A New Stubby Species of Demodectic Mite (Acari: Demodicidae) From the Domestic Dog (Canidae)

2018/01/04 by Tatsushi MORITA, Aki OHMI, Akihito Kiwaki +2 · 1 citation
Agricultural and Biological Sciences · Medicine · #Acari #Biology #Canis #Demodex #Dermatological diseases and infestations #Ecology #Insect and Pesticide Research #Mite #Study of Mite Species #Veterinary medicine #Zoology

paper · doi:10.1093/jme/tjx226

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Abstract

A new species of Demodex was detected in the earwax of a dog with otitis externa in Saitama Prefecture, Japan, in July 2010. The opisthosoma length of the mite was slightly shorter than 1/2 of its body length, which was different from the other species in domestic dogs, D. canis and D. injai, but was similar to the form of mites termed "short-bodied species", including D. cornei. However, the stubby external form was morphologically different from those of "short-bodied species", excluding a case without a species description reported from Greece. Among known species, the mite was similar to D. equi and D. acutipes.

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