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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Chelicerates (Chelicerata) » Arachnids (Arachnida) » Mites and Ticks (Acari) » Acariformes » Astigs (Astigmata) » Acaridia » Acaroidea » Acaridae » Tyrophagus

Genus Tyrophagus

Classification · Explanation of Names · Range · Remarks · Internet References
Mite ID - Tyrophagus Mite ID - Tyrophagus Mites - Tyrophagus Mites - Tyrophagus Mite infesting Drosophilia, dorsal - Tyrophagus Mite infesting Drosophilia, anterior - Tyrophagus Teeny Tiny Bug - Tyrophagus Mite in tortricid leaf roll - Tyrophagus
Classification
Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Subphylum Chelicerata (Chelicerates)
Class Arachnida (Arachnids)
Subclass Acari (Mites and Ticks)
Superorder Acariformes
Order Astigmata (Astigs)
Suborder Acaridia
Superfamily Acaroidea
Family Acaridae
Genus Tyrophagus
Explanation of Names
Author: Oudemans, 1924
Range
Cosmopolitan. Considered invasive in this country. (Capinera, John L. North American Vegetable Pests. The Pattern of Invasion. American Entomologist. Spring 2002)
Remarks
Most Tyrophagus species don't form deutonymphs - the species that live around humans disperse in their feeding stages. Primitive Tyrophagus are ant-associates and still form deutonymphs (comment by Barry M. OConnor).
Some species are associated with bees.
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Contributed by Charley Eiseman on 14 July, 2009 - 11:19pm
Additional contributions by Beatriz Moisset
Last updated 2 August, 2020 - 12:30pm

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