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Definition of Genus Sarcoptes
1. Noun. Type genus of the family Sarcoptidae: itch mites.
Generic synonyms: Arthropod Genus
Group relationships: Family Sarcoptidae, Sarcoptidae
Member holonyms: Itch Mite, Sarcoptid
Lexicographical Neighbors of Genus Sarcoptes
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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