Cosmoglyphus is a genus of mites in the family Acaridae.[1]
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| Genus: | Cosmoglyphus Oudemans, 1932
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Description
editAdults of this genus can be recognised by: supracoxal setae lanceolate and with lateral barbs; tarsi of the fourth leg pair short; males with proximal sucker on the proximal half of tarsus.[2]
Deutonymphs (also known as hypopi) have the proximal ends of the sternum and epimerae II usually at the same transverse level near the posterior edge of the sternal shield. The genu of the fourth (sometimes third) leg pair is enlarged. The tibiae of the third and fourth leg pairs are approximately equal. The anal disk is small and the distance from it to the mite's posterior end is over 1.5 times its length. The ventrum is whole.[2]
Ecology
editCosmoglyphus are found in various habitats including dung, decaying plants and nests of ants and termites.[2][3]
There is a case of Cosmoglyphus sp. living in a woman's ear (otoacariasis), where it was presumably feeding on fungi.[4]
Species
edit- Cosmoglyphus agilis (Michael, 1903)
- Cosmoglyphus angustus Fain & Friend, 1984
- Cosmoglyphus distantsis (Ashfaq & Chaudhri, 1986)
- Cosmoglyphus elzingai Mahunka, 1979
- Cosmoglyphus falki (Sher & Ashfaq, 1986)
- Cosmoglyphus haripuriensis (Ashfaq, Sher & Chaudhri, 1990)
- Cosmoglyphus hosoyai (Kugoh, 1957)
- Cosmoglyphus hyper (Ashfaq & Chaudhri, 1986)
- Cosmoglyphus infaustus (Ashfaq & Chaudhri, 1986)
- Cosmoglyphus kramerii (Berlese, 1881)
- Cosmoglyphus limbata (Mahunka, 1974)
- Cosmoglyphus longisetus Mahunka, 1979
- Cosmoglyphus memphiticus (Sevastianov & Rady, 1991)
- Cosmoglyphus mirabilis Fain, 1979
- Cosmoglyphus moshtohorensis (Sevastianov & Rady, 1991)
- Cosmoglyphus oudemansi Zakhvatkin, 1937
- Cosmoglyphus pytho (Ashfaq & Chaudhri, 1986)
- Cosmoglyphus ruditas (Ashfaq & Chaudhri, 1986)
- Cosmoglyphus sicafer Mahunka, 1978
- Cosmoglyphus stremma (Ashfaq & Chaudhri, 1986)
- Cosmoglyphus tariqii (Ashfaq, Sher & Chaudhri, 1990)
- Cosmoglyphus thosmos (Ashfaq & Chaudhri, 1986)
References
edit- ^ Barry O'Connor, ed. (2008). "Acaridae Species Listing". Biology Catalog. Texas A&M University. Retrieved July 26, 2010.
- ^ a b c Klimov, P. B. (2000). "A review of acarid mites of the tribe Caloglyphini (Acaridae, Acariformes) with description of a new genus and species from Siberia and Russian Far East" (PDF). Vestnik Zoologi. 34: 27–35.
- ^ "Acaroid mites (Acari: Astigmata) associated with termites (Isoptera)". esa.confex.com. Retrieved 2023-02-02.
- ^ Pal, Shekhar; Negi, Vikrant; Bisht, Ravindra Singh; Juyal, Deepak (2018). "Bite of a Mite: A Case of Human Otoacariasis caused by Cosmoglyphus Species (Acari: Acaridae)". Journal of Clinical and Diagnostic Research. doi:10.7860/JCDR/2018/34277.11274.
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