''Tyrophagus'' is a genus of mites in the family
Acaridae.
Species
* ''
Tyrophagus casei
''Tyrophagus casei'', the cheese mite, is a species of mite which is inoculated into ' and ''Altenburger Ziegenkäse'' cheese during their production. It is long, and feeds on cheese, corn, flour, old honeycombs, bird collections, and smoked mea ...
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Oudemans, 1910
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Tyrophagus curvipenis''
Fain & Fauvel, 1993
* ''
Tyrophagus debrivorus''
Chinniah & Mohanasundaram, 1996
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Tyrophagus glossinarum''
Fain, 1985
* ''
Tyrophagus houstoni''
(Fain, 1986)
* ''
Tyrophagus jingdezhenensis''
Jiang-Zhenta, 1993
* ''
Tyrophagus lini''
Oudemans, 1924
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Tyrophagus longior
''Tyrophagus longior'' is a mite in the family Acaridae.
Description
''Tyrophagus longior'' is oval in shape and whitish to semitransparent in colour. It is covered dorsally in barbed setae. There are eight legs (six in larvae) that are light ...
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(Gervais, 1844)
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Tyrophagus mimlongior''
Jiang, 1993
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Tyrophagus neiswanderi
Grain itch is a cutaneous condition caused by several types of mites, and characterized by intense pruritus.
See also
* Grocer's itch
* List of cutaneous conditions
* List of mites associated with cutaneous reactions
Many mites can bite human ...
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Johnson & Bruce, 1965
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Tyrophagus neotropicus''
(Oudemans, 1917)
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Tyrophagus palmarum''
Oudemans, 1924
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Tyrophagus perniciosus''
Zakhvatkin, 1941
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Tyrophagus putrescentiae
''Tyrophagus putrescentiae'' is a cosmopolitan mite species. Together with the related species '' T. longior'', it is commonly referred to as the mould mite or the cheese mite. The name translates from Greek to something like "putrid cheese eater. ...
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(Schrank, 1781)
* ''
Tyrophagus robertsonae''
Lynch, 1989
* ''
Tyrophagus savasi''
Lynch, 1989
* ''
Tyrophagus similis''
Volgin, 1949
* ''
Tyrophagus tropicus''
Robertson, 1959
See also
*
Cheese mite
Cheese mites (for instance '' Tyrophagus casei'' or other species) are mites that are used to produce such cheeses as ', Cantal and Mimolette. The action of the living mites on the surface of these cheeses contributes to the flavor and gives them ...
References
Acaridae
Taxa named by Anthonie Cornelis Oudemans
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