Gastronyssidae

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Gastronyssidae
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Subclass: Acarina
Superorder: Acariformes
Order: Astigmata
(unranked) Psoroptidia
Superfamily: Sarcoptoidea
Family: Gastronyssidae
Fain, 1956
Genera include

Gastronyssus
Opsonyssus
Sciuracarus
Yunkeracarus

Gastronyssidae is a family of acariform mites which live as parasites on birds and mammals.

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