Species Psorobia ovis (Womersley, 1941)

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• Psorergates ovis Womersley, H. 1941. Notes on the Cheyletidae (Acarina, Trombidoidea) of Australia and New Zealand, with descriptions of new species. Records of the South Australian Museum (Adelaide) 7: 51-64.

 

General References

Carne, P.B. (ed.) 1987. Scientific and Common Names of Insects and Allied Forms Occurring in Australia. Melbourne : CSIRO 120 pp. (as Psorergates ovis)

Carter, H.B. 1941. A skin disease of sheep due to an ectoparasitic mite, Psorergates ovis Womersley 1941. Australian Veterinary Journal 17: 193-201 (as Psorergates ovis)

Domrow, R. 1991. Acari Prostigmata (excluding Trombiculidae) parasitic on Australian vertebrates : an annotated checklist, keys and bibliography. Invertebrate Taxonomy 4: 1238-1376 (as Psorobia ovis)

Fain, A. 1959. Les Acariens psoriques parasites des Chauves-souris. III. - Le genre Psorergates Tyrell (Trombidiformes - Psorergatidae). Bulletin et Annales de la Société Royale Belgique d'Entomologie 95: 54-69 (as Psorobia ovis)

Fain, A. 1961. Notes sur le genre Psorergates Tyrrell. Description de Psorergates ovis Womersley et d'une espèce nouvelle. Acarologia 3: 60-71 (as Psorergates ovis)

Giesen, K.M.T. 1990. A review of the parasitic mite family Psorergatidae (Cheyletoidea : Prostigmata : Acari) with hypotheses on the phylogenetic relationships of species and species groups. Zoologische Verhandelingen (Leiden) 259: 1-69 (as Psorobia ovis)

Giesen, K.M.T., Spicka, E.J. & Whitaker, J.O. 1985. Two new species of the genus Psorobia, Fain 1959 (Psorergatidae : Prostigmata) from two new host orders, Lagomorpha and Insectivora. Acarologia 26: 147-153 (as Psorobia ovis)

Green, R.H. 1989. The ectoparasitic mites of Tasmanian vertebrate animals. Records of the Queen Victoria Museum, Launceston 98: 1-25 (as Psorobia ovis)

Johnson, P.W., Boray, J.C. & Plant, J.W. 1989. Itchmite in sheep. Wool Technology and Sheep Breeding 37: 136-145 (as Psorergates ovis)

Johnson, P.W., Plant, J.W., Boray, J.C., Blunt, S.C. & Nicholls, P.J. 1990. The prevalence of itchmite, Psorergates ovis, among sheep flocks with a history of fleece derangement. Australian Veterinary Journal 67: 117-120 (as Psorergates ovis)

Lee, D.C. & Southcott, R.V. 1979. Spiders and other Arachnids of South Australia. In South Australian Yearbook, 1979. South Australian Government Printer : Adelaide. 15 pp. (as Psorergates ovis)

Murray, M.D. 1961. The life cycle of Psorergates ovis Womersley the itch mite of sheep. Australian Journal of Agricultural Research 12: 965-973 (as Psorergates ovis)

Naumann, I. 1993. CSIRO Handbook of Australian Insect Names. Common and Scientific Names for Insects and Allied Organisms of Economic and Environmental Importance. Melbourne : CSIRO Publications v 200 pp. [Date published 31/12/1993] (as Psorobia ovis)

Roberts, F.H.S. 1952. Insects Affecting Livestock. Sydney and London : Angus and Robertson 267 pp. (as Psorergates ovis)

Seddon, H.R. 1952. Diseases of Domestic Animals in Australia. Part 3. Tick and Mite Infestations. Commonwealth of Australia Department of Health, Service Publication (Division of Veterinary Hygeine) 7. 200 pp. (as Psorergates ovis)

Seddon, H.R. 1968. Diseases of Domestic Animals in Australia. Part 3. Arthropod Infestations (Ticks and Mites). Commonwealth of Australia Department of Health, Service Publication (Veterinary Hygeine) (Revised by H. E. Albiston) Vol. 7 170 pp. (as Psorergates ovis)

Skerman, K.D., Graham, N.P.H., Sinclair, A.N. & Murray, M.D. 1960. Psorergates ovis - the itch mite of sheep. Australian Veterinary Journal 36: 317-321 (as Psorergates ovis)

 

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