Demodex cyonis | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Subphylum: | Chelicerata |
Class: | Arachnida |
Order: | Trombidiformes |
Family: | Demodecidae |
Genus: | Demodex |
Species: | D. cyonis
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Binomial name | |
Demodex cyonis Morita, Ohmi, Kiwaki, Ike & Nagata, 2018[1]
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Demodex cyonis is a species of Demodex mite first circumscribed in 2018 after being detected in the earwax of a dog with otitis externa in Saitama Prefecture, Japan, in July 2010.[1] It was determined to be a new species based on morphological characters including its opisthosoma length being shorter than one-half its body length, differentiating it from the other species in domestic dogs, D. canis and D. injai, and similar “short-bodied species” such as D. cornei. It is morphologically most similar to D. equi and D. acutipes.[1] The specific epithet cyonis is derived from the Greek word for domestic dog, κύων, the first observed host animal.[1]