French Polynesia Mite Checklist

Species recorded from Moorea outlined in yellow.

G.M. Nishida, Version 2009 January 12

ORDER Family Genus Austral Gambier Marquesas Society Tuamotu Outside French Polynesia

ACARI
Acaridae
Caloglyphus
introitus Jacot, 1934 / Tahiti
natiformius (Jacot, 1934) / Hivaoa
Rhizoglyphus
grossipes Berlese, 1921 / Tahiti
longipes Berlese, 1921 / Tahiti
Alloptidae
Laminalloptes
phaetontis (Fabricius, 1775) / Hatutu / "Oceani australis"
Argasidae
Ornithodoros
talaje Guerin-Meneville, 1849 / Uahuka / AFROTROPIC: Africa; NEOTROPIC: Mexico to Paraguay
Ascidae
Platyseius
mollicomus Berlese, 1916 / Tahiti / INDOMALAYAN: Indonesia (Java)
Atopomelidae
Listrophoroides
cucullatus (Trouessart, 1893) / Hivaoa
expansus Ferris, 1932 / Hivaoa
Autognetidae
Machuella
ventrisetosa Hammer, 1961 / Tahiti / Fiji; AUSTRALASIAN: New Zealand; INDOMALAYAN: Indonesia (Bali, Java); Philippines; NEOTROPIC: Peru; South America
Bdellidae
Biscirus
symmetricus (Kramer, 1898) / Hivaoa, Uapou / NEOTROPIC: Tierra del Fuego
Carabodidae
Austrocarabodes / Tahiti / SE Polynesia
frondosus (Sellnick
imperfectus (Sellnick, 1959) / Rurutu / Tahiti / Hawaiian Is
Carabodes
granosus Sellnick, 1959 / Raivavae
imperfecta Sellnick, 1959
SEE Austrocarabodes imperfectus
luteoauratus Hammer, 1972 / Tahiti
Celaenopsidae
Anoplocelaeno
marquesana Vitzthum, 1935 / Hivaoa
ramifera (Kramer, 1898) / Hivaoa / NEOTROPIC: southern Chile
Ceratozetidae
Trihumerozetes
cornutus Sellnick, 1959 / Rapa
Cercomegistidae
Cercomegistus
simplicior Vitzthum, 1935 / Hivaoa
Cheyletidae
Eucheyletia
reticulata Cunliffe, 1962 / Tahiti / NEOTROPIC: Colombia, Costa Rica; INDOMALAYAN: China
Paracheyletia
woolfordi Cunliffe, 1962 / Tahiti / PALAEARCTIC: Japan
Crotoniidae
Crotonia
nukuhivae (Jacot, 1934) / Raivavae, Rapa, Rurutu, Tubuai / Hivaoa, Nukuhiva
Cymbaeremaeidae
Scapheremaeus
bicornutus Hammer, 1971 / Tahiti / Fiji (type locality)
Damaeolidae
Fosseremus
quadripertitus Grandjean, 1965 / Tahiti
Dinychidae
Eutrachytes
lata Trägårdh, 1952 / Rapa
Epilohmanniidae
Epilohmannia
pallida pacifica Aoki, 1965 / Tahiti / Hawaiian Is; Tonga; INDOMALAYAN: Indonesia (Bali, Java)
Eremulidae
Eremulus
avenifer Berlese, 1913 / Tahiti / INDOMALAYAN: Indonesia (Bali, Java); Philippines; SE Asia; PALEARCTIC: Japan
curviseta Hammer, 1971 / Tahiti / Fiji; Western Samoa; Tonga
monstrosus Hammer, 1972 / Tahiti
Eriophyidae
Aceria
premnae (Nalepa, 1914) / Hivaoa / INDOMALAYAN: Indonesia (Java (type locality))
Aculops
lycopersici (Massee, 1937) / French Polynesia; Hawaiian Is; AUSTRALASIAN: Australia, New Zealand; AFROTROPIC: Ethiopia, Zimbabwe; INDOMALAYAN: Bangladesh; NEOTROPIC: Brazil, Mexico, Venezuela; PALEARCTIC: China, Iran, Italy, Japan, Korea, Switzerland, Turkey
Cisaberoptus
kenyae Keifer, 1966 / French Polynesia; AUSTRALASIAN: Australia, Indonesia (Timor); AFROTROPIC: Kenya; INDOMALAYAN: India, Taiwan; PALEARCTIC: Egypt, Israel
Eriophyes
mangiferae (Keifer, 1946)
