| Demodex folliculorum | |
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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. folliculorum
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| Binomial name | |
| Demodex folliculorum (Simon, 1842)
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Demodex folliculorum is a microscopic mite that can survive only on the skin of humans.[2][3] Most people have D. folliculorum on their skin. Usually, the mites do not cause any harm, so are considered an example of commensalism rather than parasitism;[4] but they can cause disease, known as demodicosis.[5]
- ^ Simon, Gustav (1842). "Ueber eine in den kranken und normalen Haarsäcken des Menschen lebende Milbe" [About a mite that lives in the diseased and normal hair sacs of humans]. Archiv für Anatomie, Physiologie und Wissenschaftliche Medicin (in German). 1842: 231.
- ^ Thoemmes, Megan S.; Fergus, Daniel J.; Urban, Julie; Trautwein, Michelle; Dunn, Robert R. (27 August 2014). "Ubiquity and diversity of human-associated Demodex mites". PLOS ONE. 9 (8): e106265. Bibcode:2014PLoSO...9j6265T. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0106265. PMC 4146604. PMID 25162399.
- ^ "Meet The Mites That Live on Your Face". NPR.org. 21 May 2019. Retrieved 23 May 2019.
- ^ Lacey, N; Ní Raghallaigh, S; Powell, FC (2011). "Demodex mites – commensals, parasites or mutualistic organisms?". Dermatology. 222 (2): 128–30. doi:10.1159/000323009. PMID 21228556.
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