Family KRAMERELLIDAE Gaud & Mouchet, 1961

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• Kramerellinae Gaud, J. & Mouchet, J. 1961. Deux genres nouveaux de Sarcoptiformes plumicoles un nouveau critère dans la systématique des Analgesoidea. Acarologia 3: 591-598.

Introduction

Mites in the family Kramerellidae occur in the feathers of a variety of birds (Gaud & Atyeo 1996; OConnor 2009). The family includes seven genera, but only one, Freyanella, has been recorded in Australia, with four species described from ibis and spoonbills. The males of these species have bizarre body shapes, with setae that are often highly asymmetrical (Atyeo et al. 1972). 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

Atyeo, W.T., Gaud, J. & Humphreys, W.J. 1972. The feather mite genus Freyanella Dubinin, 1953 (Analgoidea : Pterolichidae). Acarologia 13: 383-409

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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