Carpoglyphus

Carpoglyphus
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Arachnida
Subclass: Acari
Order: Sarcoptiformes
(unranked): Astigmatina
Family: Carpoglyphidae
Genus: Carpoglyphus
Robin, 1869[1]
Type species
Carpoglyphus passularum
Robin, 1869
Species
  • Carpoglyphus ganzhouensis
  • Carpoglyphus lactis
  • Carpoglyphus munroi
  • Carpoglyphus nidicolous
  • Carpoglyphus sturmi
  • Carpoglyphus wardleorum

Carpoglyphus is a mite genus in the family Carpoglyphidae. The species Carpoglyphus passularum (a fruit mite) is responsible for a cutaneous condition called grocer's itch.

References

  1. C. Robin (1869). "Note sur un nouveau genre d'acariens". Journal de l'Anatomie et de la Physiologie Normales et Pathologiques de l'Homme et des Animaux. 6: 197–204.

External links

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