Glycyphagidae
| Glycyphagidae | |
|---|---|
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| Gohieria fusca | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Chelicerata |
| Class: | Arachnida |
| Order: | Oribatida |
| Superfamily: | |
| Family: | Glycyphagidae |
Glycyphagidae is a family of mites in the order Astigmata. There are more than 25 genera and 100 described species in 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:
- Fain, 1967
- Lukoschus, Gerrits & Fain, 1977
- Haller, 1880
- Zachvatkin, 1941
- Fain & Lukoschus, 1978
- Lukoschus, Rothuizen & Fain, 1977
- Glycyphagus Hering, 1838
- Oudemans, 1939
- Filippi, 1861
- Kramer, 1877
- Zakhvatkin, 1936
- Volgin, 1964
- Fain, 1967
- Fain & Lukoschus, 1978
- Fain & Lukoschus, 1968
- Fain, 1967
- Fain, 1967
- Fain & Philips, 1977
- Zachvatkin, 1941
- Fain & Whitaker, 1973
- Fain & Lukoschus, 1980
- Zachvatkin, 1941
- Zachvatkin, 1941
- † Fain & Lukoschus, 1977
- † 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.
External links[]
Media related to Glycyphagidae at Wikimedia Commons
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