A New Demodecidae Mite (Acariformes: Prostigmata) Parasitizing the Raccoon Procyon lotor (Carnivora: Procyonidae), an Invasive Species in Europe †
Joanna N Izdebska, Leszek Rolbiecki, Katarzyna Faleńczyk-Koziróg, Dariusz J Gwiazdowicz, Tetsuo Gotoh · 2025
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Description
Joanna Izdebska and co-authors name a new skin mite found on raccoons in Europe in a 2025 paper. The raccoon is a foreign guest turned pest on the continent, and it may bring its own pests with it or pick up new ones.
Skin mites of one family live their whole lives on one kind of host, so they make a neat tracer of where a host has been. Tests on three raccoons found a mite new to science in their skin. Its shape and its place on the body match mites seen on raccoons in their home range, not those of European beasts. The team reads it as the raccoon's own mite, the first of its family drawn from the raccoon's kin group.
Catalog record
| CREATOR | Joanna N Izdebska, Leszek Rolbiecki, Katarzyna Faleńczyk-Koziróg, Dariusz J Gwiazdowicz, Tetsuo Gotoh |
|---|---|
| YEAR | 2025 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 20 KB |
| VERSION | 1.0 |
| LICENSE | CC BY 4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |