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Glycyphagidae
Sign in to saveGlycyphagidae is a family of mites in the order Astigmata. There are more than 25 genera and 100 described species in Glycyphagidae.
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FAMILY
- KingdomAnimalia
- PhylumArthropoda
- ClassArachnida
- OrderSarcoptiformes
- FamilyGlycyphagidae
Glycyphagidae é uma família de ácaros que inclui numerosas espécies cosmopolitas que ocorrem em biótopos abrigados e ricos em matéria orgânica. São comuns em ambiente doméstico, em armazéns, estábulos, colmeias, ninhos de aves e tocas de roedores[1] Inclui o género Blomia, cuja espécie Blomia tropicalis é uma das principais causas de alergia aos ácaros entre as populações humanas das regiões tropicais. Notas ↑ Wit CHMIELEWSKI, "Bionomics of Glycyphagus domesticus (De Geer) (Acari: Glycyphagidae) feeding on buckwheat seeds". Fagopyrum 19: 105-108 (2002).
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Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 445
- With media
- 13
- Family
- Glycyphagidae
- Collections
- FCB-UANL, UCMP, TTU, UHIM, GUAM, RBINS-SCIENTIFIC HERITAGE
- Recorded in
- Mexico, United States, Guam, Sweden, Australia
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- Acariformes
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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.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Glycyphagidae” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.