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Status as of 29 September 2026 – Systematics to genus level
The following overview initially follows the still widely used morphology-based classification of Eriophyoidea into three families: Phytoptidae, Eriophyidae and Diptilomiopidae. However, more recent molecular studies show that, in particular, the traditional families Eriophyidae and Diptilomiopidae are not monophyletic in all analyses. The page therefore deliberately includes notes on these unresolved questions.
- Family Phytoptidae Murray, 1877
- Subfamily Phytoptinae
- Phytoptini
- Acathrix Keifer, 1962
- Oziella Keifer, 1946
- Phytoptus Dujardin, 1851
- Subfamily Novophytoptinae Roivainen, 1953
- Novophytoptini
- Novophytoptus Roivainen, 1947
- Subfamily Sierraphytoptinae
- Sierraphytoptini Keifer, 1944
- Austracus Keifer, 1944
- Fragariocoptes Roivainen, 1951
- Neopropilus Huang, 1992
- Neoprothrix Reis & Navia, 2014
- Nothofagicola Chetverikov & Peralta Alba, 2026
- Prothrix Keifer, 1965
- Sierraphytoptus Keifer, 1939
- Solenocristus Chetverikov et al., 2018
- Solenoplatilobus Chetverikov & Craemer, 2016
- Subfamily Mackiellinae
- Mackiellini
- Calventer Chetverikov, 2025
- Mackiella Keifer, 1939
- Propilus Keifer, 1975
- Retracrus Keifer, 1965
- Other Phytoptidae s. str. / current placement under review
- Borassia Chetverikov & Craemer, 2017
- Palmiphytoptus Navia & Flechtmann, 2002
- Nalepellinae
- Trisetacini
- Boczekella Farkas, 1965
- Trisetacus Keifer, 1952
- Nalepellini
- Nalepella Keifer, 1944
- Pentaporca Huang, 1996
- Phantacrus Keifer, 1965
- Setoptus Keifer, 1944
- Family Pentasetacidae (early-diverging lineage delimited by molecular data)
- Loboquintus Chetverikov, 2014
- Pentasetacus Schliesske, 1985
- Family Eriophyidae Nalepa, 1898
- Subfamily Aberoptinae Keifer, 1966
- Aberoptus Keifer, 1966
- Cisaberoptus Keifer, 1970
- Subfamily Ashieldophyinae Mohanasundaram, 1984
- Ashieldophyes Mohanasundaram, 1984
- Brevishieldophyes Chakrabarti & Pandit, 2019
- Mesoshieldophyes Chakrabarti & Pandit, 2019
- Subfamily Cecidophyinae Keifer, 1966
- Cecidophyini
- Achaetocoptes
- Bariella
- Cecidophyes
- Cecidophyopsis
- Chrecidus
- Coptophylla
- Dechela
- Neserella
- Pseudocolopodacus
- Colomerini
- Acaridilophus
- Circaces
- Colomerus
- Cosetacus
- Epicecidophyes
- Gammaphytoptus
- Isoannulus
- Longisolenidionus
- Paracolomerus
- Glyptacus Keifer, 1953
- Subfamily Eriophyinae Nalepa, 1898
- Aceriini
- Acalitus
- Acaralox
- Aceria
- Acerimina
- Cymoptus
- Paraphytoptus
- Tetrameracarus
- Diphytoptini
- Diphytoptus Huang, 1991
- Eriophyini
- Eriocaenus
- Eriophyes
- Pareria
- Proartacris
- Stenacis
- Subfamily Nothopodinae Keifer, 1956
- Colopodacini
- Adenocolus
- Apontella
- Colopodacus
- Kuangella
- Solenidiversum
- Nothopodini
- Anothopoda
- Cosella
- Disella
- Floracarus
- Nonthaburinus
- Nothopoda
- Surapoda
- Procoxinullus Mandal, Pal, Paul & Debnath, 2026
- Subfamily Phyllocoptinae Nalepa, 1892
- Acaricalini
- Acaricalus Keifer, 1940
- Acaphylla Keifer, 1943
- Acaphyllisa Keifer, 1978
- Alveacaphyllisa Liu, Tan, Tan & Wang, 2023
- Araucarioptes Flechtmann, 2000
- Assamacarus Duarte & Amrine, 2026
- Bidhanicarus Mandal, Ghosh, Debnath & Bala, 2025
- Brionesa Keifer, 1966
- Calpentaconvexus Li, Wang & Wei, 2007
- Chiacaphyllisa Li, Wang & Wei, 2010
- Cymeda Manson & Gerson, 1986
- Dichopelmus Keifer, 1959
- Dipentamerus Wei & Wang, 2009
- Fairina Qin, Yang & Wang, 2022
- Knorella Keifer, 1975
- Litaculus Manson, 1984
- Longitibisetacus Lin & Kuang, 2001
- Moraesia Flechtmann, 2004
