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Parasitellus
Parasitellus (bumblebee mites) is a genus of 11 Parasitidae mite species, formerly in Parasitus, obligate associates of Bombus nests in the Holarctic; deutonymphs disperse phoretically on queens, females feed on pollen, other stages prey on nest arthropods.
Parasitidae
Parasitidae, also historically equated with Gamasidae, is a family of predatory soil mites in Mesostigmata, superfamily Parasitoidea, with subfamilies Parasitinae and Pergamasinae, phoretic deutonymphs on insects, and unstable generic taxonomy.
Peptidase 1 (mite)
Peptidase 1 (mite), or Der p 1, is the major papain-like cysteine protease allergen of Dermatophagoides pteronyssinus feces; over 80% of house dust mite-allergic patients are sensitized, and it anchors diagnosis, exposure measurement, and immunotherapy dosing.
Personal protection against tick bites
Personal protection against tick bites covers skin-applied repellents, protective clothing, and tick checks. These measures are essential because transmission of bacterial pathogens increases based on attachment duration.
Phthiracaroidea
Phthiracaroidea is a superfamily of ptyctimous oribatid mites, soil arachnids that retract their legs and seal shut into a seed-like capsule, with more than 800 described species living in leaf litter worldwide.
Phytoseiidae
Phytoseiidae, phytoseiid or predatory mites (Mesostigmata), a family of small mites that prey on spider mites, thrips, and pollen; key biocontrol agents including Phytoseiulus persimilis, with about 2,700 valid species in three subfamilies.
Phytoseiulus
Phytoseiulus is a genus of small predatory mites in the family Phytoseiidae, containing four species that specialize in preying on web-spinning Tetranychus spider mites, with P. persimilis now cosmopolitan.
Poecilochirus
Poecilochirus: Holarctic genus of phoretic Parasitidae mites that ride burying beetles (Nicrophorus) to carrion and breed in their brood chambers; includes the cryptic P. carabi species complex, with effects on hosts ranging from mutualism to parasitism.
Poultry red mite control
Poultry red mite control is the set of monitoring, premises-treatment, and on-bird measures against Dermanyssus gallinae, a nocturnal mite costing European egg farms an estimated €360 million yearly.
Proctophyllodidae
Proctophyllodidae is a family of astigmatan feather mites (Analgoidea) with 400+ species, permanent symbionts of mainly passerine birds, split into Proctophyllodinae and Pterodectinae, with Gondwanan origins and five independent origins of extremely long aedeagi.
Pyemotes tritici
Pyemotes tritici, the straw itch mite (family Pyemotidae), is a cosmopolitan 0.2 mm ectoparasitoid of stored-grain and wood-boring insects with a 4-7 day viviparous life cycle; its bites cause itchy pustular dermatitis in humans.
Pyrimidifen
Pyrimidifen (CAS 105779-78-0, Miteclean) is a pyrimidinamine METI acaricide and insecticide, IRAC group 21A, inhibiting mitochondrial complex I; used against mites on fruit and vegetables, commercialized 1995, not EU-approved.
Rhipicephalus
Rhipicephalus (brown ticks), genus Koch 1844 of hard ticks, ~90 species, African origin; includes brown dog tick R. sanguineus and cattle fever ticks R. (Boophilus) annulatus and microplus, vectors of spotted fevers and bovine babesiosis.
Rocky Mountain spotted fever
Rocky Mountain spotted fever (RMSF), also called Brazilian spotted fever, is a tick-borne Rickettsia rickettsii infection causing fever, headache, and rash; doxycycline within 5 days is lifesaving.
Sarcoptes scabiei
Sarcoptes scabiei, the human itch mite (var. hominis), is a skin-burrowing arachnid causing scabies and, in animals, sarcoptic mange; four life stages, 0.3-0.45 mm females, treated with permethrin or ivermectin.
Sarcoptidae
Sarcoptidae (Murray, 1877) is a family of astigmatan mites in Sarcoptoidea, obligate burrowing skin parasites of mammals with about 100+ species in 16 genera; type genus Sarcoptes, whose species Sarcoptes scabiei causes scabies and sarcoptic mange.
Sarcoptiformes
Sarcoptiformes (Reuter, 1909) is an order of acariform mites, sister to Trombidiformes, comprising Endeostigmata and Oribatida including Astigmata; it includes oribatid soil mites, dust mites, feather mites, and the mange-causing sarcoptids such as Sarcoptes scabiei.
Scabies treatment
Scabies treatment uses prescription scabicides, mainly permethrin 5% cream and oral ivermectin, plus contact treatment and environmental decontamination; crusted scabies needs combination therapy, and WHO-endorsed mass drug administration controls endemic scabies.
Spider mite
Spider mites (Tetranychidae) are plant-feeding arachnid mites, including the two-spotted spider mite Tetranychus urticae, a polyphagous crop pest on nearly 800 plant species and the most acaricide-resistant arthropod known.
Stigmaeidae
Stigmaeidae is a family of small predatory mites in the superfamily Raphignathoidea, found worldwide on plants and in soil and feeding mostly on plant-feeding mites.
Stored-food and grain mite dermatitis
Stored-food and grain mite dermatitis is skin inflammation caused by mites infesting grain, flour, and hay, producing occupational rashes such as grocer's itch, copra itch, and straw itch.
Stored-product mite control
Stored-product mite control is the detection and management of mite pests, chiefly the flour mite and mold mite, in stored grain, flour, cheese, dried fruit, and pet food.
Syringophilidae
Syringophilidae, the quill mites, are permanent obligate mite ectoparasites living inside bird feather quills; two subfamilies, about 400-417 described species, high host specificity, all regions except Antarctica.
Tebufenpyrad
Tebufenpyrad (pyridaben-relative METI acaricide, IRAC 21A) is a pyrazolecarboxamide miticide discovered by Mitsubishi in 1987, sold as Masai, inhibiting mitochondrial complex I; EU-approved to 2027, with soil Koc 1380-8310 and growing Tetranychus resistance.
Tetradifon
Tetradifon (Tedion, CAS 116-29-0) is an organochlorine bridged diphenyl sulfone acaricide developed by Philips-Roxane, marketed 1956, that kills mite eggs and immature stages by inhibiting ATP synthase; persistent in soil, no longer used in the US.
Tetranychus evansi
Tetranychus evansi, the red tomato spider mite (also Tetranychus takafujii), is a South American tetranychid mite and invasive EPPO A2 pest of Solanaceae, suppressing tomato plant defences and causing up to 90% tomato yield losses in Africa.
Tetranychus urticae
Tetranychus urticae, the two-spotted or red spider mite, is a 0.25-0.5 mm polyphagous mite pest of over 1,000 plant species, with a 7-day to 3-week life cycle and record acaricide resistance (96 active ingredients).
Theileriosis
Theileriosis: tick-borne disease of cattle, sheep, and goats caused by Theileria protozoans; T. parva (East Coast fever) and T. annulata (tropical theileriosis) are most pathogenic; T. orientalis Ikeda spreads in the US via Asian longhorned tick.
Tick
Ticks (order Ixodida; families Ixodidae and Argasidae) are blood-feeding arachnid ectoparasites with egg, larva, nymph, and adult stages; 1,033 valid species vector Lyme disease, RMSF, and tick-borne encephalitis.
Tick bite
A tick bite is the penetration of skin by an attached, feeding tick, which anchors itself with barbed mouthparts and cement and feeds for minutes to weeks.