Psylloglyphus

Psylloglyphus
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Subphylum:	Chelicerata
Class:	Arachnida
Order:	Oribatida
Family:	Winterschmidtiidae
Genus:	Psylloglyphus; Fain, 1966

Psylloglyphus is a genus of mites in the family Winterschmidtiidae.

Description

Psylloglyphus can be distinguished from related genera by the prodorsal shield lacking ocelli and the spermathecal duct being long with 5-6 loops.

Ecology

Mites of these genus are phoretic on fleas. They have been collected from under the abdominal sclerites of fleas. They are more common on female fleas than males and the association is quite species-specific. They have also been found in the nests of seabirds where the fleas were present.

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 2 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.
↑ "Australian Faunal Directory". biodiversity.org.au. Retrieved 2023-08-21.
1 2 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.
1 2 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.
↑ 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.

[:0-1] 1 2 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.

[:1-3] 1 2 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.

[:2-4] 1 2 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.