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Demodex criceti

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Demodex criceti
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Trombidiformes
Family: Demodecidae
Genus: Demodex
Species:
D. criceti
Binomial name
Demodex criceti
Nutting & Rauch, 1958

Demodex criceti is a hair follicle mite found in the epidermis of the Syrian hamster, Mesocricetus auratus.[1]

References

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  1. ^ Nutting, William B.; Rauch, Harold (1958). "Demodex criceti n. sp. (Acarina: Demodicidae) with notes on its biology". The Journal of Parasitology. 44 (3): 328–333. doi:10.2307/3274600.