Psoroptes ovis Ondartet fåreskab (sugetypen) (Psoroptic/"sucking" mange mite)
Order: Acarina: Mites and ticks | Suborder: Sarcoptiformes: Mange mites.
Specific morphology: Female with large mite egg (length: ca 0.1 mm); suckers on leg pairs 1, 2 and 4. Larva (left) with 3 leg pairs.		Specific morphology: Male with suckers on all pairs of legs. Copulatory suckers and tubercles are seen posteriorly.
Hosts: Sheep, cattle, goats.
Location: The surface of the skin. The mite sucks lymph and exudate.
Causes malignant sheep scab mainly affecting the woollen parts of the skin.
General morphology of Psoroptes: Non-burrowing mite (da.:sugemidetype). Relatively large, length up to 0.8 mm, oval body with long conical mouthparts, and 4 long brownish pairs of legs, all extending beyond the body margin. The sucker-bearing pairs of legs have characteristic jointed pedicels with funnel-shaped suckers. Copulatory suckers (male) and tubercles.