Avenzoariidae

Avenzoariidae is a family of feather mites in the order Astigmata. There are at least 15 genera in Avenzoariidae. They are found on the feathers of aquatic birds, and in the case of one species, birds of prey.[1][2]

Avenzoariidae
Bychovskiata charadrii
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Sarcoptiformes
Superfamily: Analgoidea
Family: Avenzoariidae

Genera

These 15 genera belong to the family Avenzoariidae:[3][1]

  • Avenzoaria Oudemans, 1905
  • Bdellorhynchus Megnin & Trouessart, 1884
  • Bonnetella Trouessart, 1924
  • Bregetovia Dubinin, 1951
  • Bychovskiata Dubinin, 1951
  • Capelloptes Dubinin, 1951
  • Hemifreyana Gaud & Mouchet, 1959
  • Laronyssus Dubinin, 1951
  • Pomeranzevia Dubinin, 1951
  • Pseudavenzoaria Dubinin, 1951
  • Rafalskiata Mironov & Dabert, 1997
  • Scutomegninia Dubinin, 1951
  • Zachvatkinia Dubinin, 1949
  • Zachvatkiniana Volgin, 1967
  • Zygochelifer Atyeo, 1984

References

  1. "Avenzoariidae". GBIF. Retrieved 2019-02-19.
  2. Mironov, S.V. (1990). Dusbábek, F.; Bukva, V. (eds.). "The feather mites of the family Avenzoariidae, their classification and peculiarities of their host-distributions". Modern Acarology: Proceedings of the VIII International Congress of Acarology. 2.

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