SEE Tegonotus mangiferae
Nacerimina
gutierrezi Keifer, 1979 / French Polynesia; Samoa (type locality)
Phyllocoptruta
oleivora (Ashmead, 1879) / French Polynesia; Hawaiian Is; AUSTRALASIAN: Australia, New Zealand; AFROTROPIC: South Africa; INDOMALAYAN: China, India, Pakistan, Taiwan; NEARCTIC: USA (Texas); NEOTROPIC: Brazil, Cuba, Mexico, Suriname, USA (Florida (type locality)); PALEARCTIC: China, Egypt, France, Israel, Nepal, Turkey
Tegonotus
mangiferae (Keifer, 1946) / French Polynesia; Hawaiian Is; AUSTRALASIAN: Australia; INDOMALAYAN: India; NEOTROPIC: Brazil
Erythraeidae
Caeculisoma
cordipes Vitzthum, 1933 / Uahuka
Euphthiracaridae
Austrotritia
lebronneci (Jacot, 1934) / Marquesas Is / Tahiti
Indotritia
krakatauensis (Sellnick, 1923) / Tahiti / INDOMALAYAN: Indonesia, Thailand
sellnicki Aoki, 1965
SEE Indotritia krakatauensis
Microtritia
tropica Markel, 1964 / Hivaoa, Nukuhiva / Tahiti / Easter I; Fiji (Viti Levu); Western Samoa; AUSTRALASIAN: Solomon I, INDOMALAYAN: Indonesia (Java, Bali); NEOTROPIC: Peru (type locality); Pantropical
tumida Niedbala, 1998 / Moorea, Tahiti / AUSTRALASIAN: Solomon Is; pantropical
Pseudotritia
loricata (Rathke, 1799) / Rurutu / Tahiti / NEARCTIC: Canada; PALEARCTIC: Romania; Europe
Rhysotritia
anchistea Niedbala, 1998
SEE Rhysotritia comteae
ardua (C.L. Koch, 1841) / Hivaoa, Nukuhiva, Uapou / Moorea, Tahiti / Easter I; Pitcairn (Henderson); Western Samoa (Upolu); Tonga (Vavau); AFROTROPIC: Kenya; INDOMALAYAN: India; NEOTROPIC: Cuba; PALEARCTIC: Egypt, Germany, Iran, Japan, Norway, Turkey; Europe
ardua otaheitensis Hammer, 1972
SEE Rhysotritia otaheitensis
comteae Mahunka, 1983 / Nukuhiva / Tahiti / Cook Is (Rarotonga); Western Samoa (Savaii, Upolu); Tonga (Eua); NEOTROPIC: Costa Rica, Cuba, Mexico (type locality)
lucida Niedbala, 1998 / Hivaoa, Nukuhiva, Uapou / Moorea, Raiatea, Tahiti / Cook Is (Rarotonga); Easter I; Fiji (Viti Levu); American Samoa (Tutuila); Western Samoa (Savaii, Upolu); Tonga (Eua, Vavau); AUSTRALASIAN; Solomon Is
otaheitensis Hammer, 1972 / Tahiti / INDOMALAYAN: India
spiculifera Mahunka, 1991 / Tahiti / AFROTROPIC: Madagascar; INDOMALAYAN: Malaysia, Sri Lanka
sterigma Niedbala, 1998 / Tahiti
Eutegaeidae
Eutegaeus
biovatus Hammer, 1972 / Tahiti
Galumnidae
Acrogalumna
abrupta Hammer, 1972 / Tahiti
ventralis (Willmann, 1931) / Tahiti / INDOMALAYAN: Indonesia
Galumna
flabellifera Hammer, 1958 / Tahiti / Hawaiian Is; Fiji; Western Samoa; Tonga; INDOMALAYAN: India, Indonesia (Bali, Java); Philippines, Thailand; NEOTROPIC: Argentina (type locality); South America
hawaiiensis marquesana Jacot, 1934 / Rapa / Nukuhiva
imperfecta Hammer, 1972 / Tahiti
pterolineata Hammer, 1972 / Tahiti
Leptogalumna
ciliate Balogh, 1960 / Tahiti / AFROTROPIC: Angola (type locality)
Notogalumna
praetiosa Sellnick, 1959 / Raiatea, Raivavae
Pergalumna
bifissurata Hammer, 1972 / Tahiti
dubitanda Hammer, 1972 / Tahiti
hawaiiensis (Jacot, 1934) / Rapa / Tahiti / Hawaiian Is (type locality)
