Feather mite

Feather mites are the members of diverse mite superfamilies:

superorder Acariformes
- Psoroptidia^[1]
superorder Parasitiformes
- Dermanyssoidea

They are ectoparasites on birds, hence the common name.

References

↑ Mironov SV, Skirnisson K, Thorarinsdottir ST, Nielsen OK (March 2010). "Feather mites (Astigmata: Psoroptidia) parasitising the rock ptarmigan Lagopus muta (Montin) (Aves: Galliformes) in Iceland". Syst. Parasitol. 75 (3): 187–206. doi:10.1007/s11230-009-9219-1. PMID 20157794. S2CID 2503558.
↑ Dabert J, Dabert M, Mironov SV (July 2001). "Phylogeny of feather mite subfamily Avenzoariinae (Acari: Analgoidea: Avenzoariidae) inferred from combined analyses of molecular and morphological data". Mol. Phylogenet. Evol. 20 (1): 124–35. Bibcode:2001MolPE..20..124D. doi:10.1006/mpev.2001.0948. PMID 11421653.

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[pmid20157794-1] Mironov SV, Skirnisson K, Thorarinsdottir ST, Nielsen OK (March 2010). "Feather mites (Astigmata: Psoroptidia) parasitising the rock ptarmigan Lagopus muta (Montin) (Aves: Galliformes) in Iceland". Syst. Parasitol. 75 (3): 187–206. doi:10.1007/s11230-009-9219-1. PMID 20157794. S2CID 2503558.

[pmid11421653-2] Dabert J, Dabert M, Mironov SV (July 2001). "Phylogeny of feather mite subfamily Avenzoariinae (Acari: Analgoidea: Avenzoariidae) inferred from combined analyses of molecular and morphological data". Mol. Phylogenet. Evol. 20 (1): 124–35. Bibcode:2001MolPE..20..124D. doi:10.1006/mpev.2001.0948. PMID 11421653.

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