Gastronyssidae

Gastronyssidae
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Arachnida
Subclass: Acari
Order: Sarcoptiformes
(unranked): Astigmatina
Superfamily: Psoroptoidea
Family: Gastronyssidae
Fain, 1956
Genera include

Gastronyssus
Opsonyssus
Sciuracarus
Yunkeracarus

Gastronyssidae is a family of acariform mites which live as parasites on birds and mammals.

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