Bibliography for Psorobia ovis (Womersley, 1941)

• Carne, P.B. (ed.) 1987. Scientific and Common Names of Insects and Allied Forms Occurring in Australia. Melbourne : CSIRO 120 pp.
• Carter, H.B. 1941. A skin disease of sheep due to an ectoparasitic mite, Psorergates ovis Womersley 1941. Australian Veterinary Journal 17: 193-201
• Domrow, R. 1991. Acari Prostigmata (excluding Trombiculidae) parasitic on Australian vertebrates : an annotated checklist, keys and bibliography. Invertebrate Taxonomy 4: 1238-1376
• Fain, A. 1959. Les Acariens psoriques parasites des Chauves-souris. III. - Le genre Psorergates Tyrell (Trombidiformes - Psorergatidae). Bulletin et Annales de la Société Royale Belgique d'Entomologie 95: 54-69
• Fain, A. 1961. Notes sur le genre Psorergates Tyrrell. Description de Psorergates ovis Womersley et d'une espèce nouvelle. Acarologia 3: 60-71
• Giesen, K.M.T. 1990. A review of the parasitic mite family Psorergatidae (Cheyletoidea : Prostigmata : Acari) with hypotheses on the phylogenetic relationships of species and species groups. Zoologische Verhandelingen (Leiden) 259: 1-69
• Giesen, K.M.T., Spicka, E.J. & Whitaker, J.O. 1985. Two new species of the genus Psorobia, Fain 1959 (Psorergatidae : Prostigmata) from two new host orders, Lagomorpha and Insectivora. Acarologia 26: 147-153
• Green, R.H. 1989. The ectoparasitic mites of Tasmanian vertebrate animals. Records of the Queen Victoria Museum, Launceston 98: 1-25
• Johnson, P.W., Boray, J.C. & Plant, J.W. 1989. Itchmite in sheep. Wool Technology and Sheep Breeding 37: 136-145
• Johnson, P.W., Plant, J.W., Boray, J.C., Blunt, S.C. & Nicholls, P.J. 1990. The prevalence of itchmite, Psorergates ovis, among sheep flocks with a history of fleece derangement. Australian Veterinary Journal 67: 117-120
• Lee, D.C. & Southcott, R.V. 1979. Spiders and other Arachnids of South Australia. In South Australian Yearbook, 1979. South Australian Government Printer : Adelaide. 15 pp.
• Murray, M.D. 1961. The life cycle of Psorergates ovis Womersley the itch mite of sheep. Australian Journal of Agricultural Research 12: 965-973
• Naumann, I. 1993. CSIRO Handbook of Australian Insect Names. Common and Scientific Names for Insects and Allied Organisms of Economic and Environmental Importance. Melbourne : CSIRO Publications v 200 pp. [Date published 31/12/1993]
• Roberts, F.H.S. 1952. Insects Affecting Livestock. Sydney and London : Angus and Robertson 267 pp.
• Seddon, H.R. 1952. Diseases of Domestic Animals in Australia. Part 3. Tick and Mite Infestations. Commonwealth of Australia Department of Health, Service Publication (Division of Veterinary Hygeine) 7. 200 pp.
• Seddon, H.R. 1968. Diseases of Domestic Animals in Australia. Part 3. Arthropod Infestations (Ticks and Mites). Commonwealth of Australia Department of Health, Service Publication (Veterinary Hygeine) (Revised by H. E. Albiston) Vol. 7 170 pp.
• Skerman, K.D., Graham, N.P.H., Sinclair, A.N. & Murray, M.D. 1960. Psorergates ovis - the itch mite of sheep. Australian Veterinary Journal 36: 317-321
• Womersley, H. 1941. Notes on the Cheyletidae (Acarina, Trombidoidea) of Australia and New Zealand, with descriptions of new species. Records of the South Australian Museum (Adelaide) 7: 51-64

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