Rhinonyssidae

Female Ptilonyssus cerchneis, dorsal view, from here.

Belongs within: Gamasina.

The Rhinonyssidae are a group of endoparasitic mites found in the respiratory tracts of birds (Evans & Till 1979).

Characters (from Lindquist et al. 2009): Sternal shield reduced or absent but with distinct, and often distinctive, sternal setae, epigynal shield well developed or reduced, stigmata dorsal, peritremes greatly reduced or absent. Tibia and genu I each with two anterolateral setae.

<==Rhinonyssidae [Rhinonyssinae] LKW09
    |--Neonyssus LKW09
    |    |--N. columbae Crossley 1950 [=Mesonyssus columbae, Tinaminyssus columbae] H98
    |    `--N. intermedius H23
    |--Cas angrensis (de Castro 1948) LKW09, H98 [=Rhinonyssus angrensis H98, Ptilonyssus angrensis H98]
    |--Larinyssus Strandtmann 1948 H98
    |    |--L. benoiti Fain 1961 H98
    |    `--L. orbicularis Strandtmann 1948 H98
    |--Rhinoecius Cooreman 1946 ET79
    |    |--*R. oti Cooreman 1946 ET79
    |    `--R. cooremani Strandtmann 1952 H98
    |--Ruandanyssus Fain 1957 H98
    |    |--R. artami Domrow 1969 H98
    |    `--R. terpsiphonei Fain 1957 H98
    |--Rallinyssus Strandtmann 1948 H98
    |    |--R. caudistigmus Strandtmann 1948 H98
    |    |--R. congolensis Fain 1956 H98
    |    `--R. gallinulae Fain 1960 H98
    |--Rhinonyssus Trouessart 1894 ET79
    |    |  i. s.: R. himantopus Strandtmann 1951 H98
    |    |         R. minutus (Bregetova 1950) [=Sternostomum minutum] H98
    |    |         R. poliocephali Fain 1956 H98
    |    |         R. rhinolethrum (Trouessart 1895) [=Sternostomum rhinolethrum, R. rhinolethrus] H98
    |    |--*R. (Rhinonyssus) coniventris Trouessart 1894 ET79
    |    |    |--R. c. coniventris ET79
    |    |    `--R. c. echinipes ET79
    |    `--R. (Neonyssoides Hirst 1923 H23
    |         `--R. (*N.) nucifragae Hirst 1923 H23
    |--Sternostoma Berlese & Trouessart 1889 ET79 [=Sternostomum Trouessart 1895 E57]
    |    |--*S. cryptorhynchum Berlese & Trouessart 1889 ET79
    |    |--S. cooremani Fain 1956 H98
    |    |--S. cuculorum Fain 1956 [incl. S. zosteropus Domrow 1966] H98
    |    |--S. dureni Fain 1956 H98
    |    |--S. gliciphilae Domrow 1966 H98
    |    |--S. loxiae ET79
    |    |--S. neosittae domrow 1969 H98
    |    |--S. paddae Fain 1958 H98
    |    |--S. technaui Vitzthum 1935 [=Sternostomum technaui] H98
    |    |--S. thienponti Fain 1956 H98
    |    `--S. tracheacolum Lawrence 1948 H98
    |--Tinaminyssus Strandtmann & Wharton 1958 H98
    |    |--T. aprosmicti (Domrow 1964) [=Mesonyssoides aprosmicti; incl. M. platycerci Domrow 1964] H98
    |    |--T. belopolskii (Bregetova 1950) [=Neonyssus belopolskii, Mesonyssus belopolskii] H98
    |    |--T. daceloae (Domrow 1965) [=Mesonyssus daceloae] H98
    |    |--T. geopeliae (Fain 1964) [=Mesonyssus geopeliae] H98
    |    |--T. halcyonus (Domrow 1965) [=Mesonyssus halcyonus] H98
    |    |--T. hirtus (Wilson 1966) [=Mesonyssus hirtus] H98
    |    |--T. kakatuae (Domrow 1964) [=Mesonyssoides kakatuae, Mesonyssus kakatuae] H98
    |    |--T. macropygiae (Wilson 1966) [=Mesonyssus macropygiae] H98
    |    |--T. megaloprepiae Domrow 1969 H98
    |    |--T. melloi (de Castro 1948) [=Neonyssus melloi, Mesonyssus melloi] H98
    |    |--T. myristicivorae Domrow 1969 H98
    |    |--T. ocyphabus (Domrow 1965) [=Mesonyssus ocyphabus] H98
    |    |--T. phabus (Domrow 1965) [=Mesonyssus phabus] H98
    |    |--T. tanysipterae (Wilson 1966) [=Mesonyssus tanysipterae] H98
    |    |--T. trichoglossi (Domrow 1964) [=Mesonyssoides trichoglossi, Mesonyssus trichoglossi] H98
    |    `--T. welchi Domrow 1969 H98
    `--Ptilonyssus Berlese & Trouessart 1889 [incl. Rhinonyssoides Hirst 1921] H98
         |--*P. echinatus Berlese & Trouessart 1889 ET79
         |--P. acrocephali Fain 1964 H98
         |--P. ailuroedi Domrow 1964 H98
         |--P. astridae Fain 1956 [=Paraneonyssus astridae] H98
         |--P. balimoensis Sakakibara 1968 H98
         |--P. bradypteri (Fain 1962) [=Passeronyssus bradypteri] H98
         |--P. buloloensis Sakakibara 1968 H98
         |--P. capitatus (Strandtmann 1956) [=Paraneonyssus capitatus] H98
         |--P. cerchneis Fain 1957 [=Rhinonyssoides cerchneis] H98
         |--P. cinnyris Zumpt & Till 1955 [=Rhinonyssoides cinnyris] H98
         |--P. colluricinclae Domrow 1964 H98
         |--P. condylocoxa Fain & Lukoschus 1979 H98
         |--P. conopophilae Fain & Lukoschus 1979 H98
         |--P. corcoracis Domrow 1969 H98
         |--P. cractici Domrow 1964 H98
         |--P. dicaei Domrow 1966 H98
         |--P. dicruri Fain 1956 [=Passeronyssus dicruri, Ptilonyssoides dicruri] H98
         |--P. dioptrornis Fain 1956 [=Ptilonyssoides dioptrornis] H98
         |--P. emberizae Fain 1956 [=Paraneonyssus emberizae] H98
         |--P. gerygonae Domrow 1969 H98
         |--P. gliciphilae Domrow 1966 H98
         |--P. grallinae Domrow 1964 H98
         |--P. hirsti (de Castro & Periera 1947) [=Neonyssus hirsti, Paraneonyssus hirsti] H98
         |--P. lymozemae Domrow 1965 H98
         |--P. macclurei Fain 1963 H98
         |--P. maluri Domrow 1965 H98
         |--P. meliphagae Domrow 1964 H98
         |--P. microecae Domrow 1966 H98
         |--P. monarchae Domrow 1969 H98
         |--P. motacillae Fain 1956 [incl. P. estrildicola taeniopygiae Fain 1963] H98
         |--P. myzanthae Domrow 1964 H98
         |--P. myzomelae Domrow 1965 H98
         |--P. neochmiae Domrow 1969 H98
         |--P. ohioensis LKW09
         |--P. orthonychus Domrow 1969 H98
         |--P. philemoni Domrow 1964 [incl. P. pentagonicus Fain & Lukoschus 1979] H98
         |--P. pittae Domrow 1964 H98
         |--P. pseudothymanzae Fain & Lukoschus 1979 H98
         |--P. psophodae Domrow 1964 H98
         |--P. rhipidurae Domrow 1966 H98
         |--P. ruandae Fain 1956 H98
         |--P. setosae Domrow 1969 H98
         |--P. sittae Fain 1965 H98
         |--P. sphecotheris Domrow 1964 H98
         |--P. stomioperae Domrow 1966 H98
         |--P. struthideae Domrow 1969 H98
         |--P. sturnopastoris Fain 1963 H98
         |--P. terpsiphonei Fain 1956 H98
         |--P. thymanzae Domrow 1964 H98
         |--P. triscutatus (Vitzthum 1935) [=Ptilonyssoides triscutatus] H98
         `--P. trouessarti (Hirst 1921) [=Rhinonyssoides trouessarti] H98

*Type species of generic name indicated

REFERENCES

[E57] Evans, G. O. 1957. An introduction to the British Mesostigmata (Acarina) with keys to families and genera. Journal of the Linnean Society of London, Zoology 43: 203–259.

[ET79] Evans, G. O., & W. M. Till. 1979. Mesostigmatic mites of Britain and Ireland (Chelicerata: Acari-Parasitiformes). An introduction to their external morphology and classification. Transactions of the Zoological Society of London 35: 139–270.

[H98] Halliday, R. B. 1998. Mites of Australia: A checklist and bibliography. CSIRO Publishing: Collingwood.

[H23] Hirst, S. 1923. On some new or little-known species of Acari. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1923: 971–1000.

[LKW09] Lindquist, E. E., G. W. Krantz & D. E. Walter. 2009. Order Mesostigmata. In: Krantz, G. W., & D. E. Walter (eds) A Manual of Acarology 3^rd ed. pp. 124–232. Texas Tech University Press.