Demodex foveolator

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| genus = Demodex

| species = foveolator

| authority = Bukva, 1984

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Demodex foveolator is a hair follicle mite found in epidermal pits of the lesser white-toothed shrew, Crocidura suaveolens.{{cite journal |last1=Bukva |first1=V. |title=Demodex foveolator sp. n. (Acari: Demodicidae), a new epidermis-dwelling parasite of Crocidura suaveolens. |journal=Folia Parasitologica |volume=31 |issue=1 |year=1984 |pages=42–52}}

It is known from shrews caught in south Bohemia, former Czechoslovakia.

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Category:Trombidiformes

Category:Animals described in 1984

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