Biology:Demodex foveolator

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Short description: Species of mite

Demodex foveolator
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Trombidiformes
Family: Demodecidae
Genus: Demodex
Species:
D. foveolator
Binomial name
Demodex foveolator
Bukva, 1984

Demodex foveolator is a hair follicle mite found in epidermal pits of the lesser white-toothed shrew, Crocidura suaveolens.[1]

It is known from shrews caught in south Bohemia, former Czechoslovakia.

References

  1. Bukva, V. (1984). "Demodex foveolator sp. n. (Acari: Demodicidae), a new epidermis-dwelling parasite of Crocidura suaveolens.". Folia Parasitologica 31 (1): 42–52. 

Wikidata ☰ Q48969848 entry