Dermanyssoidea
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| Tinaminyssus melloi (Dermanyssidae) | |
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| Superfamily: | Dermanyssoidea Kolenati, 1859
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Dermanyssoidea is a superfamily of mites, including most of the mites which parasitise vertebrates.[1] It contains 21 families:
- Dasyponyssidae
- Dermanyssidae
- Entonyssidae
- Haemogamasidae
- Halarachnidae
- Hirstionyssidae
- Hystrichonyssidae
- Ixodorhynchidae
- Laelapidae
- Larvamimidae
- Leptolaelapidae
- Macronyssidae
- Manitherionyssidae
- Omentolaelapidae
- Pneumophionyssidae
- Raillietiidae
- Rhinonyssidae
- Spelaeorhynchidae
- Spinturnicidae
- Trichoaspididae
- Uronyssidae
- Varroidae
References
- ^ Frank J. Radowski (1994). "The evolution of parasitism and the distribution of some dermanyssoid mites (Mesostigmata) on vertebrate hosts". In Marilyn A. Houck (ed.). Mites: ecological and evolutionary analyses of life-history patterns. Springer. pp. 186–217. ISBN 978-0-412-02991-2.
