Feather mite

Feather mites
	Dermanyssus gallinae; (Dermanyssoidea: Dermanyssidae)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Subphylum:	Chelicerata
Class:	Arachnida
Subclass:	Acari (partim)

Feather mites are the members of diverse mite superfamilies:

superorder Acariformes
- Psoroptidia
  - Analgoidea
  - Freyanoidea
  - Pterolichoidea
superorder Parasitiformes
- Dermanyssoidea

They are ectoparasites on birds, hence the common name.

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