- with 15
species grouped in six genera.
Knemidokoptes mutans - also
known as the
scaly leg mite
Knemidokoptes pilae -
scaly face mite Mullen, Gary; Durden...
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affects many
other bird species. It is
caused by
mites in the
genus Knemidokoptes which burrow into the bird's flesh. The
tunnels made by the
mites within...
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Knemidokoptes mutans, also
known as the
scaly leg mite, is a
species of mite. It was
described by
Robin and
Lanquentin in 1859.
There are no
listed subspecies...
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Knemidokoptes pilae is a mite
which parasitises the
beaks of psittacines,
particularly budgerigars,
causing a
mange known as 'scaly face'. K.
pilae are...
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confluenta and
Ornithomya anchineuria or of
certain mites, such as
Knemidokoptes jamaicensis,
which produces scabies. The white-breasted
nuthatch is...
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Other common sarcoptic mites are in the
genus Notoedres, and the
genus Knemidokoptes (or Cnemidocoptes)
which infest birds.
Sarcoptic mites as
adults are...
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opportunistic feeding upon the
tissues or
excretions of BFDV-affected parrots.
Knemidokoptes mites have
recently been
shown to
concentrate BFDV
within their faeces...
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importance to
livestock are in the
genus Knemidokoptes (or Cnemidocoptes)
which infest birds.
Knemidokoptes gallinae, the
depluming itch mite of poultry...
- Schoutedenapus. In 1970, the
parasitologist Alex Fain
described the mite
species Knemidokoptes derooi ,
which causes beak
mange in the
African palm swift. In 1972...
