Dermanyssus gallinae (DeGeer)

Reeves, Will K., Durden, Lance A., Ritzi, Christopher M., Beckham, Katy R., Super, Paul E & Oconnor, Barry M., 2007, Ectoparasites and other ectosymbiotic arthropods of vertebrates in the Great Smoky Mountains National Park, USA, Zootaxa 1392, pp. 31-68 : 47

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.5281/zenodo.273680
publication LSID	lsid:zoobank.org:pub:1BA23B6E-F96B-495C-B0C5-0AC99413D0C3
DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6243939
persistent identifier	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/E5278780-FFFD-FFD9-FF3B-5E0BFD22FD32
treatment provided by	Plazi
scientific name	Dermanyssus gallinae (DeGeer)
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Treatment

Dermanyssus gallinae (DeGeer) View in CoL —chicken mite

Ex Gallus gallus (domestic chicken): 1F, NC, Swain Co., Oconaluftee, Frontier Farm, 15 Jul. 2003, W. K. Reeves, L3092.

The chicken mite is a bloodfeeding parasite of birds that will also feed on small mammals and humans (Whitaker & Wilson 1974, Kwochka 1987).

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No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.

Taxonomy

Kingdom	Animalia
Phylum	Arthropoda
Class	Arachnida
Order	Mesostigmata
Family	Dermanyssidae
Genus	Dermanyssus

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