Ixodorhynchidae
Encyclopedia
Ixodorhynchidae is a small family of mite
s in the order Mesostigmata
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Mite
Mites, along with ticks, are small arthropods belonging to the subclass Acari and the class Arachnida. The scientific discipline devoted to the study of ticks and mites is called acarology.-Diversity and systematics:...
s in the order Mesostigmata
Mesostigmata
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....
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Species
Ixodorhynchidae contains eight genera, with twelve recognized species:- Genus Asiatolaelaps Fain, 1961
- Asiatolaelaps evansi Fain, 1965
- Genus Chironobius H. A. P. M. Lombert & W. W. Moss, 1983
- Chironobius alvus H. A. P. M. Lombert & W. W. Moss, 1983
- Chironobius nordestinus Lizaso, 1983
- Genus Ixobioides Fonseca, 1934
- Ixobioides brachispinosus (Lizaso, 1983)
- Ixobioides butantanensis Fonseca, 1934
- Genus Ixodorhynchoides Johnston, 1962
- Ixodorhynchoides truncatus Johnston, 1962
- Genus Ixodorhynchus Ewing, 1922
- Ixodorhynchus liponyssoides Ewing, 1922
- Ixodorhynchus piger (Berlese, 1917)
- Genus Ophiogongylus H. A. P. M. Lombert & W. W. Moss, 1983
- Ophiogongylus breviscutum Lizaso, 1983
- Ophiogongylus rotundus H. A. P. M. Lombert & W. W. Moss, 1983
- Genus Scutanolaelaps Lavoipierre, 1959
- Scutanolaelaps ophidius Lavopierre, 1959
- Genus Strandtibbettsia Fain, 1961
- Strandtibbettsia gordoni (Tibbetts, 1957)