genus Acarus vs mite

genus Acarus and mite both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
genus Acarus	Yes	No	No	No
mite	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, mite is a hypernym of genus Acarus; that is, mite is a word with a broader meaning than genus Acarus:

genus Acarus: any of several mites of the order Acarina
mite: any of numerous very small to minute arachnids often infesting animals or plants or stored foods

genus Acarus (noun)	mite (noun)
any of several mites of the order Acarina	any of numerous very small to minute arachnids often infesting animals or plants or stored foods
	a slight but appreciable amount