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Mites, Spiders, Ticks and other Arachnids

Mites – Acari

Acalitus vaccinii (Keifer), blueberry bud mite
Acarapis woodi (Rennie), honey bee tracheal mite
Acathrix trymatus (Keifer), a coconut mite
Aceria guerreronis Keifer, a coconut mite
Amblyseius swirskii Athias-Henriot, swirski mite
Brevipalpus californicus (Banks), a false spider mite
Brevipalpus phoenicis (Geijskes), red and black flat mite
Bryobia praetiosa Koch, clover mite
Dermanyssus gallinae (De Geer), chicken mite
Dermatophagoides spp., house dust mites
Hemicheyletia wellsina (De Leon), Wellsina mite
Neoseiulus californicus (McGregor), a predatory mite
Neoseiulus cucumeris (Oudemans), cucumeris mite
Oligonychus ilicis (McGregor), southern red mite
Ornithonyssus bursa (Berlese), tropical fowl mite
Oxycenus maxwelli (Keifer), olive bud mite
Polyphagotarsonemus latus (Banks), broad mite
Phyllocoptes fructiphilus Keifer, eriophyid mite
Phyllocoptruta oleivora (Ashmead), citrus rust mite
Phytonemus pallidus (Banks), cyclamen mite
Raoiella indica Hirst, red palm mite
Tenuipalpus pacificus Baker, phalaenopsis mite
Tetranychus urticae Koch, twospotted spider mite
Tropilaelaps spp. Delfinado & Baker, Tropilaelaps mite
Varroa destructor Anderson & Trueman, varroa mite

Spiders – Araneae

Achaearanea tepidariorum (C.L. Koch), common house spider
Brachypelma vagans (Ausserer), Mexican redrump tarantula
Eriophora ravilla (C.L. Koch), a tropical orb weaver spider
Gasteracantha cancriformis (Linnaeus), spinybacked orbweaver
Habronattus (Pickard-Cambridge, 1901), Habronattus jumping spiders
Heteropoda venatoria (Linnaeus), huntsman spider
Kukulcania (Filistata) hibernalis Hentz, southern house spider
Latrodectus mactans (Fabricius), Southern black widow spider
Loxosceles reclusa Gertsch and Mulaik, brown recluse spider
Menemerus bivittatus (Dufour), gray wall jumping spider
Metaltella simoni (Keyserling), a cribellate spider
Neoscona crucifera (Lucas), an orb weaver spider
Neoscona domiciliorum (Hentz), an orb weaver spider
Peucetia viridans (Hentz), green lynx spider
Phidippus regius C.L. Koch, regal jumping spider
Plexippus paykulli (Audouin), pantropical jumping spider
Trichonephila clavipes (Linnaeus), golden silk spider

Ticks – Acari

Amblyomma americanum (Linnaeus), lone star tick
Amblyomma maculatum Koch, Gulf Coast tick
Amblyomma variegatum Fabricius, tropical bont tick
Dermacentor variabilis (Say), American dog tick
Haemaphysalis longicornis Neumann, Asian longhorned tick
Ixodes scapularis Say, blacklegged or deer tick
Rhipicephalus sanguineus Latreille, brown dog tick