Demodicidae

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, Zootaxa 1392, pp. 31-68 : 46

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.5281/zenodo.273680
DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6374230
persistent identifier	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/E5278780-FFE2-FFD9-FF3B-5BB9FCECFF62
treatment provided by	Plazi
scientific name	Demodicidae
status

Treatment

Family Demodicidae—follicle mites

Demodicidae live in sebaceous glands and hair follicles of mammals (Nutting 1985). The species diversity for the Park is poorly represented by the two species below.

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Taxonomy

Kingdom	Animalia
Phylum	Arthropoda
Class	Arachnida
Order	Actinedida
Family	Demodicidae

Specimens

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