Demodex foveolator
Appearance
Demodex foveolator | |
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Subphylum: | Chelicerata |
Class: | Arachnida |
Order: | Trombidiformes |
Family: | Demodecidae |
Genus: | Demodex |
Species: | D. foveolator
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Binomial name | |
Demodex foveolator Bukva, 1984
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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
[edit]- ^ Bukva, V. (1984). "Demodex foveolator sp. n. (Acari: Demodicidae), a new epidermis-dwelling parasite of Crocidura suaveolens". Folia Parasitologica. 31 (1): 42–52.