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Epidermoptidae
Sign in to saveEpidermoptidae is a family of acariform mites. They live as parasites on the skin of birds and mammals. They thrive in warm, damp areas of the skin (several species are nostril specialists).
Species
FAMILY
- KingdomAnimalia
- PhylumArthropoda
- ClassArachnida
- OrderSarcoptiformes
- FamilyEpidermoptidae
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Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 38
- With media
- 13
- Family
- Epidermoptidae
- Collections
- UHIM, OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY ACAROLOGY LABORATORY, COLUMBUS, OH (OSAL), SAMA
- Recorded in
- United States, Australia
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- Parent taxon
- Sarcoptiformes
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- Epidermoptidae
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Epidermoptidae is a family of acariform mites. They live as parasites on the skin of birds and mammals. They thrive in warm, damp areas of the skin (several species are nostril specialists).
==Genera== The following genera are recognised in the family Epidermoptidae: Apocnemidocoptes Archemyialges Congocoptes Epidermoptes Evansacarus Hemimyialges Knemidokoptes Metamicrolichus Micnemidocoptes Microlichus Myialges Neocnemidocoptes Otocoptoides Pelicanoptes Picicnemidocoptes Procnemidocoptes Promyialges Rallepidermoptes Rhamphocoptes
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Epidermoptidae” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.