Family FREYANIDAE Dubinin, 1953

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• Freyanidae Dubinin, V.B. 1953. Feather mites (Analgesoidea). Part II. Families Epidermoptidae and Freyanidae. Fauna of the USSR 6(6): 1-412 (USSR Academy of Sciences, Leningrad).

Introduction

The family Freyanidae is a group of 17 genera of feather mites that occur in the wing and tail feathers of a wide variety of water birds (Gaud & Atyeo 1996; OConnor 2009). The classification of the family was reviewed by Gaud & Atyeo (1982a, 1982b, 1985) and Ehrnsberger et al. (2001). Eight of the known genera occur in Australia, including 12 species, most of which have been found on geese and ducks. As with most families of feather mites, many more species will be found when the mite fauna of Australian birds is surveyed more extensively.

General References

Ehrnsberger, R., Mironov, S.V. & Dabert, J. 2001. A preliminary analysis of phylogenetic relationships of the feather mite family Freyanidae Dubinin, 1953 (Acari: Astigmata). Biological Bulletin of Poznan 38: 181–201

Gaud, J. & Atyeo, W.T. 1982a. La famille Freyanidae, Dubinin (Sarcoptiformes Plumicoles, Freyanoidea). I. Sous-familles Burhinacarinae, n. sub-f. et Diomedacarinae, n. sub-f. Acarologia 22: 403–414

Gaud, J. & Atyeo, W.T. 1982b. La famille Freyanidae, Dubinin (Sarcoptiformes plumicoles, Freyanoidea). II. Sous-famille Michaeliinae. Acarologia 23: 177-187

Gaud, J. & Atyeo, W.T. 1985. La famille Freyanidae, Dubinin (Sarcoptiformes Plumicoles, Freyanoidea). III. Sous-famille Freyaninae. Acarologia 26: 385-392

Gaud, J. & Atyeo, W.T. 1996. Feather mites of the world (Acarina, Astigmata) The supraspecific taxa. Annales du Musée Royal de l'Afrique Centrale Tervuren Belgique 277: Pt I, 1-193, Pt II, 1-436

OConnor, B.M. 2009. Cohort Astigmatina. pp. 565–657 in Krantz, G.W. & Walter, D.E. (eds). A Manual of Acarology. Lubbock, Texas : Texas Tech University Press Third edition, 807 pp.

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