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Laelapidae Canestrini, 1891 is one of the most diverse mite families in the order Mesostigmata, but the Indian fauna of this family is very poorly known. This paper is a checklist of the known species of Laelapidae recorded from India, with a summary of the available information on the distribution and biology of each species. The known fauna includes 66 species in 21 genera, plus seven species whose generic placement is unresolved and a number of others that lack validly published descriptions.

Freyana largifolia Mégnin & Trouessart, 1884 Freyana anatina largifolia Mégnin & Trouessart, 1884c: 100. Freyana anatina largifolia Trouessart & Mégnin, 1885a: 13. Freyana anatina largifolia Trouessart & Mégnin, 1885b: 39. Freyana largifolia.— Canestrini & Kramer 1899: 32; Dubinin 1951b: 24, 1953: 261; Radford 1958: 118; Gaud & Till 1961: 231; van Mourik & Norman 1985: 2; Gaud & Atyeo 1985: 389; Calder 1986: 54. Freyana largifolia largifolia.— Dubinin 1950: 33; 1953: 264. Host and locality in Australia: “ Anas (= Spatula) rhynchotis rhynchotis (Latham) ”, Australia (Dubinin 1953); Pink-eared duck (Malacorhynchus membranaceus), Victoria (van Mourik & Norman 1985); Anas rhynchotis, Richmond River, New South Wales, Queensland, North Queensland (Calder 1986). Current name of host: Australasian Shoveler, Spatula rhynchotis (Latham,1801);Pink-eared Duck, Malacorhynchus membranaceus (Latham, 1801) (Anseriformes: Anatidae)., Published as part of HALLIDAY, R. B., 2023, Prelude to a study of the feather mites of Australia (Acariformes: Astigmata), pp. 1-73 in Zootaxa 5280 (1) on page 36, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5280.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/7912198, {"references":["Trouessart, E. - L. & Megnin, P. (1884 c) Polymorphism of Sarcoptidae. Journal of the Royal Microscopical Society, 4, 49 - 50.","Trouessart, E. - L. & Megnin, P. (1885 a) Les Sarcoptides Plumicoles ou Analgesines. Paris: Octave Doin. 84 pp. + Plates I - II.","Trouessart, E. - L. & Megnin, P. (1885 b) Monographie du genre Freyana et description des especes nouvelles du Musee d'Angers. Bulletin de la Societe d'Etudes Scientifiques d'Angers, 14, 29 - 45.","Canestrini, G. & Kramer, P. (1899) Demodicidae and Sarcoptidae. Das Tierreich, 7, 1 - 193. https: // doi. org / 10.5962 / bhl. title. 69280","Dubinin, V. B. (1951 b) Feather Mites (Analgesoidea). Part I. Introduction to their study. Fauna SSSR. Paukoobraznye. Vol. 6, fasc. 5. Akademia Nauk SSSR, Moscow - Leningrad, 363 pp. (In Russian).","Dubinin, V. B. (1953) Feather Mites (Analgesoidea). Part II. Families Epidermoptidae and Freyanidae. Fauna of the USSR, Vol. 6, fasc. 6. Akademia Nauk SSSR, Moscow - Leningrad, 411 pp.","Radford, C. D. (1958) The host-parasite relationships of the feather mites (Acarina: Analgesoidea). Revista Brasiliera Entomologica, 8, 107 - 170.","Gaud, J. & Till, W. M. (1961) Suborder Sarcoptiformes Reuter. In: Zumpt, E. (ed.) The Arthropod Parasites of Vertebrates in Africa South of the Sahara (Ethiopian Region). Volum I (Chelicerata). Publications of the South African Institute for Medical Research, Vol. 9, No 1, Johannesburg, pp. 180 - 352.","Mourik, S. C. van & Norman, F. I. (1985) Ectoparasites of some waterfowl (Anatidae) from Victoria. Occasional Papers from the Museum of Victoria, 2, 1 - 3.","Calder, B. S. (1986) Revision of the Feather Mite Genus Freyana (Freyanidae; Analgoidea). Master of Science Thesis, Department of Biological Science, Youngstown State University, Youngstown Ohio USA, 134 pp.","Dubinin, V. B. (1950) Systematic analysis of species of feather mites (Sarcoptiformes, Analgesoidea) parasitic on anatids. Parazitologicheskii Sbornik, 12, 17 - 72."]}

