Feather mite

Feather mite

Taxobox
name = Feather mites


image_width = 240px
image_caption = "Dermanyssus gallinae" (Dermanyssoidea: Dermanyssidae)
regnum = Animalia
phylum = Arthropoda
subphylum = Chelicerata
classis = Arachnida
subclassis = Acarina ("partim")

Feather mites are the members of diverse mite superfamilies:

* Analgoidea, Freyanoidea and Pterolichoidea in the superorder Acariformes
* Dermanyssoidea in the superorder Parasitiformes

They are ectoparasites on birds, hence the common name.


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