montana Hammer, 1972 / Tahiti
Zetes
bryani marquesi Jacot, 1934 / Rapa / Eiao,
Hivaoa / Kiribati (Line Is: Flint)
bryani uapoui Jacot, 1934 / Uapou
Halacaridae
Actacarus
chelonis Otto, 2000 / Moorea / AUSTRALASIAN: Australia (type locality), Indonesia: Lombok
spinosus Otto, 2000 / Moorea / AUSTRALASIAN: Australia (type locality)
Agaue
polynesia Bartsch, 1992 / Moorea
Agauopsis
moorea Bartsch, 1992 / Moorea / AUSTRALASIAN: Australia (WA)
Arhodeoporus
mooreus Bartsch, 1992 / Moorea
Copidognathus
boraeus Bartsch, 1992 / Borabora
ficipacus Bartsch, 1992 / Moorea
pesident Bartsch, 1992 / Moorea
temaeus Bartsch, 1992 / Moorea
Halacarus
mooreus Bartsch, 1992 / Moorea
socius Bartsch, 1992 / Moorea
Lohmannella
dictyota Bartsch, 1992 / Borabora
Haplozetidae
Peloribates
rangiroaensis Hammer, 1972 / Rangiroa
Perxylobates
vermiseta (Balogh & Mahunka, 1968) / Tahiti / INDOMALAYAN: Indonesia (type locality)
Rostrozetes
foveolatus Sellnick, 1925
SEE Rostrozetes ovulum
ovulum (Berlese, 1908) / Tahiti / Fiji; Western Samoa; Tonga; AUSTRALASIAN: New Zealand; AFROTROPIC: Africa; INDOMALAYAN: India, Indonesia (Bali, Java, Sumatra); Philippines; NEARCTIC: North America; NEOTROPIC: Brazil, Peru; PALEARCTIC: Japan
Hermanniellidae
Hermanniella
punctulata columbiana Berlese, 1910 / Rimitara / NEARCTIC: Canada (British Columbia)
Hermanniidae
Phyllhermannia
pacifica Hammer, 1972 / Tahiti / Rangiroa / Tonga
Histiostomatidae
Histiostoma
granulatum Vitzthum, 1935 / Hivaoa
Humerobatidae
Humerobates
perkinsi Jacot, 1934 / Marotiri, Rapa / Tahiti / Hawaiian Is (type locality)
Hydrozetidae
Hydrozetes
lemnae (Coggi, 1899) / Tahiti / Easter I, Fiji; AUSTRALASIAN: New Zealand; NEOTROPIC: South America; PALEARCTIC: Jordan; Europe
Hypochthoniidae
Eohypochthonius
gracilis Jacot, 1936 / Tahiti / Fiji; Tonga; INDOMALAYAN: India, Indonesia (Bali, Java); Philippines; SE Asia; NEARCTIC: USA (North Carolina, Texas); NEOTROPIC: Peru; PALEARCTIC: Japan
gracilis crassisetiger Aoki, 1959 / Tahiti / INDOMALAYAN: Philippines, Vietnam; SE Asia; PALEARCTIC: Japan
Hypochthoniella
minutissima (Berlese, 1904) / Tahiti / AUSTRALASIAN: Australia; PALEARCTIC: Italy, Slovakia, Switzerland
Malacoangelia
remigera Berlese, 1913 / Tahiti / Fiji, Western Samoa; AFROTROPIC: Africa; INDOMALAYAN: Indonesia (Bali, Java), Philippines, SE Asia; NEARCTIC: ?North America; NEOTROPIC: South America
Ixodidae
Boophilus
australis (Fuller, 1899)
SEE Rhipicephalus microplus
Rhipicephalus
microplus (Canestrini, 1888) / Hivaoa / Caroline Is (Pohnpei), Mariana Is (Guam, Saipan); AUSTRALASIAN: Australia, AFROTROPIC: Malawi, South Africa, Sudan, Zambia, Zimbabwe, West Africa; INDOMALAYAN: Andaman Is, Bangladesh, India, Indonesia, Malaysia, Nicobar Is, Pakistan, Taiwan; NEARCTIC: USA (Texas); NEOTROPIC: Antilles, Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Guyana, Martinique, Mexico, Paraguay (type locality), Puerto Rico; PALEARCTIC: Algeria, China
Laelapidae
Cypholaelaps
