Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

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

Source : WordNet®

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