Sarcoptiformes 



341 



Genera: 



1. Carpoglyphus Robin, 1869 



Type. Acariis Icictis Linnaeus, 1758 {— Carpoglyphus anonymus 

 Haller, 1882 = C. passulorum Robin, 1869) 



2. Ferminia Oudemans, 1928 



Type. Glycyphagus fuscus Oudemans, 1902 



Discussion: Carpoglyphus lactis 

 (Linnaeus) is a widely distributed 

 species to be found on dried fruits, 

 milk products, glucose, decaying 

 potatoes, flour, and many other 

 food products. It has been re- 

 corded as breeding in large num- 

 bers inside bottles of wine in Paris, 

 maintaining itself on floating 

 pieces of cork and drawing nour- 

 ishment from the wine. Carpogly- 

 phus alienus Banks, 1904 was 

 found in urine of a patient with a 

 kidney disease. Each time the 

 patient passed urine these mites 

 were found surrounded by puru- 

 lent matter. The location of the 

 type of the mite is not known and 

 consequently the exact taxonomic 

 status of the species cannot be de- 

 termined but the figure indicates a 



true Carpoglyphus. The habitat suggests that of Dermatophagoides 

 takeuchii Sasa. 



Figure 267 Carpoglyphus lactis (Lin- 

 naeus). Venter of female. 



References: 



Andre, M. 1931. Presence d'Acariens dans les vins sucres. Bull. Soc. Zool. 



de France 56: 335-340. 

 Banks, N. 1904. An alleged parasitic Tyroglyphid. Proc. Ent. Soc. Wash. 



8 (1): 40-42. 

 Michael, A. D. 1903. British Tyroglyphidae, Vol. 2. 

 Oudemans, A. C. 1926. Krit. hist. Overz. Acarol., L Tijdschr. v. Entom., 



LXIX, Suppl., pp. 218, 225. 



