Feather mite
Encyclopedia
Feather mites are the members of diverse mite
superfamilies:
They are ectoparasites on bird
s, hence the common name.
Treatments with pyrethrin
or carbaryl powder has been described.
Mite
Mites, along with ticks, are small arthropods belonging to the subclass Acari and the class Arachnida. The scientific discipline devoted to the study of ticks and mites is called acarology.-Diversity and systematics:...
superfamilies:
- superorder AcariformesAcariformesThe Acariformes are the more diverse of the two superorders of mites. There are over 32,000 described species in 351 families, and an estimated total of 440,000 to 929,000, including undescribed species.-Systematics and taxonomy:...
- PsoroptidiaPsoroptidiaPsoroptidia is a suborder of the Acari group Astigmatina. It comprises around 40 families, and apparently originated as parasites of birds, before a secondary radiation saw some taxa become parasites of mammals...
- AnalgoideaAnalgoideaThe Analgoidea are a superfamily of the Acarina order Sarcoptiformes. They contain many feather mites, being ectoparasites of birds and occasionally mammals....
- Freyanoidea
- Pterolichoidea
- Analgoidea
- Psoroptidia
- superorder ParasitiformesParasitiformesThe Parasitiformes are a superorder of Acari . Many species are parasitic , but not all; for example, about half of the 10,000 known species in the suborder Mesostigmata are predatory and cryptozoan, living in the soil-litter, rotting wood, dung, carrion, nests or house dust...
- DermanyssoideaDermanyssoideaDermanyssoidea is a superfamily of mites, including most of the mites which parasitise vertebrates. It contains 21 families:*Dasyponyssidae*Dermanyssidae*Entonyssidae*Haemogamasidae*Halarachnidae*Hirstionyssidae*Hystrichonyssidae*Ixodorhynchidae...
- Dermanyssoidea
They are ectoparasites on bird
Bird
Birds are feathered, winged, bipedal, endothermic , egg-laying, vertebrate animals. Around 10,000 living species and 188 families makes them the most speciose class of tetrapod vertebrates. They inhabit ecosystems across the globe, from the Arctic to the Antarctic. Extant birds range in size from...
s, hence the common name.
Treatments with pyrethrin
Pyrethrin
The pyrethrins are a pair of natural organic compounds that have potent insecticidal activity. Pyrethrins are neurotoxins that attack the nervous systems of all insects. When present in amounts not fatal to insects, they still appear to have an insect repellent effect. Pyrethrins are gradually...
or carbaryl powder has been described.