LIFE CYCLE: Almost all the work on the life cycle was performed by Sweatman (1958). The eggs are white, oval, slightly flattened on one side, and are 166 to 206 μm long (Fig. The posterior of the body the male also possesses two ventrally situated suckers that are used for the attachment of the male mite to a deutonymph as part of the life cycle (Fig. The male mites have a caruncle on all four pairs of legs, while the third and fourth pairs of legs on the female terminate in long hairs or setae.
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An examination of the distal portions, pretarsi, of the anterior pairs of legs will reveal the "wine-glass” shaped caruncle on a short pedicel. The ovigerous female is between 345 to 451 μm in length (Fig. The adult male is 274 to 362 μm in length. The larval mites have a lenghth of 138-224 μm. The living mites appear as small white organisms that can be seen moving about within the ears or on swabs of deteritus removed from the ears. IDENTIFICATION: Identification is relatively simple, no other non-burrowing mites of this large size are typically found in the ears of the cat. Large numbers of mites (greater than 1,000) can be present in each ear without any apparent mites appearing on the surface of the feline host. LOCATION IN HOST: The mites live in the ear canal of the cat. , 1991 Tacal JV & Sison JA, 1969) Middle East (Ismail et al. Reports from different areas include Americas (Foley, 1991) Europe (Raschka et al. GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION: This mite is found around the world. Mites from cats have been transferred to dogs, and the infections have been found to persist for varying lengths of times in the canine host (Railliet and Cadiot, 1892 Sweatman, 1958 Tonn, 1961 authors, unpublished observations) At times, different species names have been assigned to the forms occurring in different hosts, but there is little evidence that they are separate species. HISTORY: This mite has been long known to occur in the ears of canids, foxes, cats, and ferrets. furonis Neveu-Lemaire, 1938, Sweatman felt that there was no difference between the different varieties occuriing in the cat, the dog, the ferret, and other hosts. cati Neveu-Lemaire, 1938 Otodectes cynotis var. canis Neveu-Lemaire, 1938 Otodectes cynotis var. furonis Neumann, 1914 Otodectes cynotis var. felis Neumann, 1914 Chorioptes cynotis var.
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canis Neumann, 1914 Chorioptes cynotis var. furonis Neumann, 1892 Sarcoptes auricularum var canis Railliet, 1893 Otodectes furonis Canestrini, 1894 Chorioptes cynotis var. cati Neumann, 1892 Symbiotes auricularum var. canis Neumann, 1892 Symbiotes auricularum var.
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canis Sewell, 1891 Symbiotes auricularum var. furonis Mégnin, 1878 Psoroptes auricularis var. catotis Mégnin, 1877 Choriptes ecaudatus var. cati Lucas & Nicolet, 1849 Symbiotes canis Bendz, 1859 Symbiotes felis Huber, 1860 Chorioptes ecaudatus Mégnin, 1896 Choriptes ecaudatus var. Sarcoptes cynotis Hering, 1838 Sarcoptes auricularum Lucas & Nicolet, 1849 Sarcoptes auricularum var. SYNONYMS: The synonyms are listed by Sweatmean (1958). Otodectes cynotis (Hering, 1838) Canestrini, 1894ĮTYMOLOGY: Oto = Ear and dektes = a beggar along with cynotis, Greek for "of the dog”