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

publication ID	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.273680
DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6243957
persistent identifier	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/E5278780-FFFA-FFDE-FF3B-5D83FF5DFD32
treatment provided by	Plazi
scientific name	Ornithonyssus sylviarum (Canestrini & Fanzago)
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Treatment

Ornithonyssus sylviarum (Canestrini & Fanzago) View in CoL —northern fowl mite

Ex Iridoprocne bicolor (tree swallow) nest: 34F, 1N, GSMNP, no other data, W. K. Reeves, L3051.

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) View in CoL

Ex Didelphis virginiana View in CoL (Virginia opossum): 1F, NC, Swain Co., US 441, 1 Feb. 2006, W. K. Reeves. Ornithonyssus wernecki View in CoL mainly parasitizes the Virginia opossum in North America (Whitaker & Wilson 1974).

Abbreviations

GSMNP

Great Smoky Mountains National Park

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Taxonomy

Kingdom	Animalia
Phylum	Arthropoda
Class	Arachnida
Order	Mesostigmata
Family	Macronyssidae
Genus	Ornithonyssus

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