Definition of Acarus. Meaning of Acarus. Synonyms of Acarus

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Definition of Acarus

Acarus
Acarus Ac"a*rus, n.; pl. Acari. [NL., from Gr. ? the cheese mite, tick.] (Zo["o]l.) A genus including many species of small mites.

Meaning of Acarus from wikipedia

- Acarus is a genus of mites in the family Acaridae. Acarus ananas (Tryon, 1898) Acarus beschkovi (Mitov, 1994) Acarus bomiensis Wang, 1982 Acarus calcarabellus...
- The flour mite, Acarus siro, a pest of stored grains and animal feedstuffs, is one of many species of grain and flour mites. An older name for the species...
- was produced using Tyrophagus casei mites, while Mimolette cheese used Acarus siro mites (also known as flour mites). Mimolette cheese, in particular...
- was first described by Franz von Paula Schrank in 1781, under the name Acarus putrescentiae. This original description covered both a mite and a springtail...
- Naturae, where it appeared as Acarus ricinus. Pierre André Latreille split the new genus Ixodes from Linnaeus' Acarus (which at that time contained all...
- could find shelter. Crosse identified them as being members of the genus Acarus. Puzzled, Crosse mentioned the incident to a couple of friends. A local...
- Simon gave a full report of the appearance of D. folliculorum, naming it Acarus folliculorum. The following year, 1843, the genus was named Demodex by English...
- penetrans Acarus elephantinus Acarus aegyptius – Hyalomma aegyptium Acarus reduvius, Acarus ricinus & Acarus sanguisugus – Ixodes ricinus Acarus americ****...
- There are several acarid genera with cosmopolitan distributions, such as Acarus, Sanc****ania and Tyrophagus. Acaridae live in various habitats and have...
- indicates where the species is normally found; Blue indicates other locations where the species has been reported Synonyms Acarus americ**** Linnaeus, 1758...