- Namengia Zhao, Li & Wang, 2018
- Nasuchus Navia & Flechtmann, 2002
- Nasuchusmoraesia Duarte & Navia, 2026
- Neodichopelmus Manson, 1973
- Neolitaculus Kuang, 2005
- Neoparacaphylla Huang & Xue, 2025
- Neoacaphyllisa Kuang & Hong, 1989
- Paracaphylla Mohanasundaram, 1983
- Paracaphyllisa Kuang & Luo, 2005
- Pentaconvexus Huang, 2001
- Plancorpus Liu, Yao, Yang & Wang, 2022
- Protumescoptes Pandit & Chakrabarti, 2000
- Pseudocalepitrimerus Umapathy, 1999
- Roychakrabartia Duarte & Amrine, 2026
- Schizacea Keifer, 1977
- Tumescoptes Keifer, 1939
- Tumescoptella Chetverikov, Craemer & Neser, 2018
- Yangnarus Chandrapatya, Konvipasruang & Amrine, 2016
- Adventacarini
- Anthocoptini
- Abacarus
- Aculochetus
- Aculodes
- Aculops
- Aculus
- Agenusetacus
- Anthocoptes
- Anthocoptus
- Bambusacarus
- Criocarpus
- Dengella
- Echinacrus
- Heterotergum
- Indotegolophus
- Kudzuacarus
- Metaculus
- Neotetra
- Notallus
- Nothacus
- Paratetra
- Porosus
- Rectalox
- Sinacus
- Tegolophus
- Tetra
- Tetraspinus
- Vittacus
- Calacarini
- Calacarus
- Jaranasia
- Jutarus
- Latitudo
- Paracalacarus
- Parinarus
- Quadratum
- Viginticus Duarte & Navia, 2020
- Phyllocoptini
- Acadicrus Qin, Yar, Tang & Wang, 2019
- Acarelliptus Keifer, 1940
- Afemurseta Tan, Huang, Fu & Wang, 2014
- Asetipodus (Wei & Kuang, 1993)
- Asetapatella Konvipasruang & Buttachon, 2024
- Caliphytoptus Keifer, 1938
- Cecidodectes Boczek, 1992
- Cupacarus Keifer, 1943
- Aequsomatus
- Bischofius
- Calepitrimerus
- Cothrix Reis & Navia, 2011
- Callyntrotus
- Calvittacus
- Cereusacarus
- Dicrothrix
- Ekaphyes
- Epitrimerus
- Fujianacarus
- Garcinyes
- Glossilus
- Grandiscapitis
- Hainanarus
- Keiferella
- Leipothrix
- Neodicrothrix
- Neoleipothrix
- Nepheliumus Thainoi, Konvipasruang, Auamcharoen & Buttachon, 2026
- Neometaculus
- Monotrymacus Mohanasundaram, 1982
- Monochetus Nalepa, 1898
- Mangophyes Chandrapatya & Boczek, 2001
- Metaplatyphytoptus Hong & Kuang, 1989
- Neovittacus
- Neocalepitrimerus Xie, Wei & Qin, 2007
- Neoepitrimerus Kuang, Li & Shen, 1994
- Notibisetacus
- Paraepitrimerus
- Paraphyllocoptes
- Parneometaculus
- Phyllocoptes
- Phyllocoptruta
- Platyphytoptus
- Proiectus
- Prominens
- Setosecundus Huang & Wang, 2004
- Tumoris Huang, 2001
- Rhombacus
- Tergilatus
- Vasates
- Xinglongarus
- Paracallyntrotus Liang & Xue, 2025
- Petanovicia Boczek, 1996
- Pentacecidophyes Xue, Cheng & Hong, 2011
- Tegonotini
- Hemiscolocenus
- Neoshevtchenkella
- Neotegonotus
- Paniculatus
- Phyllocoptacus Mohanasundaram, 1984
- Randius
- Scolotosus
- Shevtchenkella
- Spinaetergum
- Tegonotus
- Trusmadius
- Wanleelagus
- Chiropteromasca Mandal, Layek, Ghosh, Bala & Debnath, 2026
- Neotegophyes Mandal, Ghosh, Pramanik, Bala & Debnath, 2025
- Other Phyllocoptinae with currently uncertain tribal placement
- Asetiabacarus Li, Wei & Wang, 2006
- Neocaphylla Huang & Xue, 2025
- Family Diptilomiopidae Keifer, 1944
- Subfamily Diptilomiopinae Keifer, 1944
- Afrodialox
- Apodiptacus
- Acarhis
- Asetacus
- Bangkokarus
- Davisella
- Saraphia
- Babus
- Dialox
- Diptilomiopus
- Diptiloplatus
- Diptilorhynacus
- Diptilostatus
- Diptacus
- Dividilobus
- Hyborhinus
- Kaella
- Konola
- Linanacutus
- Neodialox
- Neorhynacus
- Peralox
- Quadracus
- Scoliquadracus
- Shaanxicarus
- Trimeroptes
- Unilox
- Vimola
- Subfamily Rhyncaphytoptinae Roivainen, 1953
- Brevulacus Manson, 1984
- Chakrabartiella Amrine & Stasny, 1994
- Cheiracus Keifer, 1977
- Cuihuacarus Xue, Song & Hong, 2009
- Parahoderus 2023
- Rhyncadicrus Reis & Navia, 2011
- Rhyncaphytoptus Keifer, 1939
- Catarhinus
- Rhinophytoptus Keifer, 1940
