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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Chelicerata |
| Class: | Arachnida |
| Order: | Sarcoptiformes |
| Family: | Epidermoptidae |
| Subfamily: | Knemidokoptinae |
| Genus: | Knemidokoptes Fürstenberg, 1870 |
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Knemidokoptes is a genus of parasitic mites in the family Epidermoptidae that infect the skin or feather follicles of birds, especially gallinaceous birds (chickens, pheasants, and relatives) as well as parakeets and canaries. Infection commonly causes scaly lesions to form at the face or feet, which is known as knemidocoptiasis.
It was formerly placed in the family Knemidokoptidae, which is now treated as a subfamily with 15 species grouped in six genera.
Species
- Knemidokoptes mutans - also known as the scaly leg mite
- Knemidokoptes pilae - scaly face mite
References
- Mullen, Gary; Durden, Lance, eds. (2002). Medical and veterinary entomology. San Diego, Calif.: Academic Press/Elsevier. pp. 485–486. ISBN 9780080536071.
- Bowman, Dwight D. (2009). Georgis' parasitology for veterinarians (9th ed.). St. Louis, Mo.: Saunders/Elsevier. p. 67. ISBN 978-1416044123.
- Dabert, J; Mihalca, AD; Sándor, AD (2011). "The first report of Knemidocoptes intermedius Fain et Macfarlane, 1967 (Acari: Astigmata) in naturally infected European birds". Parasitol. Res. 109 (237–240): 237–240. doi:10.1007/s00436-011-2390-8. PMID 21503637. S2CID 20928414.
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