Feather mite

Feather mites

Dermanyssus gallinae (Dermanyssoidea: Dermanyssidae)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Subphylum:	Chelicerata
Class:	Arachnida
Subclass:	Acari (partim)

Feather mites are the members of diverse mite superfamilies:

superorder Acariformes
- Psoroptidia^[1]
  - Analgoidea^[2]
  - Freyanoidea
  - Pterolichoidea

superorder Parasitiformes
- Dermanyssoidea

They are ectoparasites on birds, hence the common name.

Treatments with pyrethrin or carbaryl powder have been described.^[3]

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.
↑ 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. doi:10.1006/mpev.2001.0948. PMID 11421653.
↑ "Merck Veterinary Manual".

Acari (ticks and mites)

Acariformes

Trombidiformes	Sphaerolichida Prostigmata

Sarcoptiformes	Endeostigmata Oribatida

Parasitiformes

Opilioacariformes

Opilioacaridae

Holothyrida

Allothyridae
Holothyridae
Neothyridae

Ixodida (ticks)

Mesostigmata

Sejidae	Sejoidea

Trigynaspida	Cercomegistoidea Antennophoroidea Celaenopsoidea Fedrizzioidea Megisthanoidea Parantennuloidea Aenictequoidea

Monogynaspida	Microgynioidea Heatherelloidea Thinozerconoidea Polyaspidoidea Uropodoidea Trachyuropodoidea Diarthrophalloidea Epicrioidea Zerconoidea Arctacaroidea Parasitoidea Veigaioidea Rhodacaroidea Eviphidoidea Ascoidea Phytoseioidea Dermanyssoidea

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