Order: Acari (Mites and Ticks)
Family: Achipteriidae
| Scientific Name | Author/s | Common Name | Last Record | Distribution | Status | Taxon Profile |
| Achipteria setulosa | Golosova, 1981 | - | (rediscovered) | Japan | Rediscovered | Access |
Family: Analgidae
| Scientific Name | Author/s | Common Name | Last Record | Distribution | Status | Taxon Profile |
| Diplaegidia gladiator | Haller, 1882 | Passenger pigeon mite | Before 1915 | North America | Extinct | Access |
Family: Ascidae
| Scientific Name | Author/s | Common Name | Last Record | Distribution | Status | Taxon Profile |
| Proctolaelaps epuraeae | (Hirschmann, 1962) | (rediscovered) | Germany, Russia & Slovakia | Rediscovered | Access |
Family: Caudiferidae
| Scientific Name | Author/s | Common Name | Last Record | Distribution | Status | Taxon Profile |
| Compressalges nipponiae | Dubinin, 1950 | Japanese crested ibis parasitic mite | ? | Japan (& China?) | Extinct | Access |
Family: Digamasellidae
| Scientific Name | Author/s | Common Name | Last Record | Distribution | Status | Taxon Profile |
| Dendrolaelaps sinodendronis | Wiśniewski & Hirschmann, 1989 | (rediscovered) | Western Siberia, Russia | Rediscovered | Access |
Family: Eriophyidae
| Scientific Name | Author/s | Common Name | Last Record | Distribution | Status | Taxon Profile |
| Aceria cortii | Amrine & Stasny, 1994 | (rediscovered) | Argentina (central) | Rediscovered | Access | |
| Shevtchenkella baccharis | (Keifer, 1939) | (rediscovered) | Argentina (central) | Rediscovered | Access |
Family: Erythraeidae
| Scientific Name | Author/s | Common Name | Last Record | Distribution | Status | Taxon Profile |
| Callidosoma dasypodiae | (Womersley, 1934) | - | (rediscovered) | Australian Capital Territory, Australia | Rediscovered | Access |
Family: Gabuciniidae
| Scientific Name | Author/s | Common Name | Last Record | Distribution | Status | Taxon Profile |
| Aetacarus hirundo | (Mégnin & Trouessart, 1884) | - | (rediscovered) | Americas | Rediscovered | Access |
| Coraciacarus muellermotzfeldi |
Dabert & Alberti, 2008 | Huia mite | 1879 | New Zealand | Extinct | Access |
Family: Gymnodamaeidae
| Scientific Name | Author/s | Common Name | Last Record | Distribution | Status | Taxon Profile |
| Arthrodamaeus rossicus | (Bulanova-Zachvatkina, 1967) | - | (rediscovered) | Russia | Rediscovered | Access |
Family: Halarachnidae
| Scientific Name | Author/s | Common Name | Last Record | Distribution | Status | Taxon Profile |
| Halarachne americana | Banks, 1899 | Caribbean monk seal nasal mite | 1899 or before | Caribbean waters | Extinct | Access |
Family: Holothyridae
| Scientific Name | Author/s | Common Name | Last Record | Distribution | Status | Taxon Profile |
| Dicrogonatus gardineri | Warburton, 1912 | Gardiner's giant mite | 1909 | Mahé, Seychelles | Extinct | Access |
Family: Hygrobatidae
| Scientific Name | Author/s | Common Name | Last Record | Distribution | Status | Taxon Profile |
| Atractides circumcinctus | Schwoerbel, 1956 | - | (rediscovered) | Baden-Württemberg, Germany | Rediscovered | Access |
Family: Ixodidae
| Scientific Name | Author/s | Common Name | Last Record | Distribution | Status | Taxon Profile |
| Dermacentor raskemensis | Pomerantzev, 1946 | (rediscovered) | Afghanistan, China, Iran, Pakistan & Turkey | "Rediscovered" | Access | |
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Haemaphysalis danieli |
Černý & Hoogstraal, 1977 | Daniel's western Himalayan haemaphysaline | (rediscovered) | Afghanistan & Pakistan | Rediscovered? | Access |
| Haemaphysalis kopetdaghica | (Kerbabaev, 1962) | - | (rediscovered) | Iran, Tajikistan, Turkey & Turkmenistan | "Rediscovered" | Access |
