Demodex foveolator

Demodex foveolator is a hair follicle mite found in epidermal pits of the lesser white-toothed shrew, Crocidura suaveolens.

Demodex foveolator
Scientific classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Trombidiformes
Family: Demodecidae
Genus: Demodex
Species:
D. foveolator
Binomial name
Demodex foveolator
Bukva, 1984

It is known from shrews caught in south Bohemia, former Czechoslovakia.

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