Feather mites

Dermanyssus gallinae (Dermanyssoidea: Dermanyssidae)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Subphylum:	Chelicerata
Class:	Arachnida
Subclass:	Acari (partim)

Feather mites are the members of diverse mite superfamilies:

superorder Acariformes
- Psoroptidia^[1]
  - Analgoidea^[2]
  - Freyanoidea
  - Pterolichoidea
superorder Parasitiformes
- Dermanyssoidea

They are ectoparasites on birds, hence the common name.

References

^ Mironov SV, Skirnisson K, Thorarinsdottir ST, Nielsen OK (March 2010). "Feather mites (Astigmata: Psoroptidia) parasitising the rock ptarmigan Lagopus muta (Montin) (Aves: Galliformes) in Iceland". Syst. Parasitol. 75 (3): 187–206. doi:10.1007/s11230-009-9219-1. PMID 20157794. S2CID 2503558.
^ Dabert J, Dabert M, Mironov SV (July 2001). "Phylogeny of feather mite subfamily Avenzoariinae (Acari: Analgoidea: Avenzoariidae) inferred from combined analyses of molecular and morphological data". Mol. Phylogenet. Evol. 20 (1): 124–35. doi:10.1006/mpev.2001.0948. PMID 11421653.

Acari (ticks and mites)

Acariformes

Oribatida	Brachypylina Enarthronota Holosomata Mixonomata Palaeosomata Parhyposomata
Sarcoptiformes	Endeostigmata Psoroptidia
Trombidiformes	Prostigmata Sphaerolichida

Parasitiformes

Holothyrida	Allothyridae Holothyridae Neothyridae
Ixodida (ticks)	Argasidae Ixodidae Nuttalliellidae
Mesostigmata	Monogynaspida Sejina Trigynaspida
Opilioacariformes	Opilioacaridae

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