Epidermoptidae

Epidermoptidae
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Arachnida
Subclass: Acari
Order: Sarcoptiformes
(unranked): Astigmatina
Superfamily: Analgoidea
Family: Epidermoptidae
Trouessart, 1892
Genera include

Dermation
Epidermoptes
Microlichus
Passeroptes
Rivoltasia
Strelkoviacarus

Epidermoptidae is a family of acariform mites. They live as parasites on the skin of birds and mammals. They thrive in warm, damp areas of the skin (several species are nostril specialists).

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