Lorilichus stenolobus Mironov et al., 2003 Lorilichus stenolobus Mironov et al., 2003b: 197. Lorilichus stenolobus.— Mironov & Pérez 2003: 168. Host and locality in Australia: Rainbow lorikeet Trichoglossus haematodus, Taringa, Queensland (Mironov et al. 2003b; Mironov & Pérez 2003). Current name of host: The host referred to here is probably the Rainbow Lorikeet, Trichoglossus moluccanus (Gmelin, 1788) (Psittaciformes: Psittaculidae)., Published as part of HALLIDAY, R. B., 2023, Prelude to a study of the feather mites of Australia (Acariformes: Astigmata), pp. 1-73 in Zootaxa 5280 (1) on page 44, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5280.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/7912198, {"references":["Mironov, S. V., Dabert, J. & Proctor, H. C. (2003 b) New feather mites of the family Pterolichidae (Acari: Pterolichoidea) from parrots (Aves: Psittaciformes) in Australia. Australian Journal of Entomology, 42, 185 - 202. https: // doi. org / 10.1046 / j. 1440 - 6055.2003.00348. x","Mironov, S. V. & Perez, T. M. (2003) A review of feather mites of the Rhytidelasma generic group (Pterolichoidea Pterolichidae), specific parasites of parrots (Aves Psittaciformes). Bulletin de l'institut Royal des Sciences Naturelles de Belgique Entomologie, 73, 135 - 176."]}

Genus Exochojoubertia Atyeo, 1971 Exochojoubertia Atyeo, 1971a: 219. Type species: Proctophyllodes (Alloptes) lobulatus Trouessart, 1885c: 65, by original designation., Published as part of HALLIDAY, R. B., 2023, Prelude to a study of the feather mites of Australia (Acariformes: Astigmata), pp. 1-73 in Zootaxa 5280 (1) on page 24, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5280.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/7912198, {"references":["Atyeo, W. T. (1971 a) Exochojoubertia, a new genus of proctophyllodid feather mites (Acarina: Analgoidea). New Zealand Journal of Science, 14, 219 - 223.","Trouessart, E. - L. (1885 c) Note sur la classification des Analgesiens et diagnoses d'especes et de genres nouveaux. Bulletin de la Societe d'Etudes Scientifiques d'Angers, 14, 46 - 89."]}

Knemidokoptes pilae Lavoipierre & Griffiths, 1951 Knemidokoptes pilae Lavoipierre & Griffiths, 1951: 253. Cnemidocoptes pilae.— Seddon 1968: 104; Mason 1980: 400. Knemidokoptes pilae.— Fain & Elsen 1967: 68; Domrow 1992: 1507. Host and locality in Australia: Melopsittacus undulatus, Brisbane, Queensland; Waddell, Victoria; Adelaide, South Australia (Seddon 1968; Mason 1980; Domrow 1992); sulphur-crested cockatoo Cacatua galerita, Queensland (Portas et al. 2017). Current name of host: Budgerigar, Melopsittacus undulatus (Shaw, 1805) (Psittaciformes: Psittaculidae); Sulphur-crested Cockatoo, Cacatua galerita (Latham, 1790) (Psittaciformes: Cacatuidae). Unidentified specimens in this genus: Knemidocoptes sp. Host and locality in Australia: Zebra finch Taeniopygia guttata, Melbourne (Chamings et al. 2015). Current name of host: Australian Zebra Finch, Taeniopygia castanotis (Gould, 1837) (Passeriformes: Estrildidae)., Published as part of HALLIDAY, R. B., 2023, Prelude to a study of the feather mites of Australia (Acariformes: Astigmata), pp. 1-73 in Zootaxa 5280 (1) on pages 20-21, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5280.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/7912198, {"references":["Lavoipierre, M. & Griffiths, R. B. (1951) A preliminary note on a new species of Cnemidocoptes (Acarina) causing scaly leg in a budgerigar (Melopsittacus undulatus) in Great Britain. Annals of Tropical Medicine and Parasitology, 45, 253 - 254 + Plate XIII. https: // doi. org / 10.1080 / 00034983.1951.11685495","Seddon, H. R., revised by H. E. Albiston (1968) Diseases of domestic animals in Australia .. Part 3. Arthropod infestations (ticks and mites) together with a section on animals, insects and other agents harmful to stock. Australia, Commonwealth Department of Health Service Publications, Veterinary Hygiene, 7, 1 - 170.","Mason, K. (1980) The treatment of scaly face and scaly leg in budgerigars. Australian Veterinary Journal, 56, 400. https: // doi. org / 10.1111 / j. 1751 - 0813.1980. tb 09575. x","Fain, A. & Elsen, P. (1967) Les acariens de la famille Knemidokoptidae producteurs de gale chez les oiseaux. Acta Zoologica et Pathologica Antverpiensia, 45, 1 - 142.","Domrow, R. (1992) Acari Astigmata (excluding feather mites) parasitic on Australian vertebrates: an annotated checklist, keys and bibliography. Invertebrate Taxonomy, 6, 1459 - 1606. https: // doi. org / 10.1071 / IT 9921459","Portas, T., Jackson, B., Das, S., Shamsi, S. & Raidal, S. R. (2017) Beak and feather disease virus carriage by Knemidocoptes pilae in a sulphur-crested cockatoo (Cacatua galerita). Australian Veterinary Journal, 95, 486 - 489. https: // doi. org / 10.1111 / avj. 12649","Chamings, A., Noormohammadi, A. H., Hufschmid, J. & Beveridge, I. (2015) When mites ain't mites: A new species of Knemidocoptes in Australian Finches. Association of Avian Veterinarians Australasian Committee Ltd., Annual Conference 2015, 23, 107 - 110."]}

