Psylloglyphus

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Psylloglyphus
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Arachnida
Order:
Sarcoptiformes
Family:
Winterschmidtiidae
Subfamily:
Oulenziinae
Genus:
Psylloglyphus

Fain, 1966

Psylloglyphus is a genus of mites in the family Winterschmidtiidae. [1]

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Description

Psylloglyphus can be distinguished from related genera by the prodorsal shield lacking ocelli and the spermathecal duct being long with 5-6 loops. [1]

Ecology

Mites of these genus are phoretic on fleas. [2] [3] [4] They have been collected from under the abdominal sclerites of fleas. [3] [4] They are more common on female fleas than males and the association is quite species-specific. [3] They have also been found in the nests of seabirds where the fleas were present. [5]

Species

References

  1. 1 2 Fan, Qing-Hai; Faraji, Farid (2022-03-30). "Mites of the genus Oulenziella Fan and Zhang (Acari: Winterschmidtiidae), with description of a new species from Kenya". Acarologia. 62 (1): 148–160. doi: 10.24349/i2bo-zeic . S2CID   246513919.
  2. ↑ "Australian Faunal Directory". biodiversity.org.au. Retrieved 2023-08-21.
  3. 1 2 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. 30 (1): 122–135. doi:10.1093/jmedent/30.1.122. ISSN   1938-2928. PMID   8433319.
  4. 1 2 Hastriter, Michael; E. Bush, Sarah (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 (408): 107–123. doi: 10.3897/zookeys.408.7479 . ISSN   1313-2970. PMC   4042829 . PMID   24899840.
  5. ↑ Fain, A.; Galloway, T. D. (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. 34 (2): 159–166. ISSN   0044-586X.
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