Demodex ponderosus is a hair follicle mite found on thinly haired regions (tail and paws) of the brown rat, Rattus norvegicus.[1]
| Demodex ponderosus | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Chelicerata |
| Class: | Arachnida |
| Order: | Trombidiformes |
| Family: | Demodecidae |
| Genus: | Demodex |
| Species: | D. ponderosus
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| Binomial name | |
| Demodex ponderosus Izdebska & Rolbiecki, 2014
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References
edit- ^ Izdebska, Joanna N.; Rolbiecki, Leszek (2014). "New species of Demodex (Acari: Demodecidae) with data on parasitism and occurrence of other demodicids of Rattus norvegicus (Rodentia, Muridae)". Annals of the Entomological Society of America. 107 (4): 740–747. doi:10.1603/AN13123. S2CID 86033170.