Demodex phylloides Czokor

Reeves, Will K., Durden, Lance A., Ritzi, Christopher M., Beckham, Katy R., Super, Paul E & Oconnor, Barry M., 2007, Ectoparasites and other ectosymbiotic arthropods of vertebrates in the Great Smoky Mountains National Park, USA, Zootaxa 1392, pp. 31-68 : 47

Demodex phylloides Czokor

Ex Sus scrofa (feral hog): NC, Swain Co. 1979–1980 (Smith et al. 1982).

Demodex phylloides is a host specific parasite of hogs and can cause skin lesions (Nutting 1976, 1985) Demodex folliculorum (Simon)

Ex Homo sapiens (human): NC, Swain Co., Oconaluftee Visitor Center, 3 Jan. 2002, W. K. Reeves, L­ 3025.

Demodex folliculorum is one of two species of Demodex of humans.