Myobia musculi

Myobia musculi
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Arachnida
Subclass: Acari
Order: Trombidiformes
Suborder: Prostigmata
Family: Myobiidae
Genus: Myobia
Species: M. musculi
Binomial name
Myobia musculi
(Schranck, 1781)

Myobia musculi is a type of fur mite. It can infest mice and, rarely, other rodents.[1]

References

  1. Sanford H. Feldman & Abraham M. Ntenda (2011). "Phylogenetic analysis of Myobia musculi (Schranck, 1781) by using the 18S small ribosomal subunit sequence". Comparative Medicine 61 (6): 484–491. PMC 3236689. PMID 22330574.


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