Family CHORTOGLYPHIDAE Berlese, 1897

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• Chortoglyphina Berlese, A. 1897. Acari, Myriopoda et Scorpiones hucusque in Italia reperta. Ordo Cryptostigmata (Sarcoptidae). Portici : Sumptibus Auctoris 190 pp.

Introduction

The Chortoglyphidae is a small family of about ten species, most of which occur in nests and burrows occupied by rodents (OConnor 2009). The deutonymphs of these species are endofollicular parasites in the skin of their rodent hosts, and in some species the deutonymph (hypopus) is the only stage that has been described. Some of these deutonymphs can increase in size while on their hosts, despite the apparent absence of functional mouthparts (Lukoschus et al. 1972). The other stages in the life cycle of these species appear to be saprophytic scavengers. One species, Chortoglyphus arcuatus, is a cosmopolitan pest of stored food, including grain, flour, and straw, and its deutonymph is unknown (Hughes 1976). The Australian fauna includes two species of Alabidopus described from rodents, and C. arcuatus (reviewed by Domrow 1992).

General References

Domrow, R. 1992. Acari Astigmata (excluding feather mites) parasitic on Australian vertebrates: an annotated checklist, keys and bibliography. Invertebrate Taxonomy 6: 1459-1606

Hughes, A.M. 1976. The Mites of Stored Food and Houses. Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, Technical Bulletin. London : Her Majesty's Stationery Office Vol. 9 400 pp.

Lukoschus, F.S., Fain, A. & Driessen, F.M. 1972. Life cycle of Apodemopus apodemi (Fain, 1965) (Glycyphagidae: Sarcoptiformes). Tijdschrift voor Entomologie 115: 1–13 + Plates 1,2

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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