Description

Host and locality in Australia: Domestic fowl, Gallus gallus, Western Australia (Baron Hay 1948); same host, Gawler SA, Perth WA (Domrow 1992). Current name of host: Red Junglefowl (domestic hen), Gallus gallus (Linnaeus, 1758) (Galliformes: Phasianidae). Family EPIDERMOPTIDAE Trouessart, 1892

Common Names

No common names available.

Taxonomic Hierarchy

Kingdom: Animalia

Phylum: Arthropoda

Class: Arachnida

Order: Sarcoptiformes

Family: Dermationidae

Genus: Rivoltasia

Species: Rivoltasia bifurcata (Rivolta, 1876)