mite
Mites are small arachnids (eight-legged arthropods). Mites span two large orders of arachnids, the Acariformes and the Parasitiformes, which were historically grouped together in the subclass Acari, but genetic analysis does not show clear evid ...
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order
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* Heterarchy, a system of organization wherein the elements have the potential to be ranked a number of d ...
Sarcoptiformes
The Sarcoptiformes are an order of Acari comprising over 15,000 described species in around 230 families. Previously it was divided into two suborders, Oribatida and Astigmatina, but Oribatida has been promoted to an order, and Astigmatina i ...
. They contain many
feather mite
Feather mites are the members of diverse mite superfamilies:
* superorder Acariformes
** Psoroptidia
*** Analgoidea
*** Freyanoidea
*** Pterolichoidea
* superorder Parasitiformes
** Dermanyssoidea
They are ectoparasites on bird
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ectoparasite
Parasitism is a close relationship between species, where one organism, the parasite, lives on or inside another organism, the host, causing it some harm, and is adapted structurally to this way of life. The entomologist E. O. Wilson ha ...
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bird
Birds are a group of warm-blooded vertebrates constituting the class Aves (), characterised by feathers, toothless beaked jaws, the laying of hard-shelled eggs, a high metabolic rate, a four-chambered heart, and a strong yet lightweig ...
Alloptidae
Alloptidae is a family of mites belonging to the order Sarcoptiformes.
Genera
Genera:
* '' Alloptellus'' Dubinin, 1955
* '' Alloptes'' Canestrini, 1879
* '' Alloptoides'' Gaud, 1961
* '' Anisanchus'' Peterson & Atyeo, 1977
* '' Aramolichus'' P ...
Gaud, 1957
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Analgidae
Analgidae is a family of mites belonging to the order Sarcoptiformes
The Sarcoptiformes are an order of Acari comprising over 15,000 described species in around 230 families. Previously it was divided into two suborders, Oribatida and Astigmat ...
Avenzoariidae
Avenzoariidae is a family of feather mites in the order Astigmata
Astigmatina is a clade of mites in the superorder Acariformes. Astigmata has been ranked as an order or suborder in the past, but was lowered to the unranked clade Astigmatina ...
Epidermoptidae
Epidermoptidae is a family of acariform mites. They live as parasites on the skin of birds and mammal
Mammals () are a group of vertebrate animals constituting the class Mammalia (), characterized by the presence of mammary glands whi ...
Proctophyllodidae
The Proctophyllodidae are a family of the Acarina (mite) order Astigmata. They contain many feather mites. The Alloptidae and Trouessartiidae were in earlier times included here as subfamilies.
Proctophyllodidae females are extremely similar ...
Mégnin & Trouessart, 1884
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Psoroptoididae
Psoroptoididae is a family of mites belonging to the order Sarcoptiformes
The Sarcoptiformes are an order of Acari comprising over 15,000 described species in around 230 families. Previously it was divided into two suborders, Oribatida and Ast ...
Gaud, 1983
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Pteronyssidae
The Pteronyssidae are a family of the Acarina ( mite) order Sarcoptiformes
The Sarcoptiformes are an order of Acari comprising over 15,000 described species in around 230 families. Previously it was divided into two suborders, Oribatida and ...
Trouessartiidae
Trouessartiidae is a family of mites belonging to the order Sarcoptiformes.
Genera:
* ''Allanalges'' Trouessart, 1887
* ''Arthrogynalges'' Orwig, 1968
* ''Bicentralges'' Orwig, 1968
* ''Calcealges'' Gaud, 1952
* ''Hemicalcealges'' Gaud & Mouchet, ...
Gaud, 1957
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Xolalgidae
Xolalgidae is a family of mites belonging to the order Sarcoptiformes
The Sarcoptiformes are an order of Acari comprising over 15,000 described species in around 230 families. Previously it was divided into two suborders, Oribatida and Astigm ...