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Greek: pneuma = air, nyssein = bite.
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This canine nasal mite (Pneumonyssus caninum, Fig. 1) reaches a length of 1.5 mm, appears yellowish-brown, and moves rapidly in the nostril system of dogs in North America, South Africa, Australia, and Europe. Symptoms: coughing, sneezing, and waterous excretions of the nose. A similar species in monkeys is P. simicola.
DR of the ventral side. AP anal plate, HS attachment leaf, KL claws, PP pedipalps, PT peritrema, stigma
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Mehlhorn, H. (2015). Pneumonyssus. In: Mehlhorn, H. (eds) Encyclopedia of Parasitology. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-27769-6_2471-2
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