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Genus status:
Novophytoptus is the only genus in the subfamily Novophytoptinae.
Biology:
The genus lives endoparasitically in subepidermal intercellular spaces or air chambers of herbaceous monocotyledons in the order Poales; known host families include Cyperaceae, Juncaceae, and Poaceae.
Distinctive features:
The mites have a strongly elongated, worm-shaped body and an unusually posteriorly positioned genital region. Several features of the gnathosoma and legs are unusual among the Eriophyoidea.
Systematic note:
The monogeneric subfamily Novophytoptinae is still placed within Phytoptidae in morphology-based classifications. Molecular studies partly support the distinctiveness of the genus, but also question the traditional delimitation of the subfamilies of Phytoptidae as a whole. The exact position of Novophytoptus within Phytoptidae therefore remains subject to phylogenetic investigation. (1)
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Note: The position of Borassia and Palmiphytoptus within Phytoptidae has not been conclusively resolved in the recent literature; they are therefore provisionally not assigned to a specific subfamily here.
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Systematic note: Loboquintus and Pentasetacus are treated in recent molecular studies as a distinct early-diverging lineage or as Pentasetacidae. The exact position of this lineage within the Eriophyoidea remains the subject of ongoing phylogenomic investigation.
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Genera (world overview according to Duarte et al. 2026):
Status 2026: Duarte et al. (2026) provide an updated world overview of Acaricalini with 36 genera and a new identification key. The three genera newly introduced in 2026, Assamacarus, Nasuchusmoraesia, and Roychakrabartia, are included in the genus list. The authors also point out uncertainties in individual morphological characters used to distinguish genera and the need for further revision.
Delimitation: Neocaphylla Huang & Xue, 2025 is a newly described genus that is not treated as a separate Acaricalini genus in the world key of Duarte et al. (2026). It is therefore listed outside the 36-genus Acaricalini list among the Phyllocoptinae whose tribal placement is currently uncertain.
Genera: Adventacarus Ripka, 2011
Current status: Ripka (2011) explicitly established Adventacarini as a new tribe for Adventacarus. In the current NCBI taxonomy, however, Adventacarini is still listed without an assigned genus (“unclassified Adventacarini”), and the higher-level phylogenomics of Zhang et al. (2024) treats Adventacarini as one of the groups whose position requires further investigation. The tribe is therefore treated here as a historically proposed unit that is not currently supported by phylogenetic evidence; Adventacarus is not presented as a molecularly confirmed tribal placement within Phyllocoptinae.
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Eriomacrotergum Rodrigues, Navia, Oliveira & Ferragut, 2016 was originally assigned only provisionally to the Tegonotini; this placement is therefore explicitly identified as provisional.
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Duarte, M.E., Navia, D., Flechtmann, C.H.W., Amrine, J.W. Jr. & Lima, E.F.B. (2026): Key to the world genera of Acaricalini (Eriophyidae), with three new genera, a new species from the palm tree Copernicia (Arecaceae) and two new combinations. Systematic & Applied Acarology 31(1): 49–67. DOI: 10.11158/saa.31.1.5.
