Demodex leucogasteri
Appearance
Demodex leucogasteri | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Subphylum: | Chelicerata |
Class: | Arachnida |
Order: | Trombidiformes |
Family: | Demodecidae |
Genus: | Demodex |
Species: | D. leucogasteri
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Binomial name | |
Demodex leucogasteri Hughes & Nutting, 1981
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Demodex leucogasteri is a hair follicle mite found in the hair follicles of the grasshopper mouse, Onychomys leucogaster.[1]
The mites were found on laboratory maintained individuals of the grasshopper mouse.
References
[edit]- ^ Hughes, Stephen E.; Nutting, William B. (1981). "Demodex leucogasteri n. sp. from Onychomys leucogaster - with notes on its biology and host pathogenesis". Acarologia. 22 (2): 181–186.