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Sarcoptidae
Sign in to saveThe Sarcoptidae family of mites contains the genus Sarcoptes. Sarcoptic mange is caused by burrowing mites within this genus.
Species
FAMILY
- KingdomAnimalia
- PhylumArthropoda
- ClassArachnida
- OrderSarcoptiformes
- FamilySarcoptidae
Observations recorded12,153
via GBIF
Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 564
- With media
- 198
- Family
- Sarcoptidae
- Collections
- UHIM, YPM, TTU
- Recorded in
- United States, Australia
Research
1,069 papers- Clinical practice guidelines for the diagnosis and treatment of scabies.International journal of dermatology · 2024
- Ectoparasites: Scabies.Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology · 2020
- Immune mechanisms in human Sarcoptes scabiei (Acari: Sarcoptidae) infestations.Parasite immunology · 2022
- The current available diagnostic tools and treatments of scabies and scabies variants: An updated narrative review.Medicine · 2023
- Scabies: An updated review from epidemiology to current controversies and future perspectives.Travel medicine and infectious disease · 2025
via PubMed
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- taxon
- Parent taxon
- Sarcoptiformes
- Image
- Sarcoptes scabei 2.jpg
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- family
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- Sarcoptidae
- taxon name
- Sarcoptidae
- topic's main category
- Category:Sarcoptidae
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Encyclopedic overview
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The Sarcoptidae family of mites contains the genus Sarcoptes. Sarcoptic mange is caused by burrowing mites within this genus.
==References==
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Sarcoptidae” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.