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| Also known as:

| Ear canker mite

|name              = Psoroptes

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|kingdom            = Animalia

| Predilection site

|phylum            = [[:Category:Arthropods|Arthropoda]]

| Ears

|class              = [[:Category:Arachnida|Arachnida]]

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|order              = Sarcoptiformes

|super-family      =

|family            = Psoroptidae

|sub-family        =

|genus              = Psoroptes

|species            = ''Psoroptes cuniculi                                                                                 

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[[Image:Psoroptes cuniculi.jpg|150px|thumb|right|'''Psoroptes cuniculi (Copyright Joel Mills, Wikimedia Commons) ''']]

[[Image:Psoroptes cuniculi.jpg|150px|thumb|right|'''Psoroptes cuniculi (Sourced from Joel Mills, Wikimedia Commons) ''']]

Psoroptes cuniculi is a non-burrowing parasite, seen worldwide. It is found on the ears of the infected host, is generally seen in relatively small amounts.  However, occassionally they will proliferate and the infection will become severe leading, resulting in mange.

''Psoroptes cuniculi'' is a [[:Category:Non-Burrowing Mites|non-burrowing parasite]], of the class ''Arachnida'' and is seen worldwide. It is found on the ears of the infected host and is generally seen in relatively small amounts.  However, occasionally they will proliferate and the infection will become severe resulting in [[Psoroptic Mange|mange]]. In rabbits, they cause [[Mites – Rabbit#Psoroptiasis|Ear Canker]].

===Life Cycle===

==Hosts==

The egg hatches forming an hexapod larvae. The larvae then moults forming a protonymph, which further moults to form a tritonymph, which then moults to become an adult.  Each stage takes around two days, totalling to an approximate 10 day life cycle.

Commonly of rabbits, but also seen in goats, sheep and horses.

===Identification===

==Identification==

Adults mite grow up to around 0.75mm in length.  The legs are long and jointed, bearing suckers on the ends. The adults also have very characteristic pointed mouthparts.

Adults mite grow up to around 0.75mm in length.  The legs are long and jointed, bearing suckers on the ends on pairs 1, 2, and 4 in the female and 1, 2, and 3 in the male. The adults also have very characteristic pointed mouthparts.

It is highly likely that ''P. cuniculi'' is simply an adaptation of the species ''[[Psoroptes ovis]]''.

It is highly likely that ''P. cuniculi'' is simply an adaptation of the species ''[[Psoroptes ovis]]''.

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[[Category:Rabbit Parasites]]

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