semiglobulus Vitzthum, 1935 / Nukuhiva
Hypoaspis
glaber (Trägårdh, 1952) / Tahiti
Laelaps
echidnina Berlese, 1887 / Hatutu, Hivaoa / Hawaiian Is, Samoa (Rosa I); Caroline Is (Pohnpei); INDOMALAYAN: Borneo, Burma, Indonesia, East Indies; NEOTROPIC: Argentina, Brazil; PALEARCTIC: Egypt, Great Britain, Hungary, Italy (type locality), Nepal, Poland; cosmopolitan
nuttalli Hirst, 1915 / Hatutu, Hivaoa / Hawaiian Is (type locality for hawaiiensis); Niue, Samoa, Tokelau Is; AUSTRALASIAN: Australia; AFROTROPIC: Sierra Leone, INDOMALAYAN: Burma, China, India, Indonesia, Malaysia, Sri Lanka (type locality), Philippines, Taiwan, Vietnam; NEARCTIC: USA (New York, Utah); NEOTROPIC: Brazil, Puerto Ric, Suriname; PALEARCTIC: Egypt, Japan, South Korea
Liacaridae
Furcoppia
cornuta Hammer, 1972 / Tahiti
Licneremaeidae
Licneremaeus
polygonalis Hammer, 1971 / Tahiti / Rangiroa / Fiji
Liodidae
Liodes
bataviensis (Sellnick, 1925) / Mangareva / Kiribati (Line Is: Flint); INDOMALAYAN: Indonesia (Java (type locality))
hawaiiensis (Jacot, 1929) / Rapa,
Tubuai / Tahiti / Hawaiian Is (type locality)
zimmermani Sellnick, 1959 / Marotiri
Udetaliodes
hawaiiensis aculeatisetae Jacot, 1934 / Nukuhiva
Liroaspidae
Epicrosejus
zimmermani Trägårdh, 1952 / Raivavae / Mangareva
Lohmanniidae
Javacarus
kuehnelti Balogh, 1961 / Tahiti / Fiji; INDOMALAYAN: China, India, Indonesia (Bali, Java); Philippines; SE Asia; PALEARCTIC: Egypt
kuehnelti foliatus (Hammer, 1972) / Tahiti / Fiji; INDOMALAYAN: Indonesia
Meristacarus
tahitiensis Hammer, 1972 / Tahiti
Nesiacarus
granulatus Hammer, 1972 / Tahiti
Papillacarus
hirsutus (Aoki, 1961) / Tahiti / Tonga; INDOMALAYAN: India, Indonesia (Bali, Java); Philippines; PALEARCTIC: Japan
Macrochelidae
Areolaspis
bifoliatus Trägårdh, 1952 / Tahiti
Cosmolaelaps
serratus Trägårdh, 1952 / Tahiti
Nothrholaspis
planus Vitzthum, 1935 / Hivaoa, Uapou
Malaconothridae
Malaconothrus
geminus Hammer, 1972 / Tahiti / INDOMALAYAN: India, Indonesia (Bali, Java)
hexasetosus Hammer, 1971 / Tahiti / Fiji (type locality); Western Samoa; Tonga; INDOMALAYAN: Indonesia (Bali, Java)
pachypilus Hammer, 1972 / Tahiti
remigera (Berlese, 1913)
SEE Malacoangelia remigera (Hypochthoniidae)
Trimalaconothrus
albulus Hammer, 1972 / Tahiti
crassisetosus fijiensis Hammer, 1971 / Tahiti / Fiji; INDOMALAYAN: Indonesia (Bali, Java)
sp. / Marquesas Is
Mesoplophoridae
Mesoplophora
leviseta Hammer, 1979 / Tahiti / Fiji (Viti Levu); INDOMALAYAN: Indonesia (Java), Malaysia
Microzetidae
Microzetes
auxiliaris Grandjean, 1936 / Tahiti / Fiji, Hawaiian Is; NEARCTIC: North America; NEOTROPIC: South America
Mochlozetidae
Nesiotizetes
adamsoni Jacot, 1934 / Nukuhiva
Nanhermanniidae
Nanhermannia
transversaria Hammer, 1972 / Tahiti
Phyllonothrus
runcifer Sellnick, 1959 / Rurutu
Nenteriidae
Austrodinychus
masculinata (Vitzthum, 1935) / Hivaoa
micronychus Trägårdh, 1952 / Rapa
Nothridae
Nothrus
oceanicus Sellnick, 1959 / Raivavae / Tahiti / Easter I; Western Samoa; Tonga; SE Polynesia; INDOMALAYAN: Indonesia (Bali, Java)
