Carpoglyphus

Carpoglyphus is a mite genus in the family Carpoglyphidae. The species Carpoglyphus passularum (a fruit mite) is responsible for a cutaneous condition called grocer's itch.

Carpoglyphus
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Arachnida
Subclass:
Acari
Order:
Sarcoptiformes
(unranked):
Astigmatina
Family:
Carpoglyphidae
Genus:
Carpoglyphus

Robin, 1869[1]
Type species
Carpoglyphus passularum
Robin, 1869
Species
  • Carpoglyphus ganzhouensis
  • Carpoglyphus lactis
  • Carpoglyphus munroi
  • Carpoglyphus nidicolous
  • Carpoglyphus sturmi
  • Carpoglyphus wardleorum

References
  1. C. Robin (1869). "Note sur un nouveau genre d'acariens". Journal de l'Anatomie et de la Physiologie Normales et Pathologiques de l'Homme et des Animaux. 6: 197–204.


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