| Yunkeracarus | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Arachnida |
| Subclass: | Acari |
| Order: | Sarcoptiformes |
| Family: | Gastronyssidae |
| Genus: | Yunkeracarus Fain, 1957 |
| Species include | |
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Yunkeracarus ascanicus | |
Yunkeracarus is a genus of mites belonging to the family Gastronyssidae. They live exclusively in the nostrils of rodents. Females can be recognized by the small transparent scales covering the body, males by the lack of copulatory suckers.
References
- The occurrence of the genus Yunkeracarus in North America (Acarina: Epidermoptidae). Kerwin E. Hyland Jr & David T. Clark. Acarologia vol I
| Taxon identifiers | |
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| Yunkeracarus | |
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