Family AEROGLYPHIDAE Zakhvatkin, 1941

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Regional Maps

• Aeroglyphinae Zakhvatkin, A.A. 1941. Fauna of U.S.S.R. Arachnoidea. Vol. VI. No. 1. Tyroglyphoidea (Acari).Translated and edited by A. Ratcliffe and A. M. Hughes, 1959. Washington D.C. : American Institute of Biological Sciences 573 pp.

Introduction

The family Aeroglyphidae includes 19 described species world-wide, most of which are found in bat guano in caves. Some species have been found in the nests of birds, mammals and insects, and others occur in stored grain, where they may become significant pests. They also occur as a component of the fauna of house dust, and may contribute to allergy in humans (OConnor 2009). The Australian fauna includes three species in the cosmopolitan genus Glycycometus, all of which have previously been placed in Austroglycyphagus, as well as the stored food mite Aeroglyphus robustus.

General References

OConnor, B.M. 2009. Cohort Astigmatina. pp. 565–657 in Krantz, G.W. & Walter, D.E. (eds). A Manual of Acarology. Lubbock, Texas : Texas Tech University Press Third edition, 807 pp.

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