Ornithonyssus

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Ornithonyssus
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Ornithonyssus sylviarum
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Subclass: Acari
Order: Mesostigmata
Family: Macronyssidae
Genus: Ornithonyssus
Sambon, 1928
Species

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Synonyms [1]

LeiognathusCanestrini, 1884 (preocc.)
FonsecanyssusRadford, 1950
CryptonyssusRadovsky, 1966
BdellonyssusFonseca, 1941
NeoichoronyssusFonseca, 1941
LepronyssoidesFonseca, 1941
MacronyssoidesRadovsky, 1966
MegistonyssusRadovsky, 1966
ParasteatonyssusRadovsky, 1966

Ornithonyssus is a mite genus of the family Macronyssidae.

Species

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References

  1. Radovsky, 2007, p. 223
  2. "Mites Affecting Humans". www.idph.state.il.us. Retrieved 2018-05-30.
  3. Denmark, H. A., & Cromroy, H. L. (2012). Tropical Fowl Mite, Ornithonyssus bursa (Berlese)(Arachnida: Acari: Macronyssidae). University of Florida. Fact Sheet EENY-297.
  4. Owen, Jeb P.; Delany, Mary E.; Cardona, Carol J.; Bickford, Arthur A.; Mullens, Bradley A. (2009-06-01). "Host inflammatory response governs fitness in an avian ectoparasite, the northern fowl mite (Ornithonyssus sylviarum)". International Journal for Parasitology. 39 (7): 789–799. doi:10.1016/j.ijpara.2008.12.008. ISSN   0020-7519.