Glycyphagidae is a family of mites in the order
Astigmata
Astigmatina is a clade of mites in the superorder Acariformes. Astigmata has been ranked as an order or suborder in the past, but was lowered to the unranked clade Astigmatina of the clade Desmonomatides (synonym Desmonomata) in the order Sarcopt ...
. 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.
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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
''Glycyphagus'' is a genus of astigs in the family Glycyphagidae. There are about five described species in ''Glycyphagus''.
Species
These five species belong to the genus ''Glycyphagus'':
* '' Glycyphagus destructor'' (Schrank, 1781)
* '' Glyc ...
'' 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
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