Table 1.  List of families and genera of feather mites from birds in Canada based on published literature.

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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

 

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