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Dermatophagoides
Sign in to saveAlso known as HDM, the house dust mite genus, house dust mite
Dermatophagoides is a genus of mites in the family Pyroglyphidae.
Species
GENUS
- KingdomAnimalia
- PhylumArthropoda
- ClassArachnida
- OrderSarcoptiformes
- FamilyPyroglyphidae
Observations recorded2,048
via GBIF
Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 636
- With media
- 4
- Family
- Pyroglyphidae
- Collections
- RBINS-SCIENTIFIC HERITAGE
- Recorded in
- Netherlands, French Polynesia, Singapore, Cuba, Malaysia
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- taxon
- Parent taxon
- Pyroglyphidae
- Image
- House Dust Mite.jpg
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- taxon rank
- genus
- taxon name
- Dermatophagoides
- Commons category
- Dermatophagoides
- topic's main category
- Category:Dermatophagoides
- partially coincident with
- house dust mites
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Encyclopedic overview
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Dermatophagoides is a genus of mites in the family Pyroglyphidae.
Six species are accepted in this genus: Dermatophagoides evansi Dermatophagoides farinae Dermatophagoides microceras Dermatophagoides passericola Dermatophagoides pteronyssinus Dermatophagoides scheremetewskyi
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Dermatophagoides” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.