Caparinia tripilis

{{Short description|Species of mite}}

{{Speciesbox

| taxon = Caparinia tripilis

| authority = (Michael, 1889)

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[[File:Caparinia_tripilis_on_African_Pygmy_Hedgehog_(Atelerix_albiventris).jpg | thumb | right |

Caparinia tripilis collected on an African Pygmy Hedgehog]]

Caparinia tripilis is a species of mite, causing mange.{{cite web |title=Caparinia tripilis |url=https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/387146-Caparinia-tripilis |website=iNaturalist |access-date=28 October 2024 |language=en-US}} It is known to infect hedgehogs.{{Cite journal |last1=Kim |first1=Da-Hee |last2=Oh |first2=Dae-Sung |last3=Ahn |first3=Kyu-Sung |last4=Shin |first4=Sung-Shik |date=2012-05-24 |title=An Outbreak of Caparinia tripilis in a Colony of African Pygmy Hedgehogs (Atelerix albiventris) from Korea |journal=The Korean Journal of Parasitology |language=English |volume=50 |issue=2 |pages=151–156 |doi=10.3347/kjp.2012.50.2.151 |issn=0023-4001 |pmc=3375455 |pmid=22711928}}