Ripka, G. (2011): A new genus, Adventacarus and new Abacarus species from Hungary (Acari: Prostigmata: Eriophyoidea). Acta Phytopathologica et Entomologica Hungarica 46(1): 139–149. DOI: 10.1556/APhyt.46.2011.1.11. – Establishment of Adventacarus and the tribe Adventacarini.
Literature – key sources used so far
Amrine, J. W., Stasny, T. A. & Flechtmann, C. H. W. (2003): Revised keys to world genera of Eriophyoidea (Acari: Prostigmata). Indira Publishing House, West Bloomfield, Michigan.
Zhang, Q., Lu, Y.-W., Liu, X.-Y. et al. (2024): Phylogenomics resolves the higher-level phylogeny of herbivorous eriophyoid mites (Acariformes: Eriophyoidea). BMC Biology 22: 70. DOI: 10.1186/s12915-024-01870-9.
Chetverikov, P. E. & Peralta Alba, L. E. (2026): New Species and Records of Nothofagicola (Eriophyoidea, Phytoptidae) from Chile and Updated Key to the World Genera of the Tribe Sierraphytoptini Keifer 1944. Animals 16(8): 1246. DOI: 10.3390/ani16081246.
Xue, X.-F., Song, Z.-W. & Hong, X.-Y. (2009): One new genus and five new species of Rhyncaphytoptinae from China (Acari: Eriophyoidea: Diptilomiopidae). Zootaxa 1992: 1–18.
Reis, A.C., Gondim Jr., M.G.C., Navia, D. & Flechtmann, C.H.W. (2011): New eriophyoid mites (Acari: Prostigmata: Eriophyoidea) from banana and heliconia in Northeastern Brazil — two new genera and three new species. Zootaxa 3042: 15–26. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3042.1.2. – Documents the placement of Cothrix in Phyllocoptini. Liang, C. & Xue, X.-F. (2025): One new genus and two new species of Phyllocoptini (Acari: Eriophyidae: Phyllocoptinae) from Hainan Island, China. Zootaxa 5686(2): 239–248. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5686.2.4.
Xue, X.-F., Wang, Z., Song, Z.-W. & Hong, X.-Y. (2009): Eriophyoid mites on Fagaceae with descriptions of seven new genera and eleven new species. Zootaxa 2253: 1–95. – Documents the genus Monochetus Nalepa, 1898 and its nomenclatural history.
Zhao, Y., Li, W.-H. & Wang, G.-Q. (2018): New Asian phyllocoptines (Eriophyidae, Phyllocoptinae): descriptions of Namengia gen. nov. (Acaricalini) and Petanovicia sp. nov. (Phyllocoptini) from Northwest Laos. Systematic & Applied Acarology 23(10): 2022–2032. DOI: 10.11158/saa.23.10.11.
Mandal, D., Layek, A., Ghosh, I., Bala, S. Ch. & Debnath, P. (2026): Eriophyoid mites (Acari: Eriophyoidea) from West Bengal, India: Description of a new genus, three new species, and three new records with an updated checklist. Systematic and Applied Acarology 31(3): 419–446. DOI: 10.11158/saa.31.3.8.
Mandal, D., Ghosh, I., Pramanik, K., Bala, S. Ch. & Debnath, P. (2025): A new genus and three new species of eriophyoid mites (Acari: Eriophyoidea) from the New Alluvial Zone of West Bengal, India. Systematic and Applied Acarology 30(8): 1464–1473. DOI: 10.11158/saa.30.8.8. – Documents Neotegophyes.
Mandal, D., Pal, A., Paul, N. & Debnath, P. (2026): Description of a new genus and three new species of eriophyoid mites (Acari: Eriophyoidea) from Eastern India. International Journal of Acarology 52(1): 1–8. DOI: 10.1080/01647954.2026.2616255. – Documents Procoxinullus.
Huang, Y.-H. & Xue, X.-F. (2025): One new genus and twelve new species of eriophyoid mites (Acari: Eriophyoidea) from Guizhou Province, China. Systematic and Applied Acarology 30(10): 1867–1907. DOI: 10.11158/saa.30.10.12. – Documents Neocaphylla.
