Glycyphagidae
Glycyphagidae is a family of mites in the order Astigmata. There are more than 25 genera and 100 described species in Glycyphagidae.
| Glycyphagidae | |
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| Gohieria fusca | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Chelicerata |
| Class: | Arachnida |
| Subclass: | Acari |
| Order: | Oribatida |
| Superfamily: | Glycyphagoidea |
| Family: | Glycyphagidae |
The natural habitat of most species of this family is nests of rodents, insectivores, and opossums, although many now live among humans in stored food or housing.[1][2]
Genera
These 27 genera belong to the family Glycyphagidae:
- Apodemopus Fain, 1967
- Asiolabidophorus Lukoschus, Gerrits & Fain, 1977
- Austroglycyphagus
- Dermacarus Haller, 1880
- Diamesoglyphus Zachvatkin, 1941
- Dipodomyopus Fain & Lukoschus, 1978
- Eupygopus Lukoschus, Rothuizen & Fain, 1977
- Glycyphagoides
- Glycyphagus Hering, 1838
- Gohieria Oudemans, 1939
- Hypodectes Filippi, 1861
- Labidophorus Kramer, 1877
- Lepidoglyphus Zakhvatkin, 1936
- Lophioglyphus Volgin, 1964
- Marsupialichus Fain, 1967
- Mediolabidophorus Fain & Lukoschus, 1978
- Melesodectes Fain & Lukoschus, 1968
- Metalabidophorus Fain, 1967
- Microlabidopus Fain, 1967
- Neoxenoryctes Fain & Philips, 1977
- Orycteroxenus Zachvatkin, 1941
- Scalopacarus Fain & Whitaker, 1973
- Soriculopus Fain & Lukoschus, 1980
- Xenocastor Zachvatkin, 1941
- Xenoryctes Zachvatkin, 1941
- † Marmosopus Fain & Lukoschus, 1977
- † Neotetracopus Fain, 1969
References
- "Glycyphagidae". GBIF. Retrieved 2019-02-18.
- "Glycyphagidae Family Information". bugguide.net. Retrieved 2019-02-18.
Further reading
- Krantz, G.W.; Walter, D.E., eds. (2009). A Manual of Acarology. Texas Tech University Press. ISBN 9780896726208.
- Pepato, A.R.; Klimov, P.B. (2015). "Origin and higher-level diversification of acariform mites--evidence from nuclear ribosomal genes, extensive taxon sampling, and secondary structure alignment". BMC Evolutionary Biology. 15: 178. doi:10.1186/s12862-015-0458-2. PMC 4557820. PMID 26330076.
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