Interactive HTML-based Dichotomous Key to Female Rhinonyssidae
(Mesostigmata) from Birds in Canada
CJAI 09 January 25, 2010
doi: 10.3752/cjai.2010.09

| Introduction | Materials and Methods | Results and Discussion | Keys | References | PDF 63.2 MB | Cite this Article |

Wayne Knee*, and Heather Proctor**

* Carleton University, 1125 Colonel By Drive, Department of Biology, 209 Nesbitt Bldg, Ottawa, ON, K1S 5B6. wknee@connect.carleton.ca **University of Alberta, Department of Biological Sciences, CW 405 Biological Sciences Building, Edmonton AB, T6G 2E9. hproctor@ualberta.cas

Rallinyssus:

- Only Rallinyssus caudistigmus has so far been found in Canada. Two other species, R. sorae
Pence and Young, 1979, and R. verheyeni Fain, 1963 have been recorded from North American birds.
Rallinyssus verheyeni and R. sorae differ from R. caudistigmus by having an extensively fragmented
podosomal shield, as well as different chaetotaxy.

References:
Fain, A. 1963. Les acariens nasicoles des oiseaux de Belgique. II. Description de deux
        espèces nouvelles. Bulletin and Annales de la Societe Royale d'Entomologie
        de Belgique, 99: 168-181.
Pence, D.B., and Young, V.E. 1979. Rallinyssus sorae sp. n. (Acari: Dermanyssidae:
        Rhinonyssinae) from the nasal passages of the sora, Porzana carolina (Aves: Rallidae).
        Journal of Parasitology, 65: 791-793.