| Knemidokoptes pilae | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Chelicerata |
| Class: | Arachnida |
| Order: | Sarcoptiformes |
| Family: | Epidermoptidae |
| Genus: | Knemidokoptes |
| Species: | K. pilae
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| Binomial name | |
| Knemidokoptes pilae Lavoipierre & Griffiths (1951)
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Knemidokoptes pilae is a mite which parasitises the beaks of psittacines, particularly budgerigars, causing a mange known as 'scaly face'.[1][2]
- ^ William Brodbeck Herms, Maurice T James and Robert F Harwood, Herms's Medical Entomology, 6th ed. New York: Macmillan, 1969, OCLC 22726, p. 371.
- ^ Dwight D. Bowman and Jay R. Georgi, Georgi's Parasitology for Veterinarians, 9th ed. St. Louis, Missouri: Saunders/Elsevier, 2009, ISBN 9781416044123, p. 67.