Astigmatina

Astigmatina
Otodectes cyanotis (Psoroptidia: Psoroptidae)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Arachnida
Subclass:	Acari
Order:	Sarcoptiformes
(unranked):	Astigmatina
Superfamilies
Acaridia Acaroidea Canestrinioidea Glycyphagoidea Hemisarcoptoidea Histiostomatoidea Hypoderoidea Schizoglyphoidea Psoroptidia Analgoidea Freyanoidea Psoroptoidea Pterolichoidea Pyroglyphoidea
Diversity
c. 80 families > 1,000 genera > 3,400 species

The Astigmatina are a "cohort" of mites.

Astigmatina belongs to the Sarcoptiformes, which contains the "biting" Acariformes. Many species are parasites of vertebrates. Most notorious among these are the Psoroptidia, which contain such notable taxa as feather mites and Sarcoptes scabiei.

Taxonomy

The hyporder contains 11 superfamilies^[1] with over thousands of genera^[2] as follows:

Acaridia (> 400 genera, > 1300 species)

• Schizoglyphoidea (2 genera, 2 species)
  • Schizoglyphidae
• Histiostomatoidea (c. 60 genera, > 200 species)
  • Histiostomatidae
  • Guanolichidae
• Canestrinioidea (> 100 genera, > 300 species)
  • Chetochelacaridae
  • Lophonotacaridae
  • Canestriniidae
  • Heterocoptidae
• Hemisarcoptoidea (50 genera, > 200 species)
  • Chaetodactylidae
  • Hyadesiidae
  • Carpoglyphidae
  • Algophagidae
  • Hemisarcoptidae
  • Winterschmidtiidae
• Glycyphagoidea (> 70 genera, > 150 species)
  • Euglycyphagidae
  • Chortoglyphidae
  • Pedetropodidae
  • Echimyopodidae
  • Aeroglyphidae
  • Rosensteiniidae
  • Glycyphagidae
• Acaroidea (> 120 genera, > 500 species)
  • Sapracaridae
  • Suidasiidae
  • Lardoglyphidae
  • Glycacaridae
  • Gaudiellidae
  • Acaridae (> 110 genera, > 400 species)
• Hypoderoidea
  • Hypoderidae

Psoroptidia (> 600 genera, > 2,000 species)

• Pterolichoidea (> 200 genera, > 500 species)
  • Oconnoriidae
  • Ptiloxenidae
  • Pterolichidae (> 100 genera, c. 300 species)
  • Cheylabididae
  • Ochrolichidae
  • Gabuciniidae
  • Falculiferidae
  • Eustathiidae
  • Crypturoptidae
  • Thoracosathesidae
  • Rectijanuidae
  • Ascouracaridae
  • Syringobiidae
  • Kiwilichidae
  • Kramerellidae
• Freyanoidea (> 30 genera, c. 50 species)
  • Freyanidae
  • Vexillariidae
  • Caudiferidae
• Analgoidea (> 200 genera, c. 700 species)
  • Heteropsoridae
  • Analgidae
  • Xolalgidae
  • Avenzoariidae
  • Pteronyssidae
  • Proctophyllodidae
  • Psoroptoididae
  • Trouessartiidae
  • Alloptidae
  • Thysanocercidae
  • Dermationidae
  • Epidermoptidae
  • Apionacaridae
  • Dermoglyphidae
  • Laminosioptidae
  • Knemidokoptidae
  • Cytoditidae
• Pyroglyphoidea (26 genera, > 50 species)
  • Pyroglyphidae
  • Turbinoptidae
• Psoroptoidea (c. 160 genera, > 600 species)
  • Psoroptidae
  • Galagalgidae
  • Lobalgidae
  • Myocoptidae
  • Rhyncoptidae
  • Audycoptidae
  • Listrophoridae
  • Chirodiscidae
  • Atopomelidae
  • Chirorhynchobiidae
  • Gastronyssidae
  • Lemurnyssidae
  • Pneumocoptidae
  • Sarcoptidae
• incertae sedis (16 genera, 17 species)
  • Ptyssalgidae
    • Ptyssalges major (Trouessart, 1887)
  • Psoralgidae

incertae sedis

Troglotacaridae

• Troglotacarus hauseri Fain, 1977

References

1. HEINRICH SCHATZ, VALERIE M. BEHAN-PELLETIER, BARRY M. OCONNOR & ROY A. NORTON (2011). "Suborder Oribatida van der Hammen, 1968" (PDF). In Zhang, Z.-Q. Animal biodiversity: An outline of higher-level classification and survey of taxonomic richness (PDF). Zootaxa (Magnolia Press). pp. 141–148. ISBN 978-1-86977-850-7. ISSN 1175-5334.
2. Hallan, Joel (2005-03-07). "Astigmata". Joel Hallan's Biology Catalog. Retrieved 2016-01-18.