Abstract
A new species of glycyphagid mite, Dermacarus spermophilus, is described from Sper- mophilus lateralis Say (Sciuridae) from Oregon, and Dermacarus hylandi Fain 1969 is completely figured for the first time. A number of species have been described in the genus Dermacarus Haller 1880. How- ever, most of them are based only on the hy- popial form. Recently Fain and Lukoschus (1974) succeeded in rearing the adults of Dermacarus hypudaei Koch 1841 from the hy- popial stage. The adults obtained could not be distinguished from adults of the genus Glycyphagus, and the species was therefore transferred (Fain and Lukoschus, 1974) from Dermacarus to Glycyphagus, subgenus Mya-
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