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Demodex leucogasteri

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Species of mite

Demodex leucogasteri
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Trombidiformes
Family: Demodecidae
Genus: Demodex
Species: D. leucogasteri
Binomial name
Demodex leucogasteri
Hughes & Nutting, 1981

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

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.
Taxon identifiers
Demodex leucogasteri


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