Psylloglyphus

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Genus of mites in the family Acaridae

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::summary Genus of mites in the family Acaridae ::

| taxon = Psylloglyphus | authority = Fain, 1966

Psylloglyphus is a genus of mites in the family Winterschmidtiidae.

Description

Psylloglyphus can be distinguished from related genera by the prodorsal shield lacking ocelli and the spermathecal duct being long with 5-6 loops.

Ecology

Mites of these genus are phoretic on fleas. They have been collected from under the abdominal sclerites of fleas. They are more common on female fleas than males and the association is quite species-specific. They have also been found in the nests of seabirds where the fleas were present.

Species

References

References

  1. (2022-03-30). "Mites of the genus Oulenziella Fan and Zhang (Acari: Winterschmidtiidae), with description of a new species from Kenya". Acarologia.
  2. "Australian Faunal Directory".
  3. Schwan, Tom G.. (1993-01-01). "Sex Ratio and Phoretic Mites of Fleas (Siphonaptera: Pulicidae and Hystrichopsyllidae) on the Nile Grass Rat (Arvicanthis niloticus) in Kenya". Journal of Medical Entomology.
  4. (2014-05-13). "Description of Medwayella independencia (Siphonaptera, Stivaliidae), a new species of flea from Mindanao Island, the Philippines and their phoretic mites, and miscellaneous flea records from the Malay Archipelago". ZooKeys.
  5. (1993-06-15). "Mites (Acari) from nests of sea birds in New-Zealand.1. - Description and developmental stages of Psylloglyphus parapsyllus n. sp. (Winterschmidtiidae)". Acarologia.

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