Family LARDOGLYPHIDAE Oudemans, 1927

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• Lardoglyphidae Oudemans, A.C. 1927. Acarologische aanteekeningen. LXXXVI. Entomologische Berichten (Amsterdam) 7(157): 242-248 [sic, should be LXXXVII].

Introduction

The family Lardoglyphidae includes a single genus with about five species world-wide. These species are found in birds' nests and stored food, especially meat products, but also in other types of stored food, where they can be significant pests. The non-feeding deutonymph (hypopus) is phoretic on beetles that occur in the same habitat, such as Dermestidae (Hughes 1976; OConnor 2009). Two cosmopolitan species have been found in Australia, in preserved meat products and stored food.

General References

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.

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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