Ornithonyssus
genus of arthropods
Ornithonyssus is a mite genus of the family Macronyssidae.
Species
Ornithonyssus acrobates Micherdzinski & Domrow, 1985
Ornithonyssus africanus (Zumpt & Till, 1958)
Ornithonyssus bacoti (Hirst, 1913) commonly known as the tropical rat mite. A frequently occurring rat mite that has a painful bite.
Ornithonyssus benoiti Till, 1982
Ornithonyssus bursa (Berlese, 1888) commonly known as the tropical fowl mite.
Ornithonyssus campester Micherdzinski & Domrow, 1985
Ornithonyssus capensis Shepherd & Narro, 1983
Ornithonyssus conciliatus (Radovsky, 1967)
Ornithonyssus costai Micherdzinski, 1980
Ornithonyssus dasyuri Domrow, 1983
Ornithonyssus desultorius (Radovsky, 1966)
Ornithonyssus flexus (Radovsky, 1967)
Ornithonyssus garridoi de-la-Cruz, 1981
Ornithonyssus hypertrichus Radovsky, 2007
Ornithonyssus jayanti (Advani & Vazirani, 1981)
Ornithonyssus kochi (Fonseca, 1948)
Ornithonyssus latro Domrow, 1963
Ornithonyssus longisetosus Micherdzinski, 1980
Ornithonyssus lukoschusi Micherdzinski, 1980
Ornithonyssus matogrosso (Fonseca, 1954)
Ornithonyssus noeli de-la-Cruz, 1983
Ornithonyssus nyctinomi (Zumpt & Patterson, 1951)
Ornithonyssus petauri Micherdzinski, 1980
Ornithonyssus pereirai (Fonseca, 1935)
Ornithonyssus pipistrelli (Oudemans, 1904)
Ornithonyssus praedo Domrow, 1971
Ornithonyssus roseinnesi (Zumpt & Till, 1953)
Ornithonyssus simulatus Micherdzinski, 1980
Ornithonyssus spinosa Manson, 1972
Ornithonyssus stigmaticus Micherdzinski & Domrow, 1985
Ornithonyssus sylviarum (G.Canestrini & Fanzago, 1877) commonly known as the northern fowl mite.
Begin with the source’s own compact description: “Ornithonyssus” is genus of arthropods. The dossier treats that line as a proposition to test through Ornithonyssus, genus and arthropods, not as a finished interpretation.
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Datasets, specimens, observations and peer-reviewed methods provide the appropriate test for the technical claims summarized here. The source revision retrieved here is dated Mar 22, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q17682708. None of the 0 selected statements returned an explicit reference. The first chronological checks are 1985, 1958, 1913 and 1982.
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