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Acomatacarus

Acomatacarus is a genus of mites in the family Trombiculidae. The larvae are parasitic. Species are called also chiggers, scrub itch-mite. The genus includes Acomatacarus arizonensis (lizards), Acomatacarus australiensis (humans, dogs), Acomatacarus galli (chickens, mice, rats, rabbits).

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4 branches of this genus, most-observed first

Acomatacarus arizonensis

speciesAcomatacarus arizonensis

Acomatacarus brevicalcar

speciesAcomatacarus brevicalcar

Acomatacarus polychaetus

speciesAcomatacarus polychaetus

Acomatacarus whartoni

speciesAcomatacarus whartoni

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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 249809.