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Analgoidea
Analgoidea, the largest feather mite superfamily (about 1,150 species) of astigmatan mites living on birds, including Analgidae, Proctophyllodidae, Avenzoariidae, and the nest-dwelling dust mite family Pyroglyphidae.
Astigmatina
Astigmatina (formerly Astigmata) is a cohort of soft-bodied sarcoptiform mites within Oribatida, lacking stigmata and often producing a phoretic hypopus deutonymph; split into free-living Acaridia and parasitic Psoroptidia, including stored-food pests.
Copidognathus
Copidognathus (Trouessart, 1888) is the most species-rich genus of marine mites in the family Halacaridae, with about 380 valid species, synonym Copidognathopsis, found on coralline algae, seagrass, and mussels worldwide.
Ear mite
Ear mite (Otodectes cynotis), a psoroptic surface mite of cats, dogs, and ferrets worldwide; lives in the ear canal, causes otic pruritus and dark cerumen, spreads by direct contact, treated with macrocyclic lactones and isoxazolines.
Flour mite
Flour mite (Acarus siro, grain mite, synonym Tyroglyphus farinae), a stored-product mite pest of flour and cheese; species complex with A. farris and A. immobilis; causes occupational asthma and grocer's itch.
Halacaridae
Halacaridae, sea mites in superfamily Halacaroidea (Trombidiformes), are the only mite family fully adapted to marine life, with over 1,000 species from littoral to deep sea and the oldest extant secondarily marine animal lineage.
Liacaridae
Liacaridae (Sellnick, 1928) is a family of oribatid soil mites in superfamily Gustavioidea, including genera Liacarus, Xenillus, Adoristes, and Dorycranosus; first fossil Liacarus shtanchaevae from Albian Spanish amber.
Notoedric mange
Notoedric mange, also called feline scabies, is a highly contagious, severely itchy skin disease of cats caused by the burrowing mite Notoedres cati (Sarcoptidae), treatable with selamectin, moxidectin, ivermectin, or lime sulfur, and transiently zoonotic; related mites cause fatal mange in squirrels.
Oribatida
Oribatida (beetle mites, oribatid mites), a suborder of soil-dwelling sarcoptiform mites with over 11,000 described species, rigid exoskeletons, slow life histories, and wide use as bioindicators of soil health and pollution.
Phthiracaroidea
Phthiracaroidea is a superfamily of ptyctimous oribatid mites, soil arachnids that retract their legs and seal shut into a seed-like capsule, with more than 800 described species living in leaf litter worldwide.
Proctophyllodidae
Proctophyllodidae is a family of astigmatan feather mites (Analgoidea) with 400+ species, permanent symbionts of mainly passerine birds, split into Proctophyllodinae and Pterodectinae, with Gondwanan origins and five independent origins of extremely long aedeagi.
Sarcoptidae
Sarcoptidae (Murray, 1877) is a family of astigmatan mites in Sarcoptoidea, obligate burrowing skin parasites of mammals with about 100+ species in 16 genera; type genus Sarcoptes, whose species Sarcoptes scabiei causes scabies and sarcoptic mange.
Sarcoptiformes
Sarcoptiformes (Reuter, 1909) is an order of acariform mites, sister to Trombidiformes, comprising Endeostigmata and Oribatida including Astigmata; it includes oribatid soil mites, dust mites, feather mites, and the mange-causing sarcoptids such as Sarcoptes scabiei.
Tyrophagus putrescentiae
Tyrophagus putrescentiae (Schrank, 1781), the mold, ham, or cheese mite, is an Acaridae storage mite pest of high-fat, high-protein foods, mushrooms, and cured hams; optimal development at 30°C and 80–90% RH, and a major storage mite allergen (Tyr p).