Demodex leucogasteri

Demodex leucogasteri is a hair follicle mite found in the hair follicles of the grasshopper mouse, Onychomys leucogaster.[1]

Demodex leucogasteri
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Subclass: Acari
Order: Trombidiformes
Family: Demodicidae
Genus: Demodex
Species:
D. leucogasteri
Binomial name
Demodex leucogasteri
Hughes & Nutting, 1981

The mites were found on laboratory maintained individuals of the grasshopper mouse.

References

  1. 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.


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