Carpoglyphus

Life-forms

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Unikonta
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Cladus: Holozoa
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Cladus: Protostomia
Cladus: Ecdysozoa
Cladus: Panarthropoda
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Classis: Arachnida
Subclassis: Acari
Superordo: Acariformes
Ordo: Oribatida
Infraordo: Desmonomata
Cohort: Astigmata
Subordo: Acaridia
Superfamilia: Hemisarcoptoidea

Familia: Carpoglyphidae
Genus: Carpoglyphus
Species (6): C. ganzhouensis – C. lactis – C. munroi – C. nidicolous – C. sturmi – C. wardleorum
Name

Carpoglyphus Robin, 1869
Type species: Carpoglyphus passularum Robin, 1869 [=lactis]

References

Clark, J.M. 2010. A new species of Carpoglyphus (Astigmatina: Carpoglyphidae) from the bark of black beech (Nothofagus) honeydew in New Zealand. International journal of acarology, 36(5): 453–459. DOI: 10.1080/01647954.2010.493166 Paywall. Reference page.
Fain, A.; Rack, G. 1987: Notes on the mites living in the flowers of Espeletia spp. (Asteraceae) in Colombia. 1. Carpoglyphus sturmi sp. n. (Acari, Carpoglyphidae). Entomologische Mitteilungen aus dem Zoologischen Staatsinstitut und Zoologischen Museum Hamburg, 9(130): 9–19. [not seen]
Hubard, C.K.; Fashing, N.J. 1996: Carpoglyphus nidicolus - a new species of Carpoglyphidae (Acarina: Astigmata) inhabiting the nests of swallows. International journal of acarology, 22(3): 215–220. DOI: 10.1080/01647959608684099 [not seen]
Hughes, A.M. 1952: A new glycyphagid mite - Carpoglyphus munroi. Journal of the Linnean Society of London, zoology, 42(284): 168–175. DOI: 10.1111/j.1096-3642.1952.tb01856.x
Jiang, Z.-T. 1991: A new species of Carpoglyphidae from China (Acarina: Acaroidea). Journal of Nanchang University (Natural Science), 15(1): 82–86. [not seen]
Robin, C. 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, plates 7-8. [not seen]

Links

Australian Faunal Directory
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Nomenclator Zoologicus

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

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.