Ornithonyssus bacoti (Hirst) Ornithonyssus sylviarum (Canestrini & Fanzago)

Reeves, Will K., Durden, Lance A., Ritzi, Christopher M., Beckham, Katy R., Super, Paul E & Oconnor, Barry M., 2007, Ectoparasites and other ectosymbiotic arthropods of vertebrates in the Great Smoky Mountains National Park, USA, Zootaxa 1392, pp. 31-68 : 54

Ornithonyssus bacoti (Hirst) —tropical rat mite

Ex Rattus sp.: TN, Blount Co. (Pratt & Good 1954).

The tropical rat mite is widely distributed in the tropical, subtropical and mild temperate regions of the world together with its domestic rat hosts (Radovsky 1985). However, it also parasitizes several other mammals and Whitaker & Wilson ( 1974) list records from 37 species of mammals in North America alone. This hematophagous mite will bite humans and can cause “tropical rat mite dermatitis” (Durden et al. 1997 b). Ornithonyssus sylviarum (Canestrini & Fanzago) —northern fowl mite

Ex Iridoprocne bicolor (tree swallow) nest: 34 F, 1 N, GSMNP, no other data, W. K. Reeves, L­ 3051.

Despite its vernacular name, this blood­feeding mite parasitizes many species of wild birds (Garvin et al. 2004) and some mammals (Whitaker & Wilson 1974).

Ornithonyssus wernecki (Fonseca)

Ex Didelphis virginiana (Virginia opossum): 1 F, NC, Swain Co., US 441, 1 Feb. 2006, W. K. Reeves.

Ornithonyssus wernecki mainly parasitizes the Virginia opossum in North America (Whitaker & Wilson 1974).

Ornithonyssus sylviarum (Canestrini & Fanzago) —northern fowl mite

Ex Iridoprocne bicolor (tree swallow) nest: 34 F, 1 N, GSMNP, no other data, W. K. Reeves, L­ 3051.

Despite its vernacular name, this blood­feeding mite parasitizes many species of wild birds (Garvin et al. 2004) and some mammals (Whitaker & Wilson 1974).

Ornithonyssus wernecki (Fonseca)

Ex Didelphis virginiana (Virginia opossum): 1 F, NC, Swain Co., US 441, 1 Feb. 2006, W. K. Reeves.

Ornithonyssus wernecki mainly parasitizes the Virginia opossum in North America (Whitaker & Wilson 1974).