Superregnum: Eukaryota
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Cladus: Protostomia
Cladus: Ecdysozoa
Cladus: Panarthropoda
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Classis: Arachnida
Subclassis: Acari
Superordo: Acariformes
Ordo: Oribatida
Infraordo: Desmonomata
Cohort: Astigmata
Subordo: Acaridia
Superfamilia: Acaroidea
Familia: Acaridae
Subfamilia: Acarinae
Genus: Acarus
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
Name
Acarus Linnaeus, 1758
Original status: valid genus
Gender: masculine
Type species: Acarus siro Linnaeus, 1758
Fixation: subsequent designation
Synonyms
Tyroglyphus Latreille, 1796
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]
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.
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.
Acarus is a genus of mites in the family Acaridae.[1]
Species
Acarus ananas (Tryon, 1898)
Acarus beschkovi (Mitov, 1994)
Acarus bomiensis Wang, 1982
Acarus calcarabellus (Griffiths, 1965)
Acarus chaetoxysilos Griffiths, 1970
Acarus ebrius Ashfaq, Akhtar & Chaudhri, 1986
Acarus farinae DeGeer, 1778
Acarus farris (Oudemans, 1905)
Acarus fengxianensis Wang, 1985
Acarus gracilis Hughes, 1957
Acarus griffithsi Ranganath & Channa Basavanna, in Ranganath, Channa Basavanna & Krishna-Rao 1981
Acarus immobilis Griffiths, 1964
Acarus inaequalis (Banks, 1916)
Acarus lushanensis Jiang, 1992
Acarus monopsyllus Fain & Schwan, 1984
Acarus nidicolus Griffiths, 1970
Acarus queenslandiae (Canestrini, 1884)
Acarus rhombeus Koch & Berendt, 1854
Acarus sentus Ashfaq, Akhtar & Chaudhri, 1986
Acarus siro Linnaeus, 1758
Acarus umbonis Ashfaq, Akhtar & Chaudhri, 1986
References
Barry O'Connor, ed. (2008). "Acaridae Species Listing". Biology Catalog. Texas A&M University. Archived from the original on 7 August 2010. Retrieved July 26, 2010.
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