{{Short description|Family of mites}} {{Automatic taxobox | image = Chorioptes-bovis-mite.jpg | image_alt = "Chorioptes bovis," a species in Psoroptidae | image_caption = ''Chorioptes bovis'', a species in Psoroptidae | taxon = Psoroptidae | authority = | synonyms = | synonyms_ref = | subdivision_ranks = Genera and species | subdivision_ref = <ref>{{cite web|author1=<!-- not stated -->|title=Psoroptidae|url=https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/Taxonomy/Browser/wwwtax.cgi?mode=Tree&id=83910&lvl=3&keep=1&srchmode=1&unlock|website=NCBI taxonomy|publisher=National Center for Biotechnology Information|accessdate=14 January 2019|location=Bethesda, MD|language=English}}</ref> | subdivision = *''Caparinia'' **''Caparinia ictonyctis'' **''Caparinia tripilis'' *''Chorioptes'' **''Chorioptes bovis'' (chorioptic mange mite) **''Chorioptes panda'' **''Chorioptes sweatmani'' **''Chorioptes texanus'' *''Otodectes'' **''Otodectes cynotis'' (ear mite) *''Psoroptes'' **''Psoroptes cervinus'' (scabies mite) **''Psoroptes cuniculi'' (rabbit ear mite) **''Psoroptes natalensis'' **''Psoroptes ovis'' (sheep scab mite) }}
'''Psoroptidae''' is a family of parasitic mites,<ref name="Mesh">{{MeshName|Psoroptidae}}</ref> which are {{convert|1|–|2|mm|abbr=on}} long and live on the surface of the skin, rather than burrowing into it.<ref name="Wall 2008">{{cite book|last1=Wall|first1=Richard|last2=Shearer|first2=David|title=Veterinary Ectoparasites Biology, Pathology & Control|date=2008|publisher=John Wiley & Sons|location=Chichester|isbn=9780470680223|edition=2nd|chapter=2.7.2. Psoroptidae}}</ref> These mites affect various species, including cats, dogs, rabbits, cattle, sheep, and horses, causing skin inflammation, scabs, crusting, and hair loss.<ref>{{cite book|last1=Hoy|first1=Marjorie A.|title=Agricultural acarology introduction to integrated mite management|date=2011|publisher=CRC Press|location=Boca Raton|isbn=9781439817537|page=386}}</ref>
The following genera are within the family Psoroptidae:<ref name="Wall 2008" /> * ''Psoroptes'' * ''Chorioptes'' * ''Otodectes''
== See also == * List of mites associated with cutaneous reactions
==References== {{Reflist}}
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