Morphology

MORPHOLOGY - SARCOPTES

  • Globose
  • Striac of skin interrupted by scaly spinose areas
  • Legs short
  • Tarsi of 1, 2, 4- male & 1, 2 - female (Bell shaped suckers), the rest end in bristles
  • Pedicels unsegmented
  • Third & 4th pair of legs do not project beyond margin of body
  • Dorsal surface covered with fine grooves

sarcoptes

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