Psoroptes- Morphology

PSOROPTES - MORPHOLOGY

  • Body oval
  • No dorsal spines
  • No vertical setae on dorsum of Propodosoma
  • Legs are longer and project beyond margin of body
  • Bell shaped suckers (caruncles) on stalks (pedicels) on the tarsi of fore or all the legs 
  • The pedicels of tarsal suckers are long and composed of 3 segments in Psoroptes
  • Aus is terminal
  • Male has adanal sucker (Copulatory discs)
  • Posterior margin of abdomen of male prolonged into lobes
  • Prominent in Psoroptes and Chorioptes
  • Not prominent is Otodectes

Ventral_view_of_female_psoroptes_mite

Last modified: Wednesday, 11 May 2011, 9:59 AM