Scutomegninia carphibidis Mironov, 2000 Scutomegninia (Ibidomegninia) carphibidis Mironov, 2000: 31. Host and locality in Australia: Threskiornis (Carphibis) spinicollis, Australia, N.S.W., “Tamunch”(= Tamworth) (Mironov 2000). Current name of host: Straw-necked Ibis, Threskiornis spinicollis (Jameson, 1835) (Ciconiiformes: Threskiornithidae)., Published as part of HALLIDAY, R. B., 2023, Prelude to a study of the feather mites of Australia (Acariformes: Astigmata), pp. 1-73 in Zootaxa 5280 (1) on page 17, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5280.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/7912198, {"references":["Mironov, S. V. (2000) A review of the feather mite genus Scutomegninia Dubinin, 1951 (Acarina: Analgoidea: Avenzoariidae). Acarina, 8, 9 - 58."]}

Genus Dermatophagoides Bogdanoff, 1864 Dermatophagoides Bogdanoff, 1864: 343. Type species: Dermatophagoides scheremetewskyi Bogdanov, 1864: 343, by monotypy., Published as part of HALLIDAY, R. B., 2023, Prelude to a study of the feather mites of Australia (Acariformes: Astigmata), pp. 1-73 in Zootaxa 5280 (1) on page 28, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5280.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/7912198, {"references":["Bogdanoff, A. (1864) Deux acariens, trouves par M. Scheremetewsky sur l'homme. Bulletin de la Societe Imperiale des Naturalistes de Moscou, 37, 341 - 345 + Plate VII."]}

Freyanella perpapillata Atyeo et al., 1972 Freyanella papillata Dubinin, 1951b: 34 (nomen nudum). Freyanella papillata Dubinin, 1953: 277 (nomen nudum). Freyanella perpapillata Atyeo et al., 1972: 396. Host and locality in Australia: Carphibis spinicollis, Tamworth, New South Wales (Atyeo et al. 1972). Current name of host: Straw-necked Ibis, Threskiornis spinicollis (Jameson, 1835) (Ciconiiformes: Threskiornithidae)., Published as part of HALLIDAY, R. B., 2023, Prelude to a study of the feather mites of Australia (Acariformes: Astigmata), pp. 1-73 in Zootaxa 5280 (1) on page 40, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5280.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/7912198, {"references":["Dubinin, V. B. (1951 b) Feather Mites (Analgesoidea). Part I. Introduction to their study. Fauna SSSR. Paukoobraznye. Vol. 6, fasc. 5. Akademia Nauk SSSR, Moscow - Leningrad, 363 pp. (In Russian).","Dubinin, V. B. (1953) Feather Mites (Analgesoidea). Part II. Families Epidermoptidae and Freyanidae. Fauna of the USSR, Vol. 6, fasc. 6. Akademia Nauk SSSR, Moscow - Leningrad, 411 pp."]}

