Feather Mites from Birds in Canada
Heather Proctor
Department of Biological Sciences
University of Alberta
Edmonton, Alberta
T6G 2E9
Email: hproctor(at)ualberta.ca
Profile
This is a summary of the feather mites from birds in Canada with modifications from its original production in the Newsletter of the Biological Survey of Canada (Terrestrial Arthropods) Volume 23 No. 2, Fall 2004 available HERE. This list is generated from a variety of published records (see references below); for more details, contact the author.
Table 1. List of families and genera of feather mites from birds in Canada based on published literature.
|
Superfamily |
Mite family |
Mite genus |
|
Analgoidea |
Alloptidae |
Brephosceles |
|
|
|
Microspalax |
|
|
Analgidae |
Analges |
|
|
|
Ancyralges |
|
|
|
Diplaegidia |
|
|
|
Megninia |
|
|
|
Megniniella |
|
|
|
Metanalges |
|
|
Avenzoariidae |
Bonnetella |
|
|
|
Scutomegninia |
|
|
|
Zachvatkinia |
|
|
Dermationidae |
Passeroptes |
|
|
Epidermoptidae |
Promyialges |
|
|
Proctophyllodidae |
Montesauria |
|
|
|
Nycteridocaulus |
|
|
|
Proctophyllodes |
|
|
|
Pterodectes |
|
|
Psoroptoididae |
Mesalgoides |
|
|
Pteronyssidae |
Pteronyssoides |
|
|
Trouessartiidae |
Trouessartia |
|
|
Xolalgidae |
Analloptes |
|
|
|
Ingrassia |
|
|
|
Metingrassia |
|
|
|
Vingrassia |
|
Freyanoidea |
Freyanidae |
Freyana |
|
Pterolichoidea |
Eustathiidae |
Rhynchocaulus |
|
|
Falculiferidae |
Falculifer |
|
|
Gabuciniidae |
Cathartacarus |
|
|
|
Gabucinia |
|
|
Kramerellidae |
Neopetitota |
|
|
Pterolichidae |
Montchadskiana |
|
|
Syringobiidae |
Limosilichus |
|
|
|
Phyllochaeta |
|
|
|
Sikyonemus |
|
|
|
Thecarthra |
Table 2. Species of feather mites known from birds in Canada (sorted by host), from published records. See Table 1 for placement of mite genera in families.
|
Host family |
Host genus |
Host species |
Host authority |
Mite genus |
Mite species |
Mite authority |
Province |
Reference |
|
Accipitridae |
Pandion |
haliaetus |
Linnaeus |
Bonnetella |
fusca |
(Nitzsch) |
ON |
15 |
|
Alaudidae |
Eremophila |
alpestris |
(Linnaeus) |
Analges |
tridentulatus |
Haller |
Canada |
26, 28 |
|
Alcedinidae |
Ceryle |
alcyon |
Linnaeus |
Gabucinia |
alcyon |
Boyd |
ON |
8, 28 |
|
Anatidae |
Anas |
acuta |
Linnaeus |
Freyana |
anatina |
(Koch) |
MB |
9, 28 |
|
Anatidae |
Anas |
americana |
Gmelin |
Freyana |
anatina |
(Koch) |
MB |
9, 28 |
|
Anatidae |
Anas |
americana |
Gmelin |
Freyana |
largifolia |
(Dubinin) |
MB |
9, 28 |
|
Anatidae |
Anas |
clypeata |
Linnaeus |
Freyana |
anatina |
(Koch) |
MB |
9, 28 |
|
Anatidae |
Anas |
clypeata |
Linnaeus |
Freyana |
largifolia |
(Dubinin) |
MB |
9, 28 |
|
Anatidae |
Anas |
crecca |
Linnaeus |
Freyana |
largifolia |
(Dubinin) |
MB |
9, 28 |
|
Anatidae |
Anas |
discors |
Linnaeus |
Freyana |
largifolia |
(Dubinin) |
MB |
9, 28 |
|
Anatidae |
Anas |
platyrhynchos |
Linnaeus |
Freyana |
anatina |
(Koch) |
MB |
9, 28 |
|
Anatidae |
Anas |
strepera |
Linnaeus |
Freyana |
anatina |
(Koch) |
MB |
9, 28 |
|
Anatidae |
Anas |
strepera |
Linnaeus |
Freyana |
largifolia |
(Dubinin) |
MB |
9, 28 |
|
Anatidae |
Aythya |
americana |
Eyton |
Freyana |
anatina |
(Koch) |
MB |
9, 28 |
|
Anatidae |
Cygnus |
columbianus |
(Ord) |
Vingrassia |
cygni |
Mironov and Galloway |
MB |
18 |
|
Anatidae |
Melanitta |
nigra |
Linnaeus |
Freyana |
anatina |
(Koch) |
BC, NL |
7, 28 |
|
Anatidae |
Melanitta |
perspicillata |
Linnaeus |
Freyana |
anatina |
(Koch) |
BC, NL |
7, 28 |
|
Apodidae |
Cypseloides |
niger |
(Gmelin) |
Rhynchocaulus |
nephoecetou |
Peterson, Atyeo and Moss |
Canada |
22, 28 |
|
Bombycillidae |
Bombycilla |
cedrorum |
Vieillot |
Proctophyllodes |
armatus |
(Banks) |
ON |
4, 28 |
|
Cathartidae |
Cathartes |
aura |
(Linnaeus) |
Ancyralges |
cathartinus |
Mironov and Galloway |
MB |
19 |
|
Cathartidae |
Cathartes |
aurus |
(Linnaeus) |
Cathartacarus |
aurae |
Mironov and Galloway |
MB |
19 |
|
Columbidae |
Columba |
livia |
Gmelin |
Passeroptes |
bispinosus |
(Banks) |
ON |
4, 28 |
|
Columbidae |
Columba |
livia |
Gmelin |
Falculifer |
rostratus |
(Buchholz) |
ON |
20, 28 |
|
Columbidae |
Ectopistes |
migratorius |
(Linnaeus) |
Diplaegidia |
gladiator |
(Haller) |
ON |
26, 28 |
|
Corvidae |
Cyanocitta |
cristata |
(Linnaeus) |
Megninia |
aculeatus |
(Haller) |
Canada |
26, 28 |
|
Emberezidae |
Pheucticus |
ludovicianus |
(Linnaeus) |
Analges |
fringillarum |
Haller |
Canada |
26, 28 |
|
Emberizidae |
Junco |
hyemalis |
(Linnaeus) |
Analges |
passerinus |
(Linnaeus) |
Canada |
26, 28 |
|
Emberizidae |
Junco |
hyemalis |
(Linnaeus) |
Proctophyllodes |
armatus |
(Banks) |
ON |
4, 28 |
|
Emberizidae |
Melospiza |
georgiana |
(Latham) |
Proctophyllodes |
polyxenus |
Atyeo and Braasch |
NL |
1, 28 |
|
Emberizidae |
Melospiza |
melodia |
(Wilson) |
Proctophyllodes |
armatus |
(Banks) |
ON |
4, 28 |
|
Emberizidae |
Plectrophenax |
nivalis |
(Linnaeus) |
Analges |
longispinosus |
Tyrrell |
MB |
26 |
|
Emberizidae |
Plectrophenax |
nivalis |
(Linnaeus) |