Carpoglyphus
Genus of mites
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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.
| Carpoglyphus | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Chelicerata |
| Class: | Arachnida |
| Order: | Sarcoptiformes |
| Family: | Carpoglyphidae |
| Genus: | Carpoglyphus Robin, 1869[1] |
| Type species | |
| Carpoglyphus passularum Robin, 1869 | |
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