Definition of Genus Sarcoptes

1. Noun. Type genus of the family Sarcoptidae: itch mites.

Exact synonyms: Sarcoptes
Generic synonyms: Arthropod Genus
Group relationships: Family Sarcoptidae, Sarcoptidae
Member holonyms: Itch Mite, Sarcoptid

Lexicographical Neighbors of Genus Sarcoptes

genus Sanicula
genus Sansevieria
genus Santalum
genus Santolina
genus Sanvitalia
genus Sapindus
genus Saponaria
genus Saprolegnia
genus Sarcobatus
genus Sarcocephalus
genus Sarcochilus
genus Sarcocystis
genus Sarcodes
genus Sarcophaga
genus Sarcophilus
genus Sarcoptes (current term)
genus Sarcorhamphus
genus Sarcostemma
genus Sarda
genus Sardina
genus Sardinia
genus Sardinops
genus Sarracenia
genus Satureia
genus Satureja
genus Saturnia
genus Sauromalus
genus Saurosuchus

Literary usage of Genus Sarcoptes

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Sessional Papers by Canada Parliament (1905)
"Of the genus Sarcoptes there are several species, two only of which, however, affect mammals, viz., the Sarcoptes of scabies and the dwarf Sarcoptes. ..."

2. Medical and Veterinary Entomology: A Textbook for Use in Schools and by William Brodbeck Herms (1915)
"The mange or itch mites belong to the genus Sarcoptes, have very short legs, the posterior pair not extending beyond the margin of the nearly circular body ..."

3. A Descriptive Catalogue of the New Sydenham Society's Atlas of Portraits of by New Sydenham Society, Jonathan Hutchinson (1869)
"Thus it seems pretty certain that man affords a congenial home only to the genus Sarcoptes, all the forms of which burrow in the skin. ..."

4. Guide to the Study of Insects, and a Treatise on Those Injurious and by Alpheus Spring Packard (1870)
"The Itch mite belongs to the. genus Sarcoptes, in which the body is rounded ovate, with needle-like mandibles, and with short three-jointed legs. ..."

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