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MITE DIAGRAM WITH STRUCTURES LABELED

Harry D. Pratt

\------chelicera

1--..............,......-+--"'2IE--~"--tritosternum

4H~;;;;1""~:T---- sternal plate

\::;\-\--- peritreme

Eot--+--~,plr-"'spiracle

tarsus---+­

genito - ventral
plate
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MITES: PICTORlAL KEY TO SOME COMMON SPECIES OF PUBLIC HEALTH IMPORTANCE

Harold George Scott and Chester J. Stojanovich
I
~ilh latel'tll spirorles and pf'ritff'me without latf'ral spirs("les or perilff'me

U. S. DI'AUMIMT 0' NIALTN. IDUCATION, AND WIL'''''

'"Lle HULTM "IVICI. C _..... W.DI_.. c.....
"'t""".~iII
1963

ito·vcnu... ) pl.uc:

I . I I
anal openlllp: at anal openin,: a' fira. pair of le",1 .hor.
reur of anal plate fron. of anal pla.e

dor.al .hield undivided do .. al ohield divided

CLOVER MITE

,
Bryobia praetiola

wilh club be.ween 'ego I & II wilhou. les. I & II

CHICKEN MITE IlOUSE MOUSE MITE

Dermanyssus gallinae Dermanyuus languineus

genito-ventral plate genito-ventral plate

narrowed posteriorly expanded poo.eriorly

STRAW ITCH MITE

-----M Pyemotes ventricosus
body oval wilh fine line. body o.ronl(ly elonga.e body lomewha. eloR/IIa.e
abdomen with fine linea abdomen withoul lines

TROPICAL RAT MITE SPINY RAT MITE ITCH MITE FOLLICLE MITE A CHEESE MITE
Ornith~nz"_us bacoti EchillOlaelap. echidninu. Sarcoptes acabiei Demodex folliculorum Tyrophagul lintneri
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MITES: KEY TO SOME SPECIES COMMONLY INFESTING HOUSEHOLDS AND STORED FOOD
Harold George Scott

1. With club-like hair between bases af legs I and II •..•• • ••.•.•••• " . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
Without club·like hair between bases of legs I and II • . . . . • • • • . • • • • • • • • • • . . • • • • • •• 2

2. Claws, if present, not on stalks (G/ycyphagus domesticus, formerly •••••••••• • •.••.•.•

G/yciphagus prunorum) . •.... • . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . •.••.••••••••• SUGAR MITE

Claws on stalks . • . . . . . . . • . . • . . . . . . • . . • .•.••.•••••• • • • ..• • . • •••••••. 3

3. Internal apical hair (on joint between femur I and tibia I) less
than three times as long as external apical hair. . . . • . • • • • • • • . . . • • • • • • • . • • • • . .• 4
Internal apical hair (on joint between femur I and tibia I) more
than three times as long as external apical hair (Acarus farinae,
formerly Tyrog/yphus farinae) . • . . • . • • • • . • .• . ...•••••••••••••••••• HAM MITE

Acarus farinae

4. Tarsus with one stout dorsal and five small ventral terminal spines
(Acarus siro, formerly Tyroglyphus siro) • • • . . • . • . • • • . • • • • . • • • • • • • • GRAIN MITE
Tarsus with only three small ventral spines (Tyrophagus castellani,
formerly Tyroglyphus /ongior) . . . • . . . . . . . . . • . . . . . . • . • . • • • . . • . •• CHEESE MITE

T yrophagus castellani

5. Tarsus IV of female ending in claws and a fleShy protuberance; leg

IV of male smoothly curved inwards (Pyemotes ventricosus, formerly
Pedicu/oides ventricosus) ...•..••.• • .•.•••• • •••••••••••••• STRAW ITCH MITE
Tarsus IV of female ending in two 19n9 hairs of unequal length; leg
IV of male sharply bent (Tarsonemus florico/us) • • . • • • • • • • • •• FlORICOlUS GRAIN MITE

Pyemotes ventricosus
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MITES: PICTORIAL KEY TO ADULT FEMALES

COMMONLY FOUND ON DOMESTIC RATS IN SOUTHERN UNITED STATES

Harry D. Pratt and Chester J. Stojanovich

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fir.' anti u ..ft.d roxa,. "'id.. I~· up.raltd (ro,. Ihird and (ourth
t>. . . . e .11 four roxar ul ,.Iotr IOllrthc-r

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,a'pi lUGf'. with 2 pf'fOlina'f' ,a'pi 'llftr, Imall• • ilhoul puti •• le dor.. 1 "lield IUllle, _railo-venlnl dor.. 1 shirld ..... 11 . fi[C'nilo'Yrnlnl
uUf'. lip of .hdom,," utu. lip of .bdomeA plalf' uluall, •• panded pO'leriorl, plale .. arrow pos'f'riorly
wit".y, % In __ ''''ar .ilh 2 10 •• ulae

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donal .hield u .. divided dor.. 1 shield dhlde"

Ornithonyui& bacol; D~rmanyJJSu, ,anguin~'u

anal plair _ilh 3 a.. tat"

Rtltlfordia rn,ifna Myobia spedes Macrochrll'o spede.

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II... UO-Yf·ntnl plalf' wilh .... y n.e HIM ,rnile.yenlral plate witt. one pair of ,rl.e pe'nilo-""ntnl plate' .i." (our pain of ulu

I
(e.ur •• d tibia of ut':o.d Ie..... a.d libi • •( let'ond lIf'nito-U'nIU' plale lI~nito·u .. tnl platt"
leK wil"o.' Iloa' .pinea le_ uC'h .ith a 110ul I,i.~ ('o.('a"e pOllf'riorly f'0."f'1I. po_luio,I,

Harmolarlap. glaogOVli Androlarlapl .rlOJu, Echinolal'lapl I'chidninul Larlapo Ruttalli