Psoroptes
Psoroptes
Taxonomy
- Kingdom Animalia
- Phylum Arthropoda
- Class Arachnida
- Order Astigmata
- Family Psoroptidae
Final host
Equidae, ruminants and leporidae
Morphology
Adults: ova-bodied (≈ 0.4-0.7 mm), non-burrowing, astigmatic mites with a pointed gnathosoma The legs are long (the two hind pairs are visible from above) The pedicels are three-jointed and bear funnel-shaped suckers (pulvilli) Males have a pair of copulatory suckers, which engage the copulatory tubicles of the female deutonymph
Cycle
Direct All developmental stages (egg, larva, nymphal stages and adults) occur on the same host
Location
Skin surface
Feeding
Lymph and skin desquamated cells
Diagnostic
Larvae, nymphs and adults
Transmission
Larvae, nymphs and adults