Genus Sokoloviana Dubinin, 1951 Sokoloviana Dubinin, 1951a: 180. Type species: Pterolichus rehbergi Canestrini & Berlese, 1881: 146, by original designation., Published as part of HALLIDAY, R. B., 2023, Prelude to a study of the feather mites of Australia (Acariformes: Astigmata), pp. 1-73 in Zootaxa 5280 (1) on page 50, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5280.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/7912198, {"references":["Dubinin, V. B. (1951 a) Feather mites of birds of the Barabinsk Steppe. 1. Feather mites of waterfowl and wading birds of the orders of rails, grebes, palmipedes, anserines, herons, gulls, and limicoles. Parazitologicheskii Sbornik, 13, 120 - 256.","Canestrini, G. & Berlese, A. (1881) Nuovi Acari. Atti della Societa Veneto - Trentina di Scienze Naturali Residente in Padova, 7, 145 - 153 + Plates 18 - 21."]}

Genus Calyptolichus Mironov & Dabert, 2007 Calyptolichus Mironov & Dabert, 2007: 394. Type species: Pterolichus (Protolichus) favettei Trouessart, 1899b: 6, by original designation.

Genus Sulanyssus Dubinin, 1953 Sulanyssus Dubinin, 1953: 300. Type species: Freyana (Michaelichus) caput -medusae Trouessart, 1887: 100, by original designation., Published as part of HALLIDAY, R. B., 2023, Prelude to a study of the feather mites of Australia (Acariformes: Astigmata), pp. 1-73 in Zootaxa 5280 (1) on page 38, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5280.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/7912198, {"references":["Dubinin, V. B. (1953) Feather Mites (Analgesoidea). Part II. Families Epidermoptidae and Freyanidae. Fauna of the USSR, Vol. 6, fasc. 6. Akademia Nauk SSSR, Moscow - Leningrad, 411 pp.","Trouessart, E. - L. (1887) Diagnoses d'especes nouvelles de Sarcoptides Plumicoles (Analgesinae). Bulletin de la Societe d'Etudes Scientifiques d'Angers, 16, 85 - 156."]}

Family PYROGLYPHIDAE Cunliffe, 1958 Pyroglyphidae Cunliffe, 1958: 85. Notes: Dermatophagoides farinae, D. pteronyssinus, and Euroglypus maynei are the subject of an enormous literature, stemming from their importance as a source of human allergens. Only a few key references are included here., Published as part of HALLIDAY, R. B., 2023, Prelude to a study of the feather mites of Australia (Acariformes: Astigmata), pp. 1-73 in Zootaxa 5280 (1) on page 28, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5280.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/7912198, {"references":["Cunliffe, F. (1958) Pyroglyphus morlani, a new genus and species of mite forming a new family, Pyroglyphidae, in the Acaridiae. Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington, 60, 85 - 86."]}

