Psylloglyphus parapsyllus

Psylloglyphus parapsyllus (lat.) Is a species of microscopic mites of the Winterschmidtiidae family from the order Astigmata ^[1] .

Body length about 0.2 mm. New Zealand (Motunau Island, 60 km from Christchurch ). Phoretic deutrophs (hypopuses, hypopi) were found in nests of small penguins ( Eudyptula minor albosignata ). Daytonphs are also found on Parapsyllus longicornis fleas found in these penguin nests, as well as on Parapsyllus jacksoni fleas found in Pachyptila turtur nests in the same locality.

The species became the first in the genus Psylloglyphus Fain, 1966 , in which the adult forms of males and females were described (previously the genus was known only by deuteronyms) ^{[2] [3]} .