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.

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