Acari
(mites)

Subtaxon Example images Rank Featured
subtaxa
No of
images
No of
ID refs
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Superorder 62 subtaxa 328 images 59 ident. refs
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Cohort 2 subtaxa 1 images 1 ident. refs
Female (Click to open)
Superorder 18 subtaxa 50 images 35 ident. refs
Family 1 subtaxa 2 images
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Genus 1 subtaxa 2 images
Family 1 ident. refs
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Unidentified 2 images
Taxonomic hierarchy:
InfraclassAcari (mites)
ClassARACHNIDA (mites, spiders, false scorpions, harvestmen etc.)
SubphylumCHELICERATA (a subphylum of arthropods)
PhylumARTHROPODA (arthropods)
SuperphylumECDYSOZOA (skin shedders)
CladeBilateria (bilaterally symmetrical animals)
SubkingdomEUMETAZOA (metazoans)
KingdomANIMALIA (animals)
DomainEukaryota (eukaryotes)
LifeBIOTA (living things)

Identification Works

AuthorYearTitleSource
Anon. Acarology - the study of mites and ticks www.nhm.ac.uk/hosted_sites/acarology/
Baker, E.W. & Wharton, G.W. 1952 An Introduction to Acarology 465pp, Macmillan
Cloudsley-Thompson, J.L. & Sankey, J. 1961 *** Land Invertebrates, a guide to British worms, molluscs and arthropods, excluding insects ***(Superseded) 156pp, Methuen & Co. Ltd.
Krantz, G.W. & Walter, D.E. 2009 The Manual of Acarology Third edition edition, 807pp, Texas Tech University Press
() Shepherd, M. & Crotty, F. 2018 A Key to the Soil Mites of Britain and Ireland (V7b)
() Shepherd, M. & Crotty, F. 2015 *** A Key to the Soil Mites of Britain and Ireland (V4b) ***(Superseded)

Parasites

() Avery, R.A. 1974 Identification of Animal Parasites Hulton Group Keys, 182pp, Hulton Educational Publications Ltd.

Pest Species

Evans, G.O. & Browning, E. 1955 Some British Mites of Economic Importance Economic Series, No 17, 46pp, British Museum (Natural History)
Hirst, S. 1922 *** Mites injurious to domestic animals (with an appendix on the Acarine disease of hive bees) ***(Superseded) Economic Series, 13, 107pp, British Museum (Natural History)

Plant Galls

Anon. British Galls
() Darlington, A. 1968 A Pocket Encyclopedia of Plant Galls in colour Blandford Press
() Redfern, M. & Shirley, P. 2011 British Plant Galls AIDGAP Keys, Second edition, 432pp, Field Studies Council
() Redfern, M. & Shirley, P. 2002 *** British Plant Galls - Identification of galls on plants and fungi ***(Superseded) AIDGAP Keys, 325pp, Field Studies Council
() Stubbs, F.B. (Editor) 1986 Provisional Keys to British Plant Galls 95pp, British Plant Gall Society (BPGS)

Acari (mites) may also be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

NBNNBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for Acari (mites)
BioInfoBioInfo (www.bioinfo.org.uk) has 641 host/parasite/foodplant and/or other relationships for Acari (mites)
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