Dermanyssidae is a family of
mite
Mites are small arachnids (eight-legged arthropods) of two large orders, the Acariformes and the Parasitiformes, which were historically grouped together in the subclass Acari. However, most recent genetic analyses do not recover the two as eac ...
s in the order
Mesostigmata
Mesostigmata is an order of mites belonging to the Parasitiformes. They are by far the largest group of Parasitiformes, with over 8,000 species in 130 families. Mesostigmata includes parasitic as well as free-living and predatory forms. They ca ...
.
Genera
*''Acanthonyssus''
Yunker & Radovsky ''in'' Wenzel & Tipton 1966
**''Acanthonyssus dentipes''
(Strandtmann & Eads, 1947)
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Dermanyssus''
Dugès, 1834
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Dermanyssus americanus''
Ewing, 1923
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Dermanyssus antillarum''
Dusbabek & Cerny, 1971
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Dermanyssus apodis''
Roy, Dowling, Chauve & Buronfonsse, 2009
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Dermanyssus brevirivulus''
Gu & Ting, 1992
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Dermanyssus brevis''
Ewing, 1936
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Dermanyssus carpathicus''
Zeman, 1979
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Dermanyssus chelidonis''
Oudemans, 1939
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Dermanyssus faralloni''
Nelson & Furman, 1967
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Dermanyssus gallinae
''Dermanyssus gallinae'' (also known as the red mite) is a haematophagous ectoparasite of poultry. It has been implicated as a vector of several major pathogenic diseases. Despite its common names, it has a wide range of hosts including severa ...
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(DeGeer, 1778)
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Dermanyssus gallinoides''
Moss, 1966
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Dermanyssus grochovskae''
Zemskaya
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Dermanyssus hirsutus
''Dermanyssus'' is a genus of mites in the family Dermanyssidae. The etymology of the word ''Dermanyssus'' is from the Greek: ''derma'', meaning skin, and ''nyssein'', meaning bite.
Genera
*''Dermanyssus''
**'' Dermanyssus americanus'' Ewin ...
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Moss & Radovsky, 1967
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Dermanyssus hirundinis''
(Hermann, 1804)
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Dermanyssus lacertarum''
(Contarini, 1847)
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Dermanyssus longipes''
Berlese & Trouessart
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Dermanyssus nipponensis
''Dermanyssus'' is a genus of mites in the family Dermanyssidae. The etymology of the word ''Dermanyssus'' is from the Greek: ''derma'', meaning skin, and ''nyssein'', meaning bite.
Genera
*''Dermanyssus''
**'' Dermanyssus americanus'' Ewin ...
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Uchikawa & Kitaoka, 1981
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Dermanyssus passerinus
''Dermanyssus'' is a genus of mites in the family Dermanyssidae. The etymology of the word ''Dermanyssus'' is from the Greek: ''derma'', meaning skin, and ''nyssein'', meaning bite.
Genera
*''Dermanyssus''
**'' Dermanyssus americanus'' Ewin ...
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Berlese & Trouessart, 1889
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Dermanyssus prognephilus
''Dermanyssus'' is a genus of mites in the family Dermanyssidae. The etymology of the word ''Dermanyssus'' is from the Greek: ''derma'', meaning skin, and ''nyssein'', meaning bite.
Genera
*''Dermanyssus''
**'' Dermanyssus americanus'' Ewin ...
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Ewing, 1933
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Dermanyssus quintus
''Dermanyssus'' is a genus of mites in the family Dermanyssidae. The etymology of the word ''Dermanyssus'' is from the Greek: ''derma'', meaning skin, and ''nyssein'', meaning bite.
Genera
*''Dermanyssus''
**'' Dermanyssus americanus'' Ewin ...
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Vitzthum, 1921
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Dermanyssus richiardii
''Dermanyssus'' is a genus of mites in the family Dermanyssidae. The etymology of the word ''Dermanyssus'' is from the Greek: ''derma'', meaning skin, and ''nyssein'', meaning bite.
Genera
*''Dermanyssus''
**'' Dermanyssus americanus'' Ewin ...
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G. Canestrini & Fanzago, 1877
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Dermanyssus rwandae
''Dermanyssus'' is a genus of mites in the family Dermanyssidae. The etymology of the word ''Dermanyssus'' is from the Greek: ''derma'', meaning skin, and ''nyssein'', meaning bite.
Genera
*''Dermanyssus''
**'' Dermanyssus americanus'' Ewin ...
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Fain, 1993
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Dermanyssus transvaalensis
''Dermanyssus'' is a genus of mites in the family Dermanyssidae. The etymology of the word ''Dermanyssus'' is from the Greek: ''derma'', meaning skin, and ''nyssein'', meaning bite.
Genera
*''Dermanyssus''
**'' Dermanyssus americanus'' Ewin ...
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Evans & Till, 1962
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Dermanyssus triscutatus
''Dermanyssus'' is a genus of mites in the family Dermanyssidae. The etymology of the word ''Dermanyssus'' is from the Greek: ''derma'', meaning skin, and ''nyssein'', meaning bite.
Genera
*''Dermanyssus''
**'' Dermanyssus americanus'' Ewin ...
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Krantz, 1959
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Dermanyssus trochilinis
''Dermanyssus'' is a genus of mites in the family Dermanyssidae. The etymology of the word ''Dermanyssus'' is from the Greek: ''derma'', meaning skin, and ''nyssein'', meaning bite.
Genera
*''Dermanyssus''
**'' Dermanyssus americanus'' Ewin ...
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Moss, 1978
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Dermanyssus wutaiensis
''Dermanyssus'' is a genus of mites in the family Dermanyssidae. The etymology of the word ''Dermanyssus'' is from the Greek: ''derma'', meaning skin, and ''nyssein'', meaning bite.
Genera
*''Dermanyssus''
**'' Dermanyssus americanus'' Ewin ...
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Gu & Ting, 1992
*''Draconyssus''
Yunker & Radovsky ''in'' Wenzel & Tipton 1966
**''Draconyssus belgicae''
Yunker & Radovsky ''in'' Wenzel & Tipton 1966
*''Laelaspisella''
Marais & Loots, 1969
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Laelaspisella epigynialis''
Marais & Loots, 1969
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Laelaspisella foramenis''
(Karg, 1989)
*''Liponyssoides''
Hirst, 1913
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Liponyssoides adsonis
Dermanyssidae is a family of mites in the order Mesostigmata.
Genera
*''Acanthonyssus'' Yunker & Frank J. Radovsky, Radovsky ''in'' Wenzel & Tipton 1966
**''Acanthonyssus dentipes'' (Strandtmann & Eads, 1947)
*''Dermanyssus'' Dugès, 1834
**''D ...
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Domrow, 1992
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Liponyssoides bengalensis''
Gupta, 1979
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Liponyssoides eudyptulae''
Fain & Galloway, 1993
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Liponyssoides intermedius''
(Evans & Till, 1964)
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Liponyssoides lukoschusi''
Domrow, 1979
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Liponyssoides muris''
(Hirst, 1913)
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Liponyssoides sanguineus
''Liponyssoides sanguineus'' is a species of mite that infests the house mouse (''Mus musculus'').
It can transmit human disease, is associated with causing rodent mite dermatitis in humans and is noted for carrying '' Rickettsia akari'', which ...
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(Hirst, 1914)
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Liponyssoides warnekei''
Domrow, 1963
References
Mesostigmata
Taxa named by Friedrich August Rudolph Kolenati
Acari families
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