Ornithonyssus Sambon, 1928

Nemati, Alireza, Riahi, Elham, Khalili-Moghadam, Arsalan & Gwiazdowicz, Dariusz J., 2018, A catalogue of the Iranian Mesostigmata (Acari): additions and updates of the previous catalogue, Persian Journal of Acarology 7 (2), pp. 115-191 : 121

Genus Ornithonyssus Sambon, 1928

Ornithonyssus bacoti (Hirst, 1913)

Distribution and habitats. Ardabil Province (Meshkinshahr), M. musculus ( Mohebali et al. 1997) ; Lorestan Province (Region not mentioned), T. indica ( Rafinejad et al. 2005) ; Hormozgan Province (Bandar Abbas), T. indica ( Hanafi-Bojd et al. 2007) ; Kermanshah Province (Sarpole-Zahab District), on M. musculus , M. persicus and T. indica ( Telmadarraiy et al. 2007) ; Khuzestan Province (Ahwaz), on the body of human ( Rahdar and Vazirianzadeh 2009); North Khorasan Province (Esfarayen and Shirvan County); Semnan Province (Damghan and Shahrood), on Rhombomys opimus ( Tajedin et al. 2009) ; Northwest of Iran (Region not mentioned), on M. musculus ( Allymehr et al. 2012) ; Tehran Province (Evin, Darake,Velenjak, Darband and Dar-Abad), on R. norvegicus ( Pakdad et al. 2012) .

Ornithonyssus bursa (Berlese, 1888)

Distribution and habitats. Mazandaran Province (Region not mentioned), breeder flock ( Rahbari et al. 2009).

Ornithonyssus sylviarum (G. Canestrini & Fanzago, 1877)

Distribution and habitats. Lorestan Province (Region not mentioned), R. rattus ( Rafinejad et al. 2005) ; (Khoram-Abad District), on rodents ( Shayan and Rafinejad 2006).

Note: Unknown species of this genus was reported from Khuzestan province, in honey bee hive by Mossadegh (1997).