Hemialges australis (Trouessart, 1885) comb. nov. Protalges australis Trouessart, 1885c: 55. Protalges australis.— Berlese 1897: 72; Canestrini & Kramer 1899: 91; Rainbow 1906: 185; Cleland 1922: 100; Radford 1953: 210, 1958: 158. Hemialges australis.—S. Mironov, 2023, personal communication. Host and locality in Australia: Glyciphila fasciata, Australia (Trouessart 1885c; Canestrini & Kramer 1899; Rainbow 1906; Cleland 1922). Current name of host: Bar-breasted Honeyeater, Ramsayornis fasciatus (Gould, 1843) (Passeriformes: Meliphagidae). Notes: Gaud & Atyeo (1982b, 1996a) reported that the mites in the genus Protalges are restricted to hummingbirds (Trochilidae) which do not occur in Australia, and that identification is here corrected., Published as part of HALLIDAY, R. B., 2023, Prelude to a study of the feather mites of Australia (Acariformes: Astigmata), pp. 1-73 in Zootaxa 5280 (1) on pages 12-13, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5280.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/7912198, {"references":["Trouessart, E. - L. (1885 c) Note sur la classification des Analgesiens et diagnoses d'especes et de genres nouveaux. Bulletin de la Societe d'Etudes Scientifiques d'Angers, 14, 46 - 89.","Berlese, A. (1897) Acari, Myriopoda et Scorpiones hucusque in Italia reperta. Ordo Cryptostigmata (Sarcoptidae). Portici: Sumptibus Auctoris, 190 pp.","Canestrini, G. & Kramer, P. (1899) Demodicidae and Sarcoptidae. Das Tierreich, 7, 1 - 193. https: // doi. org / 10.5962 / bhl. title. 69280","Rainbow, W. J. (1906) A synopsis of Australian Acarina. Records of the Australian Museum, 6, 145 - 193. https: // doi. org / 10.3853 / j. 0067 - 1975.6.1906.999","Cleland, J. B. (1922). The parasites of Australian birds. Transactions and Proceedings of the Royal Society of South Australia, 46, 85 - 118.","Radford, C. D. (1953) The mites (Acarina: Analgesidae) living on or in the feathers of birds. Parasitology, 42, 199 - 230. https: // doi. org / 10.1017 / S 0031182000084468","Radford, C. D. (1958) The host-parasite relationships of the feather mites (Acarina: Analgesoidea). Revista Brasiliera Entomologica, 8, 107 - 170.","Gaud, J. & Atyeo, W. T. (1982 b) The subfamilies of the Analgidae and Psoroptoididae (Acari: Analgoidea). Journal of Medical Entomology, 19, 299 - 305. https: // doi. org / 10.1093 / jmedent / 19.3.299","Gaud, J. & Atyeo, W. T. (1996 a) Feather mites of the world (Acarina, Astigmata): The supraspecific taxa. Part I, Text. Annales Musee Royal de l'Afrique Centrale Tervuren, Belgique, Sciences Zoologiques, 277, 1 - 193."]}

Megninia acutipes Bonnet, 1924 Megninia acutipes Bonnet, 1924a: 185. Host and locality in Australia: Grallina picata, Australia (Bonnet 1924a). Current name of host: Magpie Lark, Grallina cyanoleuca (Latham, 1801) (Passeriformes: Monarchidae)., Published as part of HALLIDAY, R. B., 2023, Prelude to a study of the feather mites of Australia (Acariformes: Astigmata), pp. 1-73 in Zootaxa 5280 (1) on page 13, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5280.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/7912198, {"references":["Bonnet, A. (1924 a) Revision des genres Megninia, Mesalges et genres voisins de la sous-famille des Sarcoptides Plumicoles (Premiere partie). Bulletin de la Societe Zoologique de France, 49, 146 - 188."]}

Bdellorhynchus australis Mironov, 1999 Bdellorhynchus australis Dubinin, 1950: 72 (nomen nudum), 1956: 747 (nomen nudum). Bdellorhynchus australis Mironov, 1999a: 486. Host and locality in Australia: Nettapus coromandelianus, Australia (Dubinin 1956; Mironov 1999a). Current name of host: Cotton Pygmy Goose, Nettapus coromandelianus (Gmelin, 1789) (Anseriformes: Anatidae)., Published as part of HALLIDAY, R. B., 2023, Prelude to a study of the feather mites of Australia (Acariformes: Astigmata), pp. 1-73 in Zootaxa 5280 (1) on page 15, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5280.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/7912198, {"references":["Dubinin, V. B. (1950) Systematic analysis of species of feather mites (Sarcoptiformes, Analgesoidea) parasitic on anatids. Parazitologicheskii Sbornik, 12, 17 - 72.","Mironov, S. V. (1999 a) On systematics of the feather mite genus Bdellorhynchus (Analgoidea: Avenzoariidae). Parazitologiya, 33, 482 - 492.","Dubinin, V. B. (1956) Feather mites (Analgesoidea). Part III. Family Pterolichidae. Fauna of the USSR, Vol. 6, fasc. 7. Akademia Nauk SSSR, Moscow - Leningrad, 813 pp. (In Russian)"]}

