Algophagidae Explained

Algophagidae is a family of mites in the order Astigmata. There are about 5 genera and at least 10 described species in Algophagidae.

Genera

These five genera belong to the family Algophagidae:

• Algophagus Hughes, 1955
• Fusohericia Vitzthum, 1931
• Hericia Canestrini, 1888
• Neohyadesia Hughes & Goodman, 1969
• Terraphagus Clark, 2012

Further reading

• Global diversity of mites. 2000. Halliday . R.B.. O'connor . O'B.M.. Baker . A.S.. Raven . P.H.. Nature and Human Society—the Quest for a Sustainable World. National Academy Press. 192–203. 10.17226/6142.
• Book: A Manual of Acarology. 2009. Krantz . G.W.. Walter . D.E.. Texas Tech University Press. 9780896726208.
• Origin and higher-level diversification of acariform mites--evidence from nuclear ribosomal genes, extensive taxon sampling, and secondary structure alignment. 2015. Pepato . A.R.. Klimov . P.B.. BMC Evolutionary Biology. 15. 178. 10.1186/s12862-015-0458-2. free. 4557820. 26330076.