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Sarcoptes
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Species
GENUS
- KingdomAnimalia
- PhylumArthropoda
- ClassArachnida
- OrderSarcoptiformes
- FamilySarcoptidae
via GBIF
Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 40
- With media
- 10
- Family
- Sarcoptidae
- Collections
- USNM, FCB-UANL, OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY ACAROLOGY LABORATORY, COLUMBUS, OH (OSAL), RBINS-SCIENTIFIC HERITAGE
- Recorded in
- United States, Mexico, Canada, Peru
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- taxon
- Parent taxon
- Sarcoptidae
- Image
- Sarcoptes scabei 2.jpg
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- taxon name
- Sarcoptes
- taxon rank
- genus
- topic's main category
- Category:Sarcoptes
- Commons category
- Sarcoptes
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Encyclopedic overview
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- References
Sarcoptes is a genus of mites.
In some contexts, the types are all considered subordinate to Sarcoptes scabiei. Sarcoptes scabiei var. bovis S. s. var. canis S. s. var. caprae S. s. var. equi S. s. var. hominis S. s. var. ovis S. s. var. suis
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