Rhinonyssidae

Rhinonyssidae is a family of mites in the order Mesostigmata. There are about 16 genera and at least 460 described species in Rhinonyssidae.[1][2][3]

Rhinonyssidae
Tinaminyssus melloi, nymph, Hungary
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Mesostigmata
Suborder: Monogynaspida
Infraorder: Gamasina
Superfamily: Dermanyssoidea
Family: Rhinonyssidae
Trouessart, 1895
Subfamilies
  • Ptilonyssinae Fain, 1957
  • Rhinoeciinae Fain, 1957
  • Rhinonyssinae Trouessart, 1895

The mites of this family are obligate parasites of avian respiratory systems, living in nasal passageways. They are endoparasites, typically living their entire life in within the respiratory systems of birds.[4]

Rhinonyssid mites are widespread, and have been observed on every continent including Antarctica (Rhinonyssus sphenisci, first observed in 1963).[2][5]

Genera

These 16 genera belong to the family Rhinonyssidae:

References

  1. "Rhinonyssidae". Catalogue of Life. Retrieved 2021-11-04.
  2. Beron, Petar, ed. (2020). Acarorum Catalogus VI, Order Mesostigmata. Pensoft. doi:10.3897/ab.e54206. ISBN 978-619-248-006-6.
  3. Beaulieu, Frédéric (2011). Zhang, Zhi-Qiang (ed.). "Superorder Parasitiformes: In: Zhang, Z-Q. (ed.) Animal biodiversity: an outline of higher-level classification and survey of taxonomic richness". Zootaxa. 3148. ISBN 978-1-86977-849-1. ISSN 1175-5326.
  4. Hilario-Pérez, A. D.; Dowling, A. P. G (2018). "Nasal mites from specimens of the brownheaded cowbird (Icteridae: Molothrus ater) from Texas and Arkansas". Acarologia. 58 (2). doi:10.24349/acarologia/20184242.
  5. "Taxon Profile: Rhinonyssus sphenisci". Australian Antarctic Data Centre. Retrieved 2021-11-04.
  6. Knee, Wayne (2008). "Five New Species of Rhinonyssidae (Mesostigmata) and One New Species of Dermanyssus (Mesostigmata: Dermanyssidae) from Birds of Alberta and Manitoba, Canada". Journal of Parasitology. 94 (2): 348–374. doi:10.1645/GE-1358.1. ISSN 0022-3395.

Further reading

  • Krantz, G. W.; Walter, D. E., eds. (2009). A Manual of Acarology. Texas Tech University Press. ISBN 9780896726208.


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