family Cheyletidae ............................................................................14 Index of Cheyletidae .....................................................................................................112 Distribution of Cheyletidae ..........................................................................................123 Hosts of Cheyletidae .....................................................................................................135 Bibliography of Cheyletidae .........................................................................................143 The Mite Family Psorergatidae Dubinin ............................................................................177 Catalogue of Psorergatidae ...........................................................................................177 Index of Psorergatidae ..................................................................................................190 Distribution of Psorergatidae .......................................................................................192 Hosts of Psorergatidae ..................................................................................................194 Bibliography of Psorergatidae ......................................................................................198 The Mite Family Demodecidae............................................................................................204 Composition of the family Demodecidae ..................................................................205 Catalogue of Demodecidae ..........................................................................................205 Index of Demodecidae ..................................................................................................228 Distribution of Demodecidae ......................................................................................229 Hosts of Demodecidae ..................................................................................................234 Bibliography of Demodecidae .....................................................................................238 The Mite Family Harpirhynchidae Dubinin Nicolet ........................................................267 Catalogue of Harpirhynchidae ....................................................................................269 Index of Harpirhynchinae and Harpypalpinae..........................................................296 Distribution of Harpirhynchinae and Harpypalpinae ..............................................299 Hosts of Harpirhynchinae and Harpypalpinae ..........................................................302 Bibliography of Harpirhynchinae and Harpypalpinae .............................................309 The Mite subfamily Ophioptinae ........................................................................................314 Catalogue of Ophioptinae ............................................................................................314 6 Acarorum Catalogus VIII Index of Ophioptinae ....................................................................................................317 Distribution of Ophioptinae ........................................................................................317 Hosts of Ophioptinae ....................................................................................................318 Bibliography of Ophioptinae .......................................................................................319 The Mite Family Syringophilidae Lavoipierre ...................................................................320 Catalogue of Syringophilidae .......................................................................................322 Index of Syringophilidae ..............................................................................................399 Distribution of Syringophilidae ...................................................................................407 Hosts of Syringophilidae ..............................................................................................416 Bibliography of Syringophilidae ..................................................................................437 Superfamily Cloacaroidea Bochkov et OConnor..............................................................454 The Mite Family Cloacaridae ...............................................................................................455 Composition of the family Cloacaridae:.....................................................................455 Catalogue of Cloacaridae..............................................................................................455 Index of Cloacaridae .....................................................................................................459 Distribution of Cloacaridae..........................................................................................459 Hosts of Cloacaricae ......................................................................................................460 Bibliography of Cloacaridae .........................................................................................460 The Mite Family Epimyodicidae ..........................................................................................462 Catalogue of Epimyodicidae ........................................................................................462 Index of Epimyodicidae ................................................................................................463 Distribution of Epimyodicidae ....................................................................................463 Hosts of Epimyodicidae ................................................................................................463 Bibliography of Epimyodicidae ...................................................................................464 Acknowledgements ...............................................................................................................465 Acarorum Catalogus VIII 7 Introduction The year 1955 was remarkable in the history of Acarology. Several attempts of classifica- tion of various groups have been published almost simultaneously: of the Acaridiae (C.E. Yunker), of the Trombidiform mites (F. Cunliffe) and of Suborder Mesostigmata (J. H. Camin and F.E. Gorirossi). In the same year Dubinin and al. revised many groups of para- sites of rodents, Zumpt & Till wrote their paper on Southafrican mites and many other acarological initiatives took place. Nevertheless, 70 years later the taxonomy of the Acari is still subject of many changes, due to deeper approach and to the new taxa, described from all over the world. From Cheyletidae have been detached several new families, some have been later downgraded to subfamily level (Ophioptinae) and some peculiar new taxa have been described (Cloacaridae, Epimyodicidae and the new superfamily Cloacaroidea). Here the new acquisations are followed with the conviction of the present author that the jugement of the new generation, based on cladistics and DNA analysis, is well founded. Recently Walter, Lindquist, Smith, Cook & Krantz (2009) presented a new treatment of what was considered order Acariformes. Formerly divided into three suborders: Prostigma- ta, Acaridida and Oribatida, in the new system only two entities remain (Trombidiformes and Sarcoptiformes), reminiscent of some very old systems. These entities are ranked as orders, and the Trombidiformes are subdivided into two suborders. Sphaerolichida con- tains only the superfamilies Lordalycoidea
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