Editing Demodex (section)

{{Short description|Genus of mites that live on mammals}}
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| image = Demodex folliculorum SEM crop.jpg
| taxon = Demodex
| authority = [[Richard Owen|Owen]], 1843<ref>{{cite book|last1=Owen|first1=Richard|last2=Cooper|first2=William White|title=Lectures on Comparative Anatomy|date=1843|publisher=Longman, Brown, Green, and Longmans|location=London|page=252|chapter-url=https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/6256930|chapter=Lecture XIX. Arachnida}}</ref>
| type_species = ''[[Demodex folliculorum|Acarus folliculorum]]''
| type_species_authority = [[Gustav Simon (physician)|Simon]], 1842
| subdivision_ranks = Species
| subdivision = {{Plainlist|
* ''[[Demodex aries]]''
* ''[[Demodex aurati]]''
* ''[[Demodex brevis]]''
* ''[[Demodex bovis]]''
* ''[[Demodex#Demodex canis|Demodex canis]]''
* ''[[Demodex caprae]]''
* ''[[Demodex caballi]]''
* ''[[Demodex cati]]''
* ''[[Demodex conicus]]''
* ''[[Demodex cornei]]''
* ''[[Demodex criceti]]''
* ''[[Demodex cyonis]]''
* ''[[Demodex equi]]''
* ''[[Demodex folliculorum]]''
* ''[[Demodex foveolator]]''
* ''[[Demodex gapperi]]''
* ''[[Demodex gatoi]]''
* ''[[Demodex huttereri]]''
* ''[[Demodex injai]]''
* ''[[Demodex leucogasteri]]''
* ''[[Demodex microti]]''
* ''[[Demodex ovis]]''
* ''[[Demodex phyloides]]''
* ''[[Demodex ponderosus]]''
* ''[[Demodex vibrissae]]''
* ''[[Demodex zalophi]]''
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'''''Demodex''''' {{IPAc-en|'|d|E|m|@|d|E|k|s}} is a [[genus]] of tiny [[mite]]s that live in or near [[hair follicles]] of [[mammal]]s. Around 65 species of ''Demodex'' are known.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/notrocketscience/2012/08/31/everything-you-never-wanted-to-know-about-the-mites-that-eat-crawl-and-have-sex-on-your-face/#.UXeT_TcXekI |title=Everything you never wanted to know about the mites that eat, crawl, and have sex on your face |first=Ed |last=Yong |date=August 31, 2012 |access-date=April 24, 2013 |department=Not Exactly Rocket Science |magazine=[[Discover (magazine)|Discover]] |archive-date=November 7, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191107094558/http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/notrocketscience/2012/08/31/everything-you-never-wanted-to-know-about-the-mites-that-eat-crawl-and-have-sex-on-your-face/#.UXeT_TcXekI |url-status=dead }}</ref> Two species live on [[human]]s: ''[[Demodex folliculorum]]'' and ''[[Demodex brevis]]'', both frequently referred to as '''eyelash mites''', alternatively '''face mites''' or '''skin mites'''.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2019/05/21/725087824/meet-the-mites-that-live-on-your-face?t=1611010615097|title = Meet the Mites That Live on Your Face|website = [[NPR]]| date=21 May 2019 | last1=Cassidy | first1=Josh }}</ref>

Different species of animals host different species of ''Demodex''. ''[[Demodex#D. canis|Demodex canis]]'' lives on the domestic [[dog]]. The presence of ''Demodex'' species on mammals is common and usually does not cause any symptoms. ''Demodex'' is derived from [[Greek language|Greek]] {{lang|el|δημός}} ({{transliteration|el|dēmos}}) {{gloss|fat}} and {{lang|el|δήξ}}, δηκός ({{transliteration|el|dēx}}, ''dēkós'') {{gloss|woodworm}}.<ref>{{LSJ|dhmo/s|δημός|ref|mLSJ}}.</ref><ref>{{LSJ|D.H./c|δήξ|ref}}.</ref><ref>{{cite web | url = http://medicine.academic.ru/19095/Demodex | title = Demodex | work = Medical Dictionary (medicine.academic.ru) }}</ref>