''Myobia'' is a genus of
mite
Mites are small arachnids (eight-legged arthropods) of two large orders, the Acariformes and the Parasitiformes, which were historically grouped together in the subclass Acari. However, most recent genetic analyses do not recover the two as eac ...
s that live in the fur of
rodent
Rodents (from Latin , 'to gnaw') are mammals of the Order (biology), order Rodentia ( ), which are characterized by a single pair of continuously growing incisors in each of the upper and Mandible, lower jaws. About 40% of all mammal specie ...
s, and contains the following species:
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Myobia agraria''
Gorissen & Lukoschus, 1982 – found on ''
Apodemus agrarius''
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Myobia annae''
Haitlinger, 1987 – found on ''
Apodemus mystacinus''
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Myobia apomyos''
Uchikawa, OConnor & Klompen, 1991 – found on ''
Apomys littoralis''
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Myobia malaysiensis''
Fain, Lukoschus & Nadchatram, 1980
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Myobia musculi
''Myobia musculi'' is a type of fur mite which is found worldwide. It can infest mice and, rarely, other rodents. Like all mites the ''Myobia musculi'' mite has four pairs of legs but the first pair are very short, as an adaptation
In bi ...
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( Schranck, 1781)
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Myobia machadoi''
Fain, 1972
References
Trombidiformes
Taxa named by Carl von Heyden
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