Biology:Yunkeracarus

Short description: Genus of mites

Yunkeracarus
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Arachnida
Subclass:	Acari
Order:	Sarcoptiformes
Family:	Gastronyssidae
Genus:	Yunkeracarus Fain, 1957
Species include
Yunkeracarus ascanicus Yunkeracarus faini Yunkeracarus microti Yunkeracarus muris Yunkeracarus stepposus

Yunkeracarus is a genus of mites belonging to the family Gastronyssidae. They live exclusively in the nostrils of rodents. Females can be recognized by the small transparent scales covering the body, males by the lack of copulatory suckers.

References

• The occurrence of the genus Yunkeracarus in North America (Acarina: Epidermoptidae). Kerwin E. Hyland Jr & David T. Clark. Acarologia vol I

Wikidata ☰ Q8061304 entry