# Fagacarus
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{{Short description|Genus of mites}}
{{Taxobox
| regnum = [Animalia](/source/Animalia)
| phylum = [Arthropoda](/source/Arthropoda)
| classis = [Arachnida](/source/Arachnida)
| subclassis = [Acari](/source/Acari)
| ordo = [Sarcoptiformes](/source/Sarcoptiformes)
| familia = [Acaridae](/source/Acaridae)
| subfamilia = [Rhizoglyphinae](/source/Rhizoglyphinae)
| tribus = '''Fagacarini'''
| genus = '''''Fagacarus'''''
| genus_authority = Fain & R. A. Norton, 1979[{{cite journal| title = ''Fagacarus verrucosus'' n.g., n.sp. (Acari, Astigmata) from decaying beech wood in the U.S.A.| year = 1979| last1 = Fain| first1 = A.| last2 = Norton| first2 = R.A.| journal = International Journal of Acarology| volume = 5| issue = 1| pages = 5–8| doi = 10.1080/01647957908683160| bibcode = 1979IJAca...5....5F}}]
| species = '''''F. verrucosus'''''
| binomial = ''Fagacarus verrucosus''
| binomial_authority = Fain & R. A. Norton, 1979
}}
'''''Fagacarus''''' is a genus of mites in the family [Acaridae](/source/Acaridae). It contains a single described species, and at least two [undescribed species](/source/undescribed_species).[{{cite journal |author=Klimov, P. B. |year=2000 |title=Notes on systematics, distribution and ecology of mites of the genus ''Fagacarus'' (Acariformes, Acaridae) |journal=[Acarina](/source/Acarina_(journal)) |volume=8 |issue=2 |pages=105–115 |url=http://insects.ummz.lsa.umich.edu/ACARI/staff/pklimov/PDF/Klimov2000_Fagacarus.pdf }}] ''Fagacarus'' species feed on [fungi](/source/fungi) in decaying wood.