Psylloglyphus Explained

Psylloglyphus is a genus of mites in the family Winterschmidtiidae.^[1]

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.^{[2] [3] [4]} 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.^[5]

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

Notes and References

1. 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 . 10.24349/i2bo-zeic. 246513919 . free .
2. Web site: Australian Faunal Directory . 2023-08-21 . biodiversity.org.au . en.
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 . en . 30 . 1 . 122–135 . 10.1093/jmedent/30.1.122 . 8433319 . 1938-2928.
4. 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 . 10.3897/zookeys.408.7479 . 1313-2970 . 4042829 . 24899840 . free .
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 . en . 34 . 2 . 159–166 . 0044-586X.