| Ixodes nitens | Neumann, 1904 | - | ? | Christmas Islands, Australia | Extinct | Access |
Family: Laelapidae
| Scientific Name | Author/s | Common Name | Last Record | Distribution | Status | Taxon Profile |
| Cosmolaelaps lignicolus | (G. & R. Canestrini, 1882) | - | (rediscovered) | Italy | Rediscovered | Access |
| Gaeolaelaps dailingensis | (Ma & Yin, 1998) | (rediscovered) | China & Far East Russia | Rediscovered | Access | |
| Gaeolaelaps longichaetus | (Ma) | (rediscovered) | China & Far East Russia | Rediscovered | Access |
Family: Otopheidomenidae
| Scientific Name | Author/s | Common Name | Last Record | Distribution | Status | Taxon Profile |
| Prasadiseius cocytes | (Prasad, 1970) | - | (rediscovered) | South America | Rediscovered | Access |
Family: Phytoseiidae
| Scientific Name | Author/s | Common Name | Last Record | Distribution | Status | Taxon Profile |
|
Amblyseius riodocei |
El-Banhawy, 1984 | - | (rediscovered) | Espírito Santo, Brazil | Rediscovered | Access |
| Silvaseius barretoae | (Yoshida-Shaul and Chant, 1991) | - | (rediscovered) | Argentina & Brazil | Rediscovered | Access |
Family: Psoroptoididae
| Scientific Name | Author/s | Common Name | Last Record | Distribution | Status | Taxon Profile |
| Chiasmalges carolinensis | Mironov, Dabert & Ehrnsberger, 2005 | - | Pre-1869 | North America | Extinct | Access |
Family: Pterolichidae
| Scientific Name | Author/s | Common Name | Last Record | Distribution | Status | Taxon Profile |
| Genoprotolichus simplex | Mironov, Dabert & Ehrnsberger, 2005 | - | Pre-1869 | North America | Extinct | Access |
| Lopharalichus beckeri | Mironov, Dabert & Ehrnsberger, 2005 | - | Pre-1869 | North America | Extinct | Access |
| Neorhytidelasma conuropsis | Mironov, Dabert & Ehrnsberger, 2005 | - | Pre-1869 | North America | Extinct | Access |
Family: Pteronyssidae
| Scientific Name | Author/s | Common Name | Last Record | Distribution | Status | Taxon Profile |
| Pterotrogus principalis | Mironov, Dabert & Ehrnsberger, 2005 | - | Pre-1944 | North America | Extinct | Access |
Family: Teneriffiidae
| Scientific Name | Author/s | Common Name | Last Record | Distribution | Status | Taxon Profile |
| Teneriffia quadripapillata | Sig Thor, 1911 | (rediscovered) | Tenerife, Canary Islands, Macaronesia | Rediscovered | Access |
Family: Tetranychidae
| Scientific Name | Author/s | Common Name | Last Record | Distribution | Status | Taxon Profile |
| Tenuipalponychus tabebuiae | (Flechtmann, 1971) | (rediscovered) | Brazil & Costa Rica | Rediscovered | Access | |
| Tetranychus gigas | Pritchard & Baker, 1955 | - | (rediscovered) | Brazil & USA | Rediscovered | Access |
Family: Thermacaridae
| Scientific Name | Author/s | Common Name | Last Record | Distribution | Status | Taxon Profile |
| Thermacarus nevadensis | Marshall, 1928 | Nevada water mite | ? | Nevada (& Utah?), USA | ? | Access |
Family Xolalgidae
| Scientific Name | Author/s | Common Name | Last Record | Distribution | Status | Taxon Profile |
| Fainalges gracilitarsus | Mironov, Dabert & Ehrnsberger, 2005 | Carolina parakeet feather mite | Before 1869 | North America | Extinct | |
| Protonyssus proctorae | Mironov, Dabert & Ehrnsberger, 2005 | - | Before 1869 | North America | Extinct | Access |
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Appendix 1: Taxa not recorded since the type collection
Andre, H. M. and Ducarme, X. (2003). Rediscovery of the genus Pseudotydeus (Acari: Tydeoidea), with description of the adult using digital imaging. Insect Systematics & Evolution 34(4): 373-379. [Pseudotydeus perplexus: "The type-material...from old lawn clippings collected from Columbus (Ohio, USA)."]