Ornithonyssus

Ornithonyssus is a mite genus of the family Macronyssidae.

Ornithonyssus
Ornithonyssus sylviarum
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Arachnida
Subclass:	Acari
Order:	Mesostigmata
Family:	Macronyssidae
Subfamily:	Macronyssinae
Genus:	Ornithonyssus Sambon, 1928
Species
see text
Synonyms[1]
Leiognathus Canestrini, 1884 (preocc.) Fonsecanyssus Radford, 1950 Cryptonyssus Radovsky, 1966 Bdellonyssus Fonseca, 1941 Neoichoronyssus Fonseca, 1941 Lepronyssoides Fonseca, 1941 Macronyssoides Radovsky, 1966 Megistonyssus Radovsky, 1966 Parasteatonyssus Radovsky, 1966

Species

• Ornithonyssus acrobates Micherdzinski & Domrow, 1985
• Ornithonyssus africanus (Zumpt & Till, 1958)
• Ornithonyssus bacoti (Hirst, 1913) commonly known as the tropical rat mite. A frequently occurring rat mite [2] that has a painful bite.
• Ornithonyssus benoiti Till, 1982

• Ornithonyssus bursa (Berlese, 1888) commonly known as the tropical fowl mite.[3]

• Ornithonyssus campester Micherdzinski & Domrow, 1985
• Ornithonyssus capensis Shepherd & Narro, 1983
• Ornithonyssus conciliatus (Radovsky, 1967)
• Ornithonyssus costai Micherdzinski, 1980
• Ornithonyssus dasyuri Domrow, 1983
• Ornithonyssus desultorius (Radovsky, 1966)
• Ornithonyssus flexus (Radovsky, 1967)
• Ornithonyssus garridoi de-la-Cruz, 1981
• Ornithonyssus hypertrichus Radovsky, 2007
• Ornithonyssus jayanti (Advani & Vazirani, 1981)
• Ornithonyssus kochi (Fonseca, 1948)
• Ornithonyssus latro Domrow, 1963
• Ornithonyssus longisetosus Micherdzinski, 1980
• Ornithonyssus lukoschusi Micherdzinski, 1980
• Ornithonyssus matogrosso (Fonseca, 1954)
• Ornithonyssus noeli de-la-Cruz, 1983
• Ornithonyssus nyctinomi (Zumpt & Patterson, 1951)
• Ornithonyssus petauri Micherdzinski, 1980
• Ornithonyssus pereirai (Fonseca, 1935)
• Ornithonyssus pipistrelli (Oudemans, 1904)
• Ornithonyssus praedo Domrow, 1971
• Ornithonyssus roseinnesi (Zumpt & Till, 1953)
• Ornithonyssus simulatus Micherdzinski, 1980
• Ornithonyssus spinosa Manson, 1972
• Ornithonyssus stigmaticus Micherdzinski & Domrow, 1985
• Ornithonyssus sylviarum (G.Canestrini & Fanzago, 1877) commonly known as the northern fowl mite.[4]
• Ornithonyssus taphozous Micherdzinski & Domrow, 1985

References

1. Radovsky, 2007, p. 223
2. "Mites Affecting Humans". www.idph.state.il.us. Retrieved 2018-05-30.
3. Denmark, H. A., & Cromroy, H. L. (2012). Tropical Fowl Mite, Ornithonyssus bursa (Berlese)(Arachnida: Acari: Macronyssidae). University of Florida. Fact Sheet EENY-297.
4. Owen, Jeb P.; Delany, Mary E.; Cardona, Carol J.; Bickford, Arthur A.; Mullens, Bradley A. (2009-06-01). "Host inflammatory response governs fitness in an avian ectoparasite, the northern fowl mite (Ornithonyssus sylviarum)". International Journal for Parasitology. 39 (7): 789–799. doi:10.1016/j.ijpara.2008.12.008. ISSN 0020-7519.