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Ptilonyssus plesiotypicus

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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.[1]

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.