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 Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Mesostigmata
Suborder: Monogynaspida
Infraorder: Gamasina
Superfamily: Dermanyssoidea
Family: Rhinonyssidae
Trouessart, 1895
Subfamilies

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

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These 16 genera belong to the family Rhinonyssidae:

References

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  1. ^ "Rhinonyssidae". Catalogue of Life. Retrieved 2021-11-04.
  2. ^ a b Beron, Petar (2020). Beron, Petar (ed.). Acarorum Catalogus VI, Order Mesostigmata. Pensoft. doi:10.3897/ab.e54206. ISBN 978-619-248-006-6.
  3. ^ Beaulieu, Frédéric; Dowling, Ashley P. G.; Klompen, Hans; De Moraes, Gilberto J.; Walter, David Evans (2011). "Superorder Parasitiformes Reuter, 1909. In: Zhang, Z.-Q. (Ed.) Animal biodiversity: An outline of higher-level classification and survey of taxonomic richness" (PDF). Zootaxa. 3148: 123–128. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.3148.1.23. ISBN 978-1-86977-849-1.
  4. ^ Hilario-Pérez, Alexis D.; Dowling, Ashley P.G. (30 June 2018). "Nasal mites from specimens of the brown-headed cowbird (Icteridae: Molothrus ater) from Texas and Arkansas, U.S.A." Acarologia. 58 (2): 296–301. doi:10.24349/acarologia/20184242. S2CID 89658560.
  5. ^ "Taxon Profile: Rhinonyssus sphenisci". Australian Antarctic Data Centre. Retrieved 2021-11-04.
  6. ^ a b Knee, Wayne (April 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. S2CID 39710043.

Further reading

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  • Krantz, G. W.; Walter, D. E., eds. (2009). A Manual of Acarology. Texas Tech University Press. ISBN 978-0-89672-620-8.