Sternostoma setifer

Sternostoma setifer
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Subphylum:	Chelicerata
Class:	Arachnida
Order:	Mesostigmata
Family:	Rhinonyssidae
Genus:	Sternostoma
Species:	S. setifer
Binomial name
Sternostoma setifer Knee, 2008

Sternostoma setifer is a mite that is parasitic in the nasal passages of some North American birds, including bluebirds and martins. ^{[1] [2]}

References

1. Knee, Wayne (2008). "Five New Species of Rhinonyssidae (Mesostigmata) and One New Species of Dermanyssus (Mesostigmata: Dermanyssidae) from Birds of Alberta and Manitoba, Canada". Journal of Parasitology. 94 (2): 348–374. doi:10.1645/GE-1358.1. ISSN   0022-3395.
2. Beron, Petar, ed. (2020). Acarorum Catalogus VI, Order Mesostigmata. Pensoft. doi: 10.3897/ab.e54206 . ISBN   978-619-248-006-6.

Further reading

• Knee, Wayne, Heather Proctor, and Terry Galloway. "Survey of nasal mites (Rhinonyssidae, Ereynetidae, and Turbinoptidae) associated with birds in Alberta and Manitoba, Canada." The Canadian Entomologist 140.03 (2008): 364–379.