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European House Dust Mite

Dermatophagoides pteronyssinus

Classification

Dermatophagoides pteronyssinus, the European house dust mite, is one of the three best-known species of house dust mite (the others being Euroglyphus maynei and Dermatophagoides farinae). It was classified by Édouard Louis Trouessart in 1897. Together with E.

Distribution

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Countries in the Picchu catalog
Denmark · 4Sweden · 2