Glycyphagidae

{{Short description|Family of mites}}

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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.

Genera

These 27 genera belong to the family Glycyphagidae:

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References

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{{Cite web| title=Glycyphagidae

| url=https://www.gbif.org/species/2844

| website=GBIF

| access-date=2019-02-18

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{{Cite web| title=Glycyphagidae Family Information

| url=https://bugguide.net/node/view/1316094

| website=bugguide.net

| access-date=2019-02-18

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Further reading

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  • {{Cite book

| title = A Manual of Acarology

| date = 2009

| editor-last1 = Krantz | editor-first1 = G.W.

| editor-last2 = Walter | editor-first2 = D.E.

| publisher = Texas Tech University Press

| isbn = 9780896726208

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  • {{Cite journal

| title = Origin and higher-level diversification of acariform mites--evidence from nuclear ribosomal genes, extensive taxon sampling, and secondary structure alignment

| date = 2015

| last1 = Pepato | first1 = A.R.

| last2 = Klimov | first2 = P.B.

| journal = BMC Evolutionary Biology

| volume = 15| pages = 178

| doi = 10.1186/s12862-015-0458-2| doi-access = free

| pmc = 4557820

| pmid = 26330076

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