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{{Taxobox
|name = Psoroptes
|kingdom = Animalia
|phylum = Arthropoda
|class = Arachnida
|sub-class = Acari
|order = Sarcoptiformes
|super-family =
|family = Psoroptidae
|sub-family =
|genus = Psoroptes
|species =
}}
''Psoroptes'' is an oval shaped, astigmatic, non-burrowing mite, causing [[Psoroptic Mange|psoroptic skin infestation]] in cattle, sheep, horses and rabbits. The most common species of Psoroptes seen within the UK are ''[[Psoroptes ovis]]'', and ''[[Psoroptes cuniculi]]''.
''Psoroptes'' is an oval shaped, astigmatic, non-burrowing mite, causing [[Psoroptic Mange|psoroptic skin infestation]] in cattle, sheep, horses and rabbits. The most common species of Psoroptes seen within the UK are ''[[Psoroptes ovis]]'', and ''[[Psoroptes cuniculi]]''.
[[Image:Psoroptes cuniculi.jpg|150px|thumb|right|'''Psoroptes cuniculi (Copyright Joel Mills, Wikimedia Commons) ''']]
[[Image:Psoroptes cuniculi.jpg|150px|thumb|right|'''Psoroptes cuniculi (Copyright Joel Mills, Wikimedia Commons) ''']]