''Ornithonyssus'' is a
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 ...
genus of the family
Macronyssidae
The Macronyssidae are a family of parasitic mites in the order Mesostigmata.
Genera and species
'' Arachnyssus'' Ma Liming, 2002
* '' Arachnyssus guangxiensis'' Ma Liming, 2002
* '' Arachnyssus huwenae'' Ma-Liming, 2002
''Argitis'' Yunker & Sau ...
.
Species
* ''
Ornithonyssus acrobates''
Micherdzinski & Domrow, 1985
* ''
Ornithonyssus africanus''
(Zumpt & Till, 1958)
* ''
Ornithonyssus bacoti
''Ornithonyssus bacoti'' (also known as the tropical rat mite and formerly called Liponyssus bacoti) is a hematophagous parasite. It feeds on blood and serum from many hosts. ''O. bacoti'' can be found and cause disease on rats and wild rodents m ...
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(Hirst, 1913) commonly known as the tropical rat mite. A frequently occurring rat mite that has a painful bite.
* ''
Ornithonyssus benoiti''
Till, 1982
* ''
Ornithonyssus bursa
''Ornithonyssus bursa'' (also known as the tropical fowl mite) is a species of mite.
It is most often a parasite of birds, but also has been found to bite humans and two species of mammals.
It usually lives in birds' feathers, but for laying its ...
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(Berlese, 1888) commonly known as the tropical fowl mite.
* ''
Ornithonyssus campester''
Micherdzinski & Domrow, 1985
* ''
Ornithonyssus capensis''
Shepherd & Narro, 1983
* ''
Ornithonyssus conciliatus''
( Radovsky, 1967)
* ''
Ornithonyssus costai''
Micherdzinski, 1980
* ''
Ornithonyssus dasyuri''
Domrow, 1983
* ''
Ornithonyssus desultorius''
(Radovsky, 1966)
* ''
Ornithonyssus flexus''
(Radovsky, 1967)
* ''
Ornithonyssus garridoi''
de-la-Cruz, 1981
* ''
Ornithonyssus hypertrichus''
Radovsky, 2007
* ''
Ornithonyssus jayanti''
(Advani & Vazirani, 1981)
* ''
Ornithonyssus kochi''
(Fonseca, 1948)
* ''
Ornithonyssus latro''
Domrow, 1963
* ''
Ornithonyssus longisetosus''
Micherdzinski, 1980
* ''
Ornithonyssus lukoschusi''
Micherdzinski, 1980
* ''
Ornithonyssus matogrosso''
(Fonseca, 1954)
* ''
Ornithonyssus noeli''
de-la-Cruz, 1983
* ''
Ornithonyssus nyctinomi''
(Zumpt & Patterson, 1951)
* ''
Ornithonyssus petauri''
Micherdzinski, 1980
* ''
Ornithonyssus pereirai''
(Fonseca, 1935)
* ''
Ornithonyssus pipistrelli''
(Oudemans, 1904)
* ''
Ornithonyssus praedo''
Domrow, 1971
* ''
Ornithonyssus roseinnesi''
(Zumpt & Till, 1953)
* ''
Ornithonyssus simulatus''
Micherdzinski, 1980
* ''
Ornithonyssus spinosa''
Manson, 1972
* ''
Ornithonyssus stigmaticus''
Micherdzinski & Domrow, 1985
* ''
Ornithonyssus sylviarum
''Ornithonyssus sylviarum'' (also known as the northern fowl mite) is a haematophagous ectoparasite of poultry. In both size and appearance, it resembles the red mite, ''Dermanyssus gallinae''. They primarily infect egg laying chickens. They cont ...
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(G.Canestrini & Fanzago, 1877) commonly known as the northern fowl mite.
* ''
Ornithonyssus taphozous''
Micherdzinski & Domrow, 1985
References
Mesostigmata
Parasites of birds
Acari genera
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