Freyanidae Explained

Freyanidae is a family of feather mites in the order Astigmata. There are more than 15 genera in Freyanidae.

Genera

These genera belong to the family Freyanidae:

• Allofreyana Gaud and Atyeo, 1975
• Burhinacarus, Dubinin, 1956
• Cauralicola Gaud & Atyeo, 1981
• Cernyella, Gaud, 1968
• Diomedacarinae Gaud & Atyeo, 1981
• Diomedacarus, Dubinin, 1949
• Dobyella Gaud et Atyeo, 1975
• Freyana Haller, 1877
• Freyanomorpha, Gaud, 1957
• Freyanopsis Dubinin, 1950

• Michaelia Trouessart, 1884
• Morinyssus Gaud & Atyeo, 1982
• Parafreyana Cerny, 1969
• Pavlovskiana Dubinin, 1950
• Pelecymerus Gaud and Atyeo, 1975
• Sulanyssus Dubinin, 1953

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.