Family XOLALGIDAE Dubinin, 1953

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• Xolalgini 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 Xolalgidae is a family of 21 genera and about 50 species of feather mites that occur on many orders of aquatic and terrestrial birds (Gaud & Atyeo 1996; OConnor 2009). As with most families of feather mites, the Australian fauna is very poorly known, with only four known species in two genera. Ingrassia eudyptula Mironov & Proctor, 2008 is noteworthy as the first known feather mite associated with a penguin.

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

Mironov, S.V. & Proctor, H.C. 2008. The probable association of feather mites of the genus Ingrassia (Analgoidea: Xolalgidae) with the blue penguin Eudyptula minor (Aves: Sphenisciformes) in Australia. Journal of Parasitology 94: 1243–1248

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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