Biology:Sternostoma setifer

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Short description: Species of mite

Sternostoma setifer
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Mesostigmata
Family: Rhinonyssidae
Genus: Sternostoma
Species:
S. setifer
Binomial name
Sternostoma setifer
Knee, 2008

Sternostoma setifer is a mite that is parasitic in the nasal passages of some North American birds, including bluebirds and martins.[1][2]

References

  1. Knee, Wayne (2008). "Five New Species of Rhinonyssidae (Mesostigmata) and One New Species of Dermanyssus (Mesostigmata: Dermanyssidae) from Birds of Alberta and Manitoba, Canada". Journal of Parasitology 94 (2): 348–374. doi:10.1645/GE-1358.1. ISSN 0022-3395. 
  2. Acarorum Catalogus VI, Order Mesostigmata. Pensoft. 2020. doi:10.3897/ab.e54206. ISBN 978-619-248-006-6. https://ab.pensoft.net/book/54206/. 

Further reading

  • Knee, Wayne, Heather Proctor, and Terry Galloway. "Survey of nasal mites (Rhinonyssidae, Ereynetidae, and Turbinoptidae) associated with birds in Alberta and Manitoba, Canada." The Canadian Entomologist 140.03 (2008): 364–379.

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