TY  - JOUR
JF  - Acarologia
T1  - New superfamilies for astigmatic mites parasitic on birds
VL  - 19
IS  - 4
SP  - 678
EP  - 685
PY  - 1977
SN  - 0044-586X
SN  - 2107-7207
PB  - Les Amis d'Acarologia
AU  - Gaud, J.
AU  - Atyeo, W.T.
UR  - https://www1.montpellier.inrae.fr/CBGP/acarologia/article.php?id=2979
DA  - 1978-10-30
AB  - Astigmatic mites parasitic оn оr in the feather, оn the skin and in the external nares of birds have historically been classified as the Analgoidea (s. l.). Оn the bases of tarsal and pretarsal сhаrасtеrs, thrее superfamilies are proposed for these mites: Analgoidea (s. s.), Freyanoidea and Pterolichoidea. In addition, two new families аre estabIished: Caudiferidae (type genus: Caudifera Gaud and Mouchet, 1959) and Oсhrоliсhidае (type genus: Ochrolichus Gaud, 1966).
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