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Demodex phylloides Czokor

Description

Demodex phylloides Czokor

Ex Sus scrofa (feral hog): NC, Swain Co. 1979–1980 (Smith et al. 1982).

Demodex phylloides is a host specific parasite of hogs and can cause skin lesions (Nutting 1976, 1985) Demodex folliculorum (Simon)

Ex Homo sapiens (human): NC, Swain Co., Oconaluftee Visitor Center, 3 Jan. 2002, W. K. Reeves, L­ 3025.

Demodex folliculorum is one of two species of Demodex of humans.

Notes

Published as part of Reeves, Will K., Durden, Lance A., Ritzi, Christopher M., Beckham, Katy R., Super, Paul E & Oconnor, Barry M., 2007, Ectoparasites and other ectosymbiotic arthropods of vertebrates in the Great Smoky Mountains National Park, USA, pp. 31-68 in Zootaxa 1392 on page 47, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.273680

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Biodiversity

Scientific name authorship
Czokor
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Order
Prostigmata
Family
Demodecidae
Genus
Demodex
Species
phylloides
Taxon rank
species