Eupodes

Eupodes
Eupodes sp. in Hong Kong
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Subphylum:	Chelicerata
Class:	Arachnida
Order:	Trombidiformes
Superfamily:	Eupodoidea
Family:	Eupodidae
Genus:	Eupodes C.L. Koch, 1835

Eupodes is a genus of mites found on all continents except South America.

Genera

Genus Eupodes consists of at least 58 following species: ^{[1] [2]}

• Eupodes acanthus Olivier & Theron, 1998 – South Africa
• Eupodes alaskanensis Strandtmann, 1971 – Alaska, United States
• Eupodes angardi Strandtmann & Sømme, 1977 – Antarctica
• Eupodes bakeri Abou-Awad, El-Sawaf & Abdel-Khalek, 2006 – Egypt
• Eupodes berensis Shiba, 1976 – Malaysia
• Eupodes berlesei Thor, 1912 – Denmark, Italy and Switzerland
• Eupodes brevipes Banks, 1916 – California, United States
• Eupodes callejae Corpuz-Raros, 2005 – Philippines (Leyte and Luzon)
• Eupodes cordiformis Shiba, 1978 – Japan
• Eupodes crozetensis Strandtmann & Davies, 1972 – Iran and Crozet Islands
• Eupodes exiguus Booth, Edwards & Usher, 1985 – South Orkney Islands
• Eupodes fusifer R. Canestrini, 1886 – Italy
• Eupodes fusiferellus Meyer & Ryke, 1960 – South Africa
• Eupodes garciai Corpuz-Raros, 2005 – Philippines (Luzon and Leyte)
• Eupodes ghardagae Schuster, 1965 – Egypt
• Eupodes gilvus C.L. Koch, 1838 – Germany
• Eupodes haltica (Haller, 1880) – Switzerland
• Eupodes hamatus Olivier & Theron, 1997 – South Africa
• Eupodes hawaiiensis Strandtmann & Goff, 1978 – Hawaii, United States
• Eupodes hiemalis C.L. Koch, 1838 – Germany and Iceland
• Eupodes hjartdaliae Thor, 1934 – Norway
• Eupodes iconicus C.L. Koch, 1838 – Germany and Italy
• Eupodes indentatus Olivier & Theron, 1997 – South Africa
• Eupodes infirmus Shiba, 1978 – Japan
• Eupodes leucomelas C.L. Koch, 1838 – Germany
• Eupodes littoralis Shiba, 1978 – Japan
• Eupodes longipilus Thor, 1934 – South Africa
• Eupodes longisetatus Strandtmann, 1964 – Japan and Campbell Island, New Zealand
• Eupodes lumbarus Shiba, 1976 – Malaysia
• Eupodes lutatus Olivier & Theron, 1997 – South Africa
• Eupodes marinus Banks, 1896 – USA
• Eupodes milvinus C.L. Koch, 1838 – Germany, Italy, Netherlands and Sweden
• Eupodes minipilus Olivier & Theron, 1998 – Botswana, Cabo Verde, South Africa and Zimbabwe
• Eupodes minutus (Strandtmann, 1967) – South Georgia, Macquarie Island and New Zealand
• Eupodes niloticus Abou-Awad & El-Bagouri, 1985 – Egypt
• Eupodes ocellatus Willmann, 1952 – Germany
• Eupodes oedipus Oudemans, 1937 – Germany
• Eupodes okinoshimaensis Shiba, 1978 – Japan
• Eupodes onoi Shiba, 1976 – Singapore and Malaysia
• Eupodes parafusifer Meyer & Ryke, 1960 – Angola and South Africa
• Eupodes parvus Booth, Edwards & Usher, 1985 – South Orkney Islands
• Eupodes pasohensis Shiba, 1976 – Malaysia
• Eupodes pseudoclavifrons R. Canestrini, 1886 – Austria, Italy and Switzerland
• Eupodes pseudolumbarus Shiba, 1976 – Malaysia, Philippines
• Eupodes pusillus Shiba, 1976 – Malaysia, Philippines
• Eupodes riedli Schuster, 1965 – Crozet Islands, Antarctica
• Eupodes sigmoidensis Strandtmann & Goff, 1978 – Hawaii, India, Iran and Cote D’ivoire
• Eupodes signatus C.L. Koch, 1835 – Germany
• Eupodes skiaaki Thor, 1934 – Norway
• Eupodes strandtmanni Coineau, 1976 – France
• Eupodes striola C.L. Koch, 1836 – Germany
• Eupodes temperatus Shiba, 1978 – Egypt and Japan
• Eupodes tottanfjella Strandtmann, 1967 – Antarctica
• Eupodes trifasciatus C.L. Koch, 1838 – Germany
• Eupodes unifasciatus C.L. Koch, 1838 – England and Germany
• Eupodes vallombrosae Thor, 1934 – Italy, Switzerland and Spain
• Eupodes variegatus C.L. Koch, 1838 – Austria, England, Germany, Greenland, Ireland, Iceland, Israel, Italy, Norway, South Africa, Spain, Sweden and Jan Mayen Island
• Eupodes versicolor C.L. Koch, 1838 – Germany
• Eupodes viridis Oudemans, 1906 – Greenland
• Eupodes voxencollinus Thor, 1934 – Alaska, Canada, China, Denmark, Egypt, England, Germany, Hawaii, Iran and Norway
• Eupodes winsnesi Strandtmann & Sømme, 1977 – Antarctica
• Eupodes wisei Womersley & Strandtmann, 1963 – Antarctica
• Eupodes zaheri Abou-Awad, El-Sawaf & Abdel-Khalek, 2006 – Egypt

References

1. BOOTH, R., EDWARDS, M., & USHER, M. (1985). "MITES OF THE GENUS EUPODES (ACARI, PROSTIGMATA) FROM MARITIME ANTARCTICA - A BIOMETRICAL AND TAXONOMIC STUDY". Journal of Zoology. Retrieved 2 November 2025.
2. Beron, Petar (2022). "Superfamilia Labidostommatoidea. Superfamilia Eupodoidea. Superfamilia Tydeoidea. Superfamily Paratydeoidea. Superfamilia Anystoidea. Superfamilia Caeculoidea. Superfamilia Adamystoidea. Superfamilia Pomerantzioidea". Acarorum Catalogus X. Sofia, Bulgaria: Pensoft.