Glycyphagidae
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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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- 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
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References
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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External links
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