feather mite

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Feather mites are the members of diverse mite superfamilies:

  • superorder Acariformes
  • Psoroptidia{{cite journal |vauthors=Mironov SV, Skirnisson K, Thorarinsdottir ST, Nielsen OK |title=Feather mites (Astigmata: Psoroptidia) parasitising the rock ptarmigan Lagopus muta (Montin) (Aves: Galliformes) in Iceland |journal=Syst. Parasitol. |volume=75 |issue=3 |pages=187–206 |date=March 2010 |pmid=20157794 |doi=10.1007/s11230-009-9219-1 |s2cid=2503558 }}
  • Analgoidea{{cite journal |vauthors=Dabert J, Dabert M, Mironov SV |title=Phylogeny of feather mite subfamily Avenzoariinae (Acari: Analgoidea: Avenzoariidae) inferred from combined analyses of molecular and morphological data |journal=Mol. Phylogenet. Evol. |volume=20 |issue=1 |pages=124–35 |date=July 2001 |pmid=11421653 |doi=10.1006/mpev.2001.0948 }}
  • Freyanoidea
  • Pterolichoidea
  • superorder Parasitiformes
  • Dermanyssoidea

They are ectoparasites on birds, hence the common name.

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