Shao, Z.-K. & Xue, X.-F. (2026): A Novel Specific UCE Probe Set Sheds New Light on the Phylogeny of Eriophyoid Mites. Zoologica Scripta. DOI: 10.1111/zsc.70084.
Duarte, M.E., Navia, D., Flechtmann, C.H.W., Amrine, J.W. Jr. & Lima, E.F.B. (2026): Key to the world genera of Acaricalini (Eriophyidae), with three new genera, a new species from the palm tree Copernicia (Arecaceae) and two new combinations. Systematic & Applied Acarology 31(1): 49–67. DOI: 10.11158/saa.31.1.5.
Chetverikov, P. E. (2005): Eriophyid mites (Acari, Eriophyoidea: Eriophyidae) of the genus Leipothrix Keifer, 1966 from sedges (Cyperaceae). Acarina 13(2): 145–154. – Documents the generic delimitation of Leipothrix and the synonymy Flechtmannia = Leipothrix.
Chetverikov, P. E. (2006): Eriophyid mites of the subfamily Phyllocoptinae (Eriophyidae) from sedges (Cyperaceae). – Documents the generic delimitation of Neoleipothrix within the Phyllocoptini.
Chetverikov, P. E., Klimov, P. B., Letukhova, V. Yu., Ripka, G. & Zukoff, S. (2023): Atypically shaped setae in gall mites (Acariformes, Eriophyoidea) and mitogenomics of the genus Leipothrix Keifer (Eriophyidae). Insects 14(9): 759. DOI: 10.3390/insects14090759. – Documents the generic delimitation of Leipothrix and the distinction from Cereusacarus.
Jočić, I. & Petanović, R. (2012): Documents the generic delimitation of Leipothrix.
Lewandowski, M. & Ripka, G. (2022): Two new eriophyoid mite records (Acari: Acariformes: Eriophyoidea) from Hungary with neotype redescription of Proiectus (Boczek, 1969) and supplementary description of Trisetacus Livshits et Vasilieva, 1982. Systematic and Applied Acarology 27(7): 1408–1422. DOI: 10.11158/saa.27.7.8. – Provides a source for the genus Proiectus.
Wang, C.-F., Kuo, C.-C., Jeng, M.-L. & Huang, K.-W. (2011): Morphometric analyses reveal synonymy of two monotypic genera, Huangiella and Tumoris (Acari, Eriophyoidea, Eriophyidae). ZooKeys 102: 1–11. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.102.948. – Documents the placement of Tumoris in Phyllocoptini.
Konvipasruang, P. & Buttachon, S. (2024): A new genus and two new species of eriophyid mites from medicinal plants in Thailand. Systematic & Applied Acarology 29(5): 600–609. DOI: 10.11158/saa.29.5.5. – Documents the placement of Asetapatella in Phyllocoptini.
Thainoi, K., Konvipasruang, P., Auamcharoen, W. & Buttachon, S. (2026): One new genus and two new species of eriophyoid mites on rambutan, Nephelium. Systematic & Applied Acarology 31(4): 561–572. DOI: 10.11158/saa.31.4.4. – Documents the placement of Nepheliumus in Phyllocoptini.
Rodrigues, D.F.S., Navia, D., Oliveira, A.R. & Ferragut, F. (2016): Eriomacrotergum n. gen. Zootaxa 4072(4): 465–476. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4072.4.5. – Documents the original, explicitly provisional placement in the tribe Tegonotini.
Jung, S.-H. et al. (2026): Molecular Phylogenetic Reassessment of the Superfamily Eriophyoidea (Arachnida: Acari) Based on COI and 18S rRNA. Entomological Research. DOI: 10.1111/1748-5967.70130. – Confirms the monophyly of Eriophyoidea, but shows extensive non-monophyly at the family, subfamily, and lower levels; the traditional delimitation of Phytoptidae, Eriophyidae, and Diptilomiopidae should therefore be regarded as phylogenetically unstable.
Zhao, Z.-C., Wang, G.-Q., Lu, F., Qin, F.-P. & Li, J. (2026): One new Tegonotini species and two new Diptilomiopinae species from Southeast China. Systematic and Applied Acarology 31(7). – Documents the genera Bangkokarus and Diptilomiopus in the current literature.
Azevedo, A.O. et al. (2023): A new genus and two new species of Diptilomiopidae from the Pampa biome. International Journal of Acarology 49: 341–348. DOI: 10.1080/01647954.2023.2257208. – Documents the placement of Parahoderus within Rhyncaphytoptinae.