Sarcoptes

from WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)

Sarcoptes
    n 1: type genus of the family Sarcoptidae: itch mites [syn:
         {Sarcoptes}, {genus Sarcoptes}]

from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

Sarcoptes \Sar*cop"tes\, n. [NL., from Gr. sa`rx, sa`rkos, flesh
   + ko`ptein to cut.] (Zool.)
   A genus of parasitic mites including the itch mites.
   [1913 Webster]