Ologamasidae
Gamasiphis
arcuatus Trägårdh, 1952 / Tahiti
hamifer (Trägårdh, 1952) / Rapa / Kiribati (Line Is: Flint)
Sessiluncus
oculatus Vitzthum, 1935 / Tahiti
Oppiidae
Multioppia
gracilis Hammer, 1972 / Tahiti
spinifera Mahunka, 1982 / Moorea, Tahiti
wilsoni Aoki, 1964 / Tahiti / Hawaiian Is; AFROTROPIC: Annobon I; INDOMALAYAN: Philippines; PALEARCTIC: Egypt, Italy
Oppia
lanceosetoides Hammer, 1971 / Tahiti / Fiji (type locality); INDOMALAYAN: Indonesia (Bali, Java)
ultraciliata (Jacot, 1934) / Rapa / Hawaiian Is (type locality)
winkleri Hammer, 1968 / Tahiti / AUSTRALASIAN: New Zealand (type locality)
Oppiella
nova (Oudemans, 1902) / Tahiti / Easter I, Fiji; AUSTRALASIAN: New Zealand; AFROTROPIC: East Africa; INDOMALAYAN: India, Indonesia, Thailand; NEARCTIC: Canada (Alberta, BC), USA (North Carolina); NEOTROPIC: Argentina; PALEARCTIC: Denmark, Egypt, England, Finland, Germany, Great Britain, Ireland, Japan, Lithuania, Poland, Russia, South Korea, Spain
polynesia Hammer, 1972 / Tahiti
Quadroppia
circumita (Hammer, 1961)
SEE Coronoquadroppia circumita (Quadroppiidae)
Ramusella
chulumaniensis (Hammer, 1958) / Tahiti / Fii; Western Samoa; Tonga; INDOMALAYAN: Indonesia (Bali, Java); NEOTROPIC: Bolivia (type locality)
chulumaniensis curtipilus (Hammer, 1971) / Tahiti / Fiji; NEOTROPIC: South America
Striatoppia
lanceolata Hammer, 1972 / Tahiti
opuntiseta Balogh & Mahunka, 1968 / Tahiti / INDOMALAYAN: India, Indonesia (Java)
Oribatellidae
Eremaeozetes
tuberculatus Berlese, 1913 / Tahiti
Lamellobates
molecula (Berlese 1916) / Tahiti / Fiji; Tonga; AUSTRALASIAN: New Zealand; INDOMALAYAN: India, Indonesia (Bali, Java), Thailand; SE Asia; NEOTROPIC: Argentina (type locality), Brazil; South America; PALEARCTIC: China
palustris Hammer, 1958
SEE Lamellobates molecula
Oribatulidae
Zygoribatula
oceana Hammer, 1972 / Tahiti
Oribotritiidae
Austrotritia
lebronneci (Jacot, 1934) / Maria, Raivavae, Rapa, Rurutu, Tubuai / Hivaoa, Nukuhiva, Uapou / Borabora, Moorea, Raiatea, Tahiti / Rangiroa / Cook Is (Rarotonga); Kiribati (Line Is: Flint); Pitcairn (Henderson); American Samoa (Tutuila); Western Samoa (Savaii, Upolu); Tonga (Eua, Tongatapu, Vavau); AUSTRALASIAN: Solomon Is; INDOMALAYAN: Indonesia
quadricarinata Sellnick, 1959 / Rapa
saraburiensis Aoki, 1965 / Borabora, Raiatea, Tahiti / Cook Is (Rarotonga); Fiji (Vit Levu); Western Samoa; INDOMALAYAN: Thailand
Indotritia
krakatauensis (Sellnick, 1923) / Hivaoa, Nukuhiva, Uapou / Borabora, Moorea, Raiatea, Tahiti / Rangiroa / Cook Is (Rarotonga); Fiji (Viti Levu); Mariana Is (Guam); Pitcairn (Henderson); American Samoa (Tutuila); Western Samoa Upolu); Tonga (Vavau); AUSTRALASIAN: Solomon Is
lebronneci crassiori Jacot, 1934 / Hivaoa
lebronneci flagelloides Jacot, 1934 / Nukuhiva
lebronneci tahitiana Jacot, 1934 / Tahiti
Sabacarus
corneri Ramsay & Sheals, 1969 / Tahiti / Easter I; INDOMALAYAN: North Borneo.
