Sarcoptidae

Belongs within: Sarcoptoidea.
Contains: Teinocoptinae.

The Sarcoptidae are a group of astigmatine mites that live as parasites in the epidermis of mammals.

Synapomorphies (from Klompen 1992): Setae h3 and ps3 absent; female with transverse oviporus; male with adanal discs absent, leg setae f I–II and w III spine-like.

<==SarcoptidaeK92
    |--DiabolicoptinaeK92
    |    |--Diabolicoptes Fain & Domrow 1974K92
    |    |    `--*D. sarcophilus Fain & Domrow 1974K92
    |    `--Satanicoptes Fain & Laurence 1975K92
    |         |--*S. armatus Fain & Laurence 1975K92
    |         `--S. phascogale (Fain & Domrow 1974) [=Diabolicoptes phascogale]K92
    `--+--TeinocoptinaeK92
       `--SarcoptinaeK92
            |--Trixacarus Sellnick 1944 [incl. Caviacoptes Fain et al. 1972]K92
            |    |--T. eliurus Klompen 1992K92
            |    `--+--*T. diversus Sellnick 1944 [incl. Sarcoptes anacanthos Guilhon 1946]K92
            |       `--T. caviae Fain, Hovell & Hyatt 1972 [=T. (*Caviacoptes) caviae]K92
            `--+--Kutzerocoptes Lavoipierre 1970K92
               |    `--*K. grunbergi Lavoipierre 1970K92
               `--+--Prosarcoptes Lavoipierre 1960 [incl. Cosarcoptes Fain 1968, Pithesarcoptes Fain 1965]K92
                  |    |--P. talapoini (Fain 1965) [=Pithesarcoptes talapoini]K92
                  |    `--+--*P. pitheci (Philippe 1948) [=Sarcoptes pitheci; incl. P. faini Lavoipierre 1970]K92
                  |       `--P. scanloni Smiley 1965 [=Cosarcoptes scanloni]K92
                  `--Sarcoptes Latreille 1802K92
                       |--*S. scabiei (Linnaeus 1758)K92 (see below for synonymy)
                       |--S. furonis (Raillet 1893)SL71
                       |--S. scabieicrustosaeT05
                       |--S. strigis Genè 1848CF77
                       `--S. suis Gerlach 1857SL71

Sarcoptes scabiei (Linnaeus 1758)^K92 [=Acarus siro var. scabiei^K92, Phthirium (Sarcoptes) scabiei^G20; incl. S. scabiei var. canis Gerlach 1857^{D01, SL71}, S. scabiei var. hominis Raspail 1834^H98, S. scabiei var. wombati Railliet 1893^H98]

*Type species of generic name indicated

References

[CF77] Canestrini, G. & F. Fanzago. 1877. Intorno agli Acari Italiani. Atti del Reale Istituto Veneto di Scienze, Lettere ed Arti, Serie 5, 4: 69–208, pls 2–7.

[D01] Desch, C. E. 2001. Anatomy and ultrastructure of the female reproductive system of Sarcoptes scabiei (Acari: Sarcoptidae). In: Halliday, R. B., D. E. Walter, H. C. Proctor, R. A. Norton & M. J. Colloff (eds) Acarology: Proceedings of the 10^th International Congress pp. 203–212. CSIRO Publishing: Melbourne.

[G20] Goldfuss, G. A. 1820. Handbuch der Naturgeschichte vol. 3. Handbuch der Zoologie pt 1. Johann Leonhard Schrag: Nürnberg.

[H98] Halliday, R. B. 1998. Mites of Australia: A checklist and bibliography. CSIRO Publishing: Collingwood.

[K92] Klompen, J. S. H. 1992. Phylogenetic relationships in the mite family Sarcoptidae (Acari: Astigmata). Miscellaneous Publications, Museum of Zoology, University of Michigan 180: i–vi, 1–154.

[SL71] Spain, A. V., & M. Luxton. 1971. Catalog and bibliography of the Acari of the New Zealand subregion. Pacific Insects Monograph 25: 179–226.

[T05] Trägårdh, I. 1905. Monographie der arktischen Acariden. In: Römer, F., & F. Schaudinn (eds) Fauna Arctica. Eine Zusammenstellun der arktischen Tierformen, mit besonder Berücksichtigung des Spitzbergen-Gebietes auf Grund der Ergebnisse der Deutschen Expedition in das Nördliche Eismeer im Jahre 1898 vol. 4 pp. 1–78. Gustav Fischer: Jena.