Ophionyssus (lat.) Is a genus of ticks from the family Macronyssidae of the order Mesostigmata . Found in Europe, Asia, Africa and North America. Ectoparasites of snakes harm in terrariums [1] [2] .
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Description
Small ticks, body length less than 1 mm. They have only two dorsal scutes in females (large cephalothoracic and rounded pygidial) and one in males. They parasitize on snakes , cause great harm in zoos, zoos, terrariums and laboratories around the world (sometimes found on lizards, can also attack birds, rodents and humans) [1] [3] .
Classification
About 15 species. In Australia, 2 species. For the fauna of the USSR, 2 species were indicated [1] [2] .
- Ophionyssus africanus (Till, 1957)
- Ophionyssus arnhemlandensis (Womersley, 1956)
- (= Sauronyssus arnhemlandensis )
- Ophionyssus dolatelacensis Fain & Bannert, 2002
- Ophionyssus ehmanni Domrow, 1985
- Ophionyssus eremiadis Naglov & Naglova, 1960
- Ophionyssus galeotes Domrow, Heath & Kennedy, 1980
- Ophionyssus galloticolus Fain & Bannert, 2000
- Ophionyssus javanensis Micherdzinski & Lukoschus, 1987
- Ophionyssus lacertinus (Berlese, 1892)
- Ophionyssus lawrencei (Till, 1957)
- Ophionyssus mabuyae Till, 1957
- Ophionyssus myrmecophagus (Fonseca, 1954)
- Ophionyssus natricis (Gervais, 1844) - Snake Mite
- Ophionyssus saurarum (Oudemans, 1901) - Lizard tick [4]
- (= Sauronyssus saurarum )
- Ophionyssus schreibericolus Moraza, 2009 [5]
- Ophionyssus scincorum Domrow, Heath & Kennedy, 1980
- Ophionyssus setosus Fain & Bannert, 2000
- Ophionyssus tropidosaurae (Till, 1957)
Notes
- ↑ 1 2 3 Bregetova N.G. Gamasid mites (Gamasoidea). - M. — L .: Publishing house of the USSR Academy of Sciences, 1956. - S. 159—161. - (Keys to the fauna of the USSR. Issue 61).
- ↑ 1 2 David Evans Walter: Macronyssidae Species Listing (link not available) . Biology Catalog . Texas A&M University . Date of treatment July 19, 2014. Archived on August 7, 2010.
- ↑ Radowski Frank J. 1994. The evolution of parasitism and the distribution of some dermanyssoid mites (Mesostigmata) on vertebrate hosts. In: Houck, Marilyn A. "Mites: ecological and evolutionary analyses of life-history patterns." - New York. Chapman & Hall, Inc. 1994. - S. 188. - ISBN 0-412-02991-X .
- ↑ Zahvatkin Yu.A. Acarology - The Science of Ticks: A History of Development. The current state. Systematics: Textbook. - M .: Book House "LIBROCOM", 2012. - S. 167. - ISBN 978-5-397-02126-5 .
- ↑ María L. Moraza, Nancy R. Irwin, Raquel Godinho, Stuart JE Baird & Joëlle Goüy de Bellocq. A new species of Ophionyssus Mégnin (Acari: Mesostigmata: Macronyssidae) parasitic on Lacerta schreiberi Bedriaga (Reptilia: Lacertidae) from the Iberian Peninsula, and a world key to species (English) // Zootaxa : journal. - 2009. - Vol. 2007 . - P. 58-68 .
Literature
- Domrow R. 1985. Species of Ophionyssus Mégnin from Australian lizards and snakes (Acari: Dermanyssidae). Journal of the Australian Entomological Society 24 : 149-153.
- Domrow R. 1988. Acari Mesostigmata parasitic on Australian vertebrates: an annotated checklist, keys and bibliography. Invertebrate Taxonomy 1 : 817-948.
- Domrow R. 1992. Acari Astigmata (excluding feather mites) parasitic on Australian vertebrates: an annotated checklist, keys and bibliography. Invertebrate Taxonomy 6 : 1459-1606.
- Micherdzinski W. 1980. Eine Taxonomische Analyse der Familie Macronyssidae Oudemans, 1936. I. Subfamilie Ornithonyssinae Lange, 1958 (Acarina, Mesostigmata). Warsaw and Cracow: Polska Akademia Nauk pp. 264.
- Strandtmann RW & Wharton GW 1958. Manual of Mesostigmatid Mites. Contribution number 4, Institute of Acarology, College Park, Maryland. 330 pp. 60 pls.