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Ptilonyssus plesiotypicus

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Species of mite

Ptilonyssus plesiotypicus
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Mesostigmata
Family: Rhinonyssidae
Genus: Ptilonyssus
Species: P. plesiotypicus
Binomial name
Ptilonyssus plesiotypicus
Knee, 2008

Ptilonyssus plesiotypicus is a mite that is parasitic in the nasal passages of some birds found in Alberta and Manitoba, Canada.

References

  1. Knee, Wayne (2008). "Five New Species of Rhinonyssidae (Mesostigmata) and One New Species of Dermanyssus (Mesostigmata: Dermanyssidae) from Birds of Alberta and Manitoba, Canada". Journal of Parasitology. 94 (2): 348–374. doi:10.1645/GE-1358.1. ISSN 0022-3395. S2CID 39710043.

Further reading

  • Knee, Wayne, Heather Proctor, and Terry Galloway. "Survey of nasal mites (Rhinonyssidae, Ereynetidae, and Turbinoptidae) associated with birds in Alberta and Manitoba, Canada." The Canadian Entomologist 140.03 (2008): 364–379.
Taxon identifiers
Ptilonyssus plesiotypicus


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