Family PSOROPTOIDIDAE Gaud, 1958

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• Psoroptoidinae Gaud, J. 1958. Acariens plumicoles (Analgesoidea) parasites des oiseaux du Maroc. II. Analgesidae. Bulletin de la Société de Sciences Naturelles et Physiques du Maroc 38: 27–49.

Introduction

The family Psoroptoididae includes about 40 species in nine genera world-wide. They are are feather mites that occur on a wide variety of bird hosts (Gaud & Atyeo 1996; OConnor 2009). Two genera are known from Australia, each with a single described species. Many more species will be found when the feather mite fauna of Australian birds is surveyed more extensively. This family should not be confused with the Psoroptidae, which occurs on mammals.

General References

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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