Demodex ponderosus
Appearance
Demodex ponderosus | |
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Subphylum: | Chelicerata |
Class: | Arachnida |
Order: | Trombidiformes |
Family: | Demodecidae |
Genus: | Demodex |
Species: | D. ponderosus
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Binomial name | |
Demodex ponderosus Izdebska & Rolbiecki, 2014
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Demodex ponderosus is a hair follicle mite found on thinly haired regions (tail and paws) of the brown rat, Rattus norvegicus.[1]
References
[edit]- ^ Izdebska, Joanna N.; Rolbiecki, Leszek (2014). "New species of Demodex (Acari: Demodecidae) with data on parasitism and occurrence of other demodicids of Rattus norvegicus (Rodentia, Muridae)". Annals of the Entomological Society of America. 107 (4): 740–747. doi:10.1603/AN13123. S2CID 86033170.