Glycyphagidae

Belongs within: Astigmatina.

The Glycyphagidae are a diverse group of mites mostly associated with the nests of small mammals. Most species are characterised by the presence of a series of external ridges on the venter of the subcapitulum. The strongly sclerotised genus Fusacarus is exceptional in having all cuticular surfaces smooth (OConnor 2009).

Characters (from OConnor 2009): Ventral subcapitulum with prominent pattern of external transverse and oblique ridges (ridges reduced in heavily sclerotised Fusacarus); palpi reflexed inwards; empodial claws small or absent; condylophores very thin or absent; female usually with epigynal apodeme and often with external copulatory tube, oviporus longitudinal with genital valves fused to body anteriorly, free posteriorly; male without paranal suckers or modified setae on tarsus IV. Deutonymph with attachment organ with setae p1–p2 in the form of ribbed claspers, or if absent, then vestiges of their alveoli present as small sclerotised rings (Baloghella), or attachment organ reduced and tibiae III–IV with large ventral, comblike setae; coxal setae 3a and 4a absent; posterior coxal apodemes with distinct edges.

<==Glycyphagidae [Glycyphagina]
    |--LabidophorusP90 [LabidophorinaeO09]
    |    `--L. hypudaei (Koch 1841)M63
    |--Marsupialichus [Marsupialichinae]O09
    |    `--M. johnstoniO09
    |--Baloghella Mahunka 1963O09, M63 [MelesodectinaeO09]
    |    `--*B. melis Mahunka 1963M63 [incl. Melesodectes auricularisO09]
    |--Lophuromyopus [Lophuromyopodinae]O09
    |    `--L. schoutedeniO09
    |--Fusacarinae [Fusacaridae]O09
    |    |--FusacarusO09
    |    `--Xenoryctes krameriO09, GHG91
    |--MetalabidophorinaeO09
    |    |--MetalabidophorusO09
    |    |--ParalabidophorusO09
    |    `--Neolabidophorus yucatanensis Pence & Genoways 1974O09, QV01
    `--Glycyphagus Hering 1838H98 [GlycyphaginaeO09]
         |--G. destructor (Schrank 1781)W91 (see below for synonymy)
         |--G. domesticus (de Geer 1778) [=Acarus domesticus, Glyciphagus (l. c.) domesticus]H98
         |--G. hypudaeiO09
         |--G. latipes Berlese 1910V25
         |--G. ornatus (Kramer 1881)W91
         |--G. privatusK99
         `--G. spinipesP94
Glycyphagidae incertae sedis:
  DermacarusO09
    |--D. hypudaeiGHG91
    |--D. ornatus Fain 1967QV01
    `--D. tamiasciuriO09
  ProlepidoglyphusM-PV-G01
  Gohieria Oudemans 1939 [incl. Ferminia Oudemans 1928 (preoc.)]H98
    `--G. fusca (Oudemans 1902) [=Glycyphagus fuscus, Ferminia fuscus]H98
  ZibethacarusP90
  Ctenoglyphus Berlese 1884 [=Cthenoglyphus]H98
    `--C. plumiger (Koch 1835) [=Acarus plumiger, Cthenoglyphus plumiger, Glycyphagus plumiger]H98
  Orycteroxenus soricisO09
  DipodomyopusP90
  MediolabidophorusP90
  MicrolabidopusP90
  ScalopacarusP90
  NeoxenoryctesP90
  Rodentopus sciuriO09, WK09
  Grammolichus malukuensisO09
  PycnoglycyphagusO09
  Lophioglyphus liciosus [incl. Apodemopus apodemi]O09
  Diamesoglyphus intermediusO09
  Cryptomyopus zachvatkiniO09
  Lepidoglyphus Zakhvatkin 1936H98

Glycyphagus destructor (Schrank 1781) ^W91 [=Acarus destructor ^H98, Lepidoglyphus destructor ^W91; incl. A. cadaverum Schrank 1781 ^H98, Glycyphagus cadaverum ^H98]

*Type species of generic name indicated

References

[GHG91] Gállego, M., E. Hidalgo & J. Ginés. 1991. Mites of the house mouse, Mus musculus L., in the north-eastern part of the Iberian Peninsula in Spain. In: Schuster, R., & P. W. Murphy (eds) The Acari: Reproduction, development and life-history strategies pp. 453–454. Chapman & Hall: London.

[H98] Halliday, R. B. 1998. Mites of Australia: A checklist and bibliography. CSIRO Publishing: Collingwood.

[K99] Knülle, W. 1999. Genes, environment and developmental switching in astigmatid mites. In: Needham, G. R., R. Mitchell, D. J. Horn & W. C. Welbourn (eds) Acarology IX vol. 2. Symposia pp. 57–62. Ohio Biological Survey: Columbus (Ohio).

[M63] Mahunka, S. 1963. Beiträge zur Kenntnis der Milbenfauna (Acari) von Säugetiernestern. Acta Zoologica Academiae Scientiarum Hungaricae 9 (3–4): 355–372.

[M-PV-G01] Montiel-Parra, G., G. A. Villegas-Guzman, M. Vargas & O. J. Polaco. 2001. Mites associated with nests of Neotoma albigula Hartley, 1894 (Rodentia: Muridae) in Durango, México. In: Halliday, R. B., D. E. Walter, H. C. Proctor, R. A. Norton & M. J. Colloff (eds) Acarology: Proceedings of the 10^th International Congress pp. 586–593. CSIRO Publishing: Melbourne.

[O09] OConnor, B. M. 2009. Cohort Astigmatina. In: Krantz, G. W., & D. E. Walter (eds) A Manual of Acarology 3^rd ed. pp. 565–657. Texas Tech University Press.

[P90] Philips, J. R. 1990. Acarina: Astigmata (Acaridida). In: Dindal, D. L. (ed.) Soil Biology Guide pp. 757–778. John Wiley & Sones: New York.

[P94] Pugh, P. J. A. 1994. Non-indigenous Acari of Antarctica and the sub-Antarctic islands. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 110: 207–217.

[QV01] Quintero, M. M. T., M. Vargas, B. S. Hernández, P García & N. J. Otero. 2001. Ectoparasitic mites on Heteromys gaumeri in the south of Yucatan, Mexico. In: Halliday, R. B., D. E. Walter, H. C. Proctor, R. A. Norton & M. J. Colloff (eds) Acarology: Proceedings of the 10^th International Congress pp. 583–585. CSIRO Publishing: Melbourne.

[V25] Vitzthum, H. 1925. Fauna sumatrensis. (Beitrag no. 5). Acarinae. Supplementa Entomologica 11: 1–79.

[WK09] Walter, D. E., & G. W. Krantz. 2009. Oviposition and life stages. In: Krantz, G. W., & D. E. Walter (eds) A Manual of Acarology 3^rd ed. pp. 57–63. Texas Tech University Press.

[W91] Walzl, M. G. 1991. Comparison of the sclerotized structures of Acaridae and Glycyphagidae used for copulation. In: Dusbábek, F., & V. Bukva (eds) Modern Acarology: Proceedings of the VIII International Congress of Acarology, held in České Budĕjovice, Czechoslovakia, 6–11 August 1990 vol. 2 pp. 283–286. SPB Academic Publishing: The Hague.