Sarcoptes

Sarcoptes is a genus of mites.

Sarcoptes
Sarcoptes scabei
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Subphylum:	Chelicerata
Class:	Arachnida
Order:	Sarcoptiformes
Family:	Sarcoptidae
Genus:	Sarcoptes

In some contexts, the types are all considered subordinate to Sarcoptes scabiei.

• Sarcoptes scabiei var. bovis
• S. s. var. canis
• S. s. var. caprae
• S. s. var. equi
• S. s. var. hominis
• S. s. var. ovis
• S. s. var. suis

In other cases, as with S. equi and S. anthracis, these are sometimes considered distinct species.

The term Sarcoptes canis appears in older references,^[1] but is now usually described as Sarcoptes scabiei var. canis^[2] or Sarcoptes scabiei canis.