Avenzoariidae Explained

Avenzoariidae is a family of feather mites in the order Astigmata. There are at least 15 genera in Avenzoariidae. They are found on the feathers of aquatic birds, and in the case of one species, birds of prey.

Genera

These 15 genera belong to the family Avenzoariidae:

• Avenzoaria Oudemans, 1905
• Bdellorhynchus Megnin & Trouessart, 1884
• Bonnetella Trouessart, 1924
• Bregetovia Dubinin, 1951
• Bychovskiata Dubinin, 1951
• Capelloptes Dubinin, 1951
• Hemifreyana Gaud & Mouchet, 1959
• Laronyssus Dubinin, 1951
• Pomeranzevia Dubinin, 1951
• Pseudavenzoaria Dubinin, 1951
• Rafalskiata Mironov & Dabert, 1997
• Scutomegninia Dubinin, 1951
• Zachvatkinia Dubinin, 1949
• Zachvatkiniana Volgin, 1967
• Zygochelifer Atyeo, 1984

Further reading

• Global diversity of mites. 2000. Halliday . R.B.. O'connor . O'B.M.. Baker . A.S.. Raven . P.H.. Nature and Human Society—the Quest for a Sustainable World. National Academy Press. 192–203. 10.17226/6142. 978-0-309-06555-9.
• Book: A Manual of Acarology. 2009. Krantz . G.W.. Walter . D.E.. Texas Tech University Press. 9780896726208.
• Origin and higher-level diversification of acariform mites--evidence from nuclear ribosomal genes, extensive taxon sampling, and secondary structure alignment. 2015. Pepato . A.R.. Klimov . P.B.. BMC Evolutionary Biology. 15. 178. 10.1186/s12862-015-0458-2. free. 4557820. 26330076.