. Mites injurious to domestic animals (with an appendix on the acarine disease of hive bees). Mites; Veterinary medicine; Bees. Mites hijurious to Domestic Animals. 91 have been found on rabbits, but little is known about tbe structure or habits of this mite. Some of the mites of the genus Laelafs, C. L. Koch, are parasitic on rodents, moles, and other small mammals. One species (X. ecMdninus, Berlese, fig. 71) is parasitic on the brown rat and, like its host, is probably cosmopolitan ; another species {L. nuttalli, Hirst) is common both on the black rat and brown rat in tropical regions. The
. Mites injurious to domestic animals (with an appendix on the acarine disease of hive bees). Mites; Veterinary medicine; Bees. Mites hijurious to Domestic Animals. 91 have been found on rabbits, but little is known about tbe structure or habits of this mite. Some of the mites of the genus Laelafs, C. L. Koch, are parasitic on rodents, moles, and other small mammals. One species (X. ecMdninus, Berlese, fig. 71) is parasitic on the brown rat and, like its host, is probably cosmopolitan ; another species {L. nuttalli, Hirst) is common both on the black rat and brown rat in tropical regions. The species of HdciDOf/aiiiasiis, Berlese, suck the. Fig. 7(i. Sternostomum rhynolethrum (p. 92). —Female from below. (After Berlese.) blood of various small mammals such as moles, field mice, etc. ; and one species (H. oudemansi, Hirst) is found on the brown rat in this country. Genus Bntlliefia, Trouessart, 1902. Raillietia amis, Leidy, 1872. (Figs 72-74.) In general appearance this mite resembles a Dermanyssus or Lipomjssus. Second .leg of male very characteristic, being armed. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Hirst, Stanley, d. 1930. London, Printed by order of the Trustees
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