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Coprozercon

Coprozercon scopaeus is a species of mite, placed in its own family, Coprozerconidae, in the order Mesostigmata. It was described in 1999 from the feces of the Allegheny woodrat, Neotoma magister, in a cave in Kentucky.

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Coprozercon scopaeus is a species of mite, placed in its own family, Coprozerconidae, in the order Mesostigmata. It was described in 1999 from the feces of the Allegheny woodrat, Neotoma magister, in a cave in Kentucky.

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