Carpoglyphidae is a mite family in the order
Astigmatina
Astigmatina is a clade of mites in the order Sarcoptiformes. Astigmata has been ranked as an order or suborder in the past, but was lowered to the unranked clade Astigmatina of the clade Desmonomatides (synonym Desmonomata) in the order. Astigma ...
, containing four genera:
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Carpoglyphus
''Carpoglyphus'' is a mite genus in the family Carpoglyphidae. The species ''Carpoglyphus passularum'' (a fruit mite) is responsible for a cutaneous condition called grocer's itch.
References
Sarcoptiformes
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Robin, 1869
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Coproglyphus''
Türk & Türk ''in'' Stammer 1957
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Dichotomiopus''
Fain & A. M. Camerik, 1978
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Pullea''
Canestrini, 1884
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Sarcoptiformes
Taxa named by Anthonie Cornelis Oudemans
Acari families
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