Oripodidae
Anoripoda
nasalis Sellnick, 1959 / Raiatea
Otocepheidae
Nesotocepheus
setiger Hammer, 1972 / Tahiti
Otopheidomenidae
Otopheidomenis
treati (Prasad, 1968) / Austral Is / Society Is / Easter I, Hawaiian Is
Palaeacaridae
Andacarus
ligamentifer Hammer, 1967
SEE Stomacarus ligamentifera
Stomacarus
ligamentifera (Hammer, 1967) / Tahiti / AUSTRALASIAN: New Zealand (type locality)
Peloppiidae
Furcoppia
cornuta Hammer, 1972 / Tahiti
Phenopelopidae
Eupelops
crassus Hammer, 1972 / Tahiti
polynesius Hammer, 1972 / Tahiti
tahitiensis Hammer, 1972 / Tahiti
Phenopelopidae
Phenopelops
rapaensis Sellnick, 1959 / Rapa
Phthiracaridae
Atropacarus
andrei (Balogh, 1958) / Nukuhiva, Uapou / Moorea, Raiatea, Tahiti / Easter I; Fiji (Viti Levu); American Samoa (Tutuila); Western Samoa (Savaii); AUSTRALASIAN: Solomon Is; AFROTROPIC: Angola (type locality)
dissimilis Niedbala, 1998 / Hivaoa, Nukuhiva / Tahiti
glaucus (Hammer, 1972) / Hivaoa / Raiatea, Tahiti / Rangiroa / Tonga (Vavau); AUSTRALASIAN: Solomon Is
pergratus Niedbala, 1998 / Tahiti / Pitcairn (Henderson)
rangiroaensis (Hammer, 1972) / Tahiti / Rangiroa / Fiji (Viti Levu); Mariana Is (Guam); Pitcairn (Henderson), Tonga (Eua, Vavau); AUSTRALASIAN: Solomon Is
singularis (Sellnick, 1959) / Hivaoa, Uapou / Borabora / Rangiroa / Easter I; KIRIBATI (Line Is: Flint) (type locality), Western Samoa (Upolu); Tonga (Vavau); AUSTRALASIAN: Solomon Is
stilifer (Hammer, 1961) / Hivaoa / Rangiroa / Pitcairn (Henderson); NEOTROPIC: Peru (type locality)
Hoplophorella
glauca Hammer, 1972
SEE Atropacarus glaucus
rangiroaensis Hammer, 1972
SEE Atropacarus rangiroaensis
scapellata Aoki, 1965 / Tahiti / Tonga; Western Samoa; INDOMALAYAN: India, Philippines; Thailand; SE Asia
Hoplophthiracarus
siamensis Aoki, 1965
SEE Plonaphacarus kugohi
Notophthiracarus
curiosus Niedbala, 1998 / Tahiti
paracuriosus Niedbala, 1998 / Tahiti
tohivea Niedbala, 1998 / Moorea
Phthiracarus
crispus Hammer, 1972 / Tahiti
inacessus Niedbala, 1998 / Nukuhiva
insularis Jacot, 1934 / Hivaoa, Nukuhiva / Tahiti