Echinacarus rubidus (Trouessart, 1887) Pterolichus rubidus Trouessart, 1887: 110. Echinacarus rubidus.— Dubinin 1949: 214, 1951b: 67; Radford 1958; 110; Peterson 1972: 201. Host and locality in Australia: Diomedea chlororhynchos and D. cauta, Broken Bay, New South Wales (Peterson 1972). Current name of host: Atlantic Yellow-nosed Albatross, Thalassarche chlororhynchos (Gmelin, 1789); Shy Albatross, Thalassarche cauta (Gould, 1841) (Procellariiformes: Diomedeidae)., Published as part of HALLIDAY, R. B., 2023, Prelude to a study of the feather mites of Australia (Acariformes: Astigmata), pp. 1-73 in Zootaxa 5280 (1) on page 10, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5280.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/7912198, {"references":["Trouessart, E. - L. (1887) Diagnoses d'especes nouvelles de Sarcoptides Plumicoles (Analgesinae). Bulletin de la Societe d'Etudes Scientifiques d'Angers, 16, 85 - 156.","Dubinin, V. B. (1949) The fauna of the feather mites occurring on birds belonging to the Order Procellariiformes and its peculiarities. Parazitologicheskii Sbornik, 11, 201 - 228. (in Russian)","Dubinin, V. B. (1951 b) Feather Mites (Analgesoidea). Part I. Introduction to their study. Fauna SSSR. Paukoobraznye. Vol. 6, fasc. 5. Akademia Nauk SSSR, Moscow - Leningrad, 363 pp. (In Russian).","Radford, C. D. (1958) The host-parasite relationships of the feather mites (Acarina: Analgesoidea). Revista Brasiliera Entomologica, 8, 107 - 170.","Peterson, P. C. (1972) The feather mite family Alloptidae Gaud. III. The Echinacarinae, new subfamily (Acarina, Analgoidea). Steenstrupia, 2, 197 - 205."]}

This paper reviews the state of knowledge of the feather mites of Australia (Arachnida: Acariformes: Astigmata). The known fauna includes 149 species arranged in 95 genera and 24 families, in the Superfamilies Analgoidea and Pterolichoidea. A checklist of the fauna is provided, including bibliographic details for every species and genus. The bird host and collecting localities are listed for every species, and taxonomic and nomenclatural problems are discussed where necessary. The total fauna may include as many as 800 undescribed species. The checklist is preceded by a brief review of some aspects of the biology of feather mites, which have not been studied in the context of the Australian fauna.The correct spelling for a family of respiratory tract parasites is confirmed as Kytoditidae. Dabertia indistincta (Dabert & Atyeo, 1993) comb. n. (Syringobiidae) and Hemialges australis (Trouessart, 1885) comb. n. (Analgidae) are new combinations proposed herein.

Brephosceles haematopi Peterson, 1971 Brephosceles haematopi Peterson, 1971: 148. Host and locality in Australia: Haematopus ostralegus longirostris, Northern Territory (Peterson 1971). Current name of host: Pied Oystercatcher, Haematopus longirostris Vieillot, 1817 (Charadriiformes: Haematopodidae)., Published as part of HALLIDAY, R. B., 2023, Prelude to a study of the feather mites of Australia (Acariformes: Astigmata), pp. 1-73 in Zootaxa 5280 (1) on page 10, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5280.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/7912198, {"references":["Peterson, P. C. (1971) A revision of the feather mite genus Brephosceles (Proctophyllodidae: Alloptinae). Bulletin of the University of Nebraska State Musuem, 9, 89 - 172."]}

Genus Ascouracarus Gaud & Kolebinova, 1973 Ascouracarus Gaud & Kolebinova, 1973: 349. Type species: Ascouracarus vassilevi Gaud & Kolebinova, 1973: 349, by original designation, (= Dermoglyphus kosarovi Vassilev, 1959: 11, synonymy by Gaud & Atyeo 1976b).

Freyanopsis decidilatatusetae Dubinin, 1950 Freyanopsis decidilatatusetae Dubinin, 1950: 56. Freyanopsis decidilatatusetae.— Dubinin 1951b: 25; Gaud & Atyeo 1975a: 515, 1985: 390. Freyana decidilatatusetae.— Radford 1958: 119. Host and locality in Australia: Anseranas semipalmata, Melbourne (Dubinin 1950). Current name of host: Magpie Goose, Anseranas semipalmata (Latham, 1798) (Anseriformes: Anseranatidae)., Published as part of HALLIDAY, R. B., 2023, Prelude to a study of the feather mites of Australia (Acariformes: Astigmata), pp. 1-73 in Zootaxa 5280 (1) on page 37, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5280.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/7912198, {"references":["Dubinin, V. B. (1950) Systematic analysis of species of feather mites (Sarcoptiformes, Analgesoidea) parasitic on anatids. Parazitologicheskii Sbornik, 12, 17 - 72.","Dubinin, V. B. (1951 b) Feather Mites (Analgesoidea). Part I. Introduction to their study. Fauna SSSR. Paukoobraznye. Vol. 6, fasc. 5. Akademia Nauk SSSR, Moscow - Leningrad, 363 pp. (In Russian).","Gaud, J. & Atyeo, W. T. (1975 a) Sarcoptiformes Plumicoles (Freyanidae) parasites de l'oie pie Anseranas semipalmata Latham. Acarologia, 16, 506 - 521.","Radford, C. D. (1958) The host-parasite relationships of the feather mites (Acarina: Analgesoidea). Revista Brasiliera Entomologica, 8, 107 - 170."]}

Titanolichus triangulifer Dabert et al., 2008 Titanolichus triangulifer Dabert et al. 2008: 74. Host and locality in Australia: Barnardius zonarius, Gawler Ranges, South Australia; Northiella haematogaster, Adelaide Zoo (Dabert et al. 2008). Current name of host: Australian Ringneck, Barnardius zonarius (Shaw, 1805) (Psittaciformes: Psittaculidae). Notes: The record of this species on Northiella haematogaster is questionable (Dabert et al. 2008). Unidentified specimens in this genus: Titanolichus, two undescribed species. Host and locality in Australia: Neophema elegans and Platycercus adscitus, Australia (Gaud & Atyeo 1996a; Mironov et al. 2003b). Current name of host: Elegant parrot, Neophema elegans (Gould, 1837); Pale-headed Rosella, Platycercus adscitus (Latham, 1790) (Psittaciformes: Psittaculidae)., Published as part of HALLIDAY, R. B., 2023, Prelude to a study of the feather mites of Australia (Acariformes: Astigmata), pp. 1-73 in Zootaxa 5280 (1) on page 49, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5280.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/7912198, {"references":["Gaud, J. & Atyeo, W. T. (1996 a) Feather mites of the world (Acarina, Astigmata): The supraspecific taxa. Part I, Text. Annales Musee Royal de l'Afrique Centrale Tervuren, Belgique, Sciences Zoologiques, 277, 1 - 193.","Mironov, S. V., Dabert, J. & Proctor, H. C. (2003 b) New feather mites of the family Pterolichidae (Acari: Pterolichoidea) from parrots (Aves: Psittaciformes) in Australia. Australian Journal of Entomology, 42, 185 - 202. https: // doi. org / 10.1046 / j. 1440 - 6055.2003.00348. x"]}

Monojoubertia parvisecurigera Atyeo, 1971 Monojoubertia parvisecurigera Atyeo, 1971b: 40. Host and locality in Australia: Dicaeum hirundinaceum, Port Darwin, Northern Territory (Atyeo 1971b). Current name of host: Mistletoebird, Dicaeum hirundinaceum (Shaw, 1792) (Passeriformes: Dicaeidae)., Published as part of HALLIDAY, R. B., 2023, Prelude to a study of the feather mites of Australia (Acariformes: Astigmata), pp. 1-73 in Zootaxa 5280 (1) on page 25, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5280.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/7912198, {"references":["Atyeo, W. T. (1971 b) Analgoid mites (Proctophyllodidae) from the Dicaeidae (Aves: Passeriformes). Journal of the Australian Entomological Society, 10, 37 - 42. https: // doi. org / 10.1111 / j. 1440 - 6055.1971. tb 00008. x"]}

Michaelia heteropus (Michael, 1881) Dermaleichus heteropus Michael, 1881: 212. Freyana (Michaelia) heteropus.—Trouessart 1884a: 527; Trouessart & Mégnin 1885a: 15, 1885b: 43; Canestrini & Kramer 1899: 34. Dermaleichus heteropus.— Dubinin 1951b: 12. Microchelys (Michaelichus) heteropus.— Radford 1953: 200. Michaelichus heteropus.— Dubinin 1953: 323; Radford 1958: 113. Michaelia heteropus.— Atyeo & Peterson 1970: 143; Gaud & Atyeo 1982a: 179; Hernandes et al. 2016: 60. Host and locality in Australia: Northern Territory, Port Darwin, Phalacrocorax carbo steadi (Dubinin 1953). Current name of host: Great Cormorant, Phalacrocorax carbo (Linnaeus, 1758) (Pelecaniformes: Phalacrocoracidae)., Published as part of HALLIDAY, R. B., 2023, Prelude to a study of the feather mites of Australia (Acariformes: Astigmata), pp. 1-73 in Zootaxa 5280 (1) on pages 37-38, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5280.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/7912198, {"references":["Michael, A. D. (1881) On a species of Acarus believed to be unrecorded. Journal of the Royal Microscopical Society, Series 2, 1, 212 - 216 + Plate IV. https: // doi. org / 10.1111 / j. 1365 - 2818.1881. tb 05903. x","Trouessart, E. - L. & Megnin, P. (1885 a) Les Sarcoptides Plumicoles ou Analgesines. Paris: Octave Doin. 84 pp. + Plates I - II.","Canestrini, G. & Kramer, P. (1899) Demodicidae and Sarcoptidae. Das Tierreich, 7, 1 - 193. https: // doi. org / 10.5962 / bhl. title. 69280","Dubinin, V. B. (1951 b) Feather Mites (Analgesoidea). Part I. Introduction to their study. Fauna SSSR. Paukoobraznye. Vol. 6, fasc. 5. Akademia Nauk SSSR, Moscow - Leningrad, 363 pp. (In Russian).","Radford, C. D. (1953) The mites (Acarina: Analgesidae) living on or in the feathers of birds. Parasitology, 42, 199 - 230. https: // doi. org / 10.1017 / S 0031182000084468","Dubinin, V. B. (1953) Feather Mites (Analgesoidea). Part II. Families Epidermoptidae and Freyanidae. Fauna of the USSR, Vol. 6, fasc. 6. Akademia Nauk SSSR, Moscow - Leningrad, 411 pp.","Radford, C. D. (1958) The host-parasite relationships of the feather mites (Acarina: Analgesoidea). Revista Brasiliera Entomologica, 8, 107 - 170.","Atyeo, W. T. & Peterson, P. C. (1970) Acarina: Astigmata: Analgoidea: Feather mites of South Georgia and Heard Islands. Pacific Insects Monograph, 23, 121 - 151.","Gaud, J. & Atyeo, W. T. (1982 a) La famille Freyanidae, Dubinin (Sarcoptiformes Plumicoles, Freyanoidea). II. Sous famille Michaeliinae. Acarologia, 23, 177 - 187.","Hernandes, F. A., Mironov, S. V., Bauchan, G. R. & Ochoa, R. A. (2016) A new asymmetrical feather mite of the genus Michaelia Trouessart, 1884 (Astigmata: Freyanidae) from the Neotropical Cormorant, Phalacrocorax brasilianus (Pelecaniformes). Acarologia, 56, 45 - 61. https: // doi. org / 10.1051 / acarologia / 20162187","Linnaeus, C. (1758) Systema Naturae (10 th edition). Laurentius Salvius, Holmiae. (British Museum facsimile, 1956). 824 pp."]}

Genus Echinozonus Atyeo & Pérez, 1991 Echinozonus Atyeo & Pérez, 1991: 114. Type species: Pterolichus (Pseudalloptes) curtus Trouessart, 1887: 115, by original designation., Published as part of HALLIDAY, R. B., 2023, Prelude to a study of the feather mites of Australia (Acariformes: Astigmata), pp. 1-73 in Zootaxa 5280 (1) on page 42, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5280.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/7912198, {"references":["Atyeo, W. T. & Perez, T. M. (1991) Echinozonus, a new genus of feather mites (Pterolichidae) from the Megapodiidae (Aves). Entomologische Mitteilungen aus dem Zoologischen Museum, Hamburg, 10, 113 - 126.","Trouessart, E. - L. (1887) Diagnoses d'especes nouvelles de Sarcoