Psylloglyphus

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

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

Fain, 1966

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
  • Psylloglyphus australiensis Fain, Bartholomaeus, Cooke & Beaucournu, 1990
  • Psylloglyphus chiliensis Fain & Beaucournu, 1989
  • Psylloglyphus crenulatus Fain & Beaucournu, 1984
  • Psylloglyphus foveolatus Fain & Mason, 1989
  • Psylloglyphus hemimerus Fain & Beaucournu, 1976
  • Psylloglyphus micronychus Fain & Beaucournu, 1986
  • Psylloglyphus parapsyllus Fain & Galloway, 1993
  • Psylloglyphus uilenbergi Fain, 1966

References
  1. 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. 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. 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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