Family LAMINOSIOPTIDAE Vitzthum, 1931

Museums

Regional Maps

• Laminosioptidae Vitzthum, H.G. 1931. Ordnung der Arachnida: Acari = Milben. Handbuch der Zoologie (Eds Kükenthal, W. & Krumbach, T.). Band III, Volume 2, Part 3. Leipzig : De Gruyter 160 pp.

Miscellaneous Literature Names

• Caminosioptidae Vitzthum, 1931 [subsequent misspelling]. —
  Green, R.H. 1989. The ectoparasitic mites of Tasmanian vertebrate animals. Records of the Queen Victoria Museum, Launceston 98: 1-25

Introduction

The Laminosioptidae is a family of 28 ectoparasitic species of mites that occur in feather follicles and subcutaneous cysts in the skin of birds (OConnor 2009). Only five species are known from Australia, including four endemic species of Fainocoptes described from native birds (reviewed by Domrow 1992). The other species is the fowl cyst mite Laminosioptes cysticola, a cosmopolitan pest of poultry, which can sometimes cause significant pathology in its host (Seddon 1968; Mullen & OConnor 2009).

General References

Domrow, R. 1992. Acari Astigmata (excluding feather mites) parasitic on Australian vertebrates: an annotated checklist, keys and bibliography. Invertebrate Taxonomy 6: 1459-1606

Mullen, G.R. & OConnor, B.M. 2009. Mites (Acari). pp. 433-492 in Mullen, G.R. & Durden, L.A. Medical and Veterinary Entomology. Amsterdam : Elsevier 2.

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.

Seddon, H.R. 1968. Diseases of Domestic Animals in Australia. Part 3. Arthropod Infestations (Ticks and Mites). Commonwealth of Australia Department of Health, Service Publication (Veterinary Hygeine) (Revised by H. E. Albiston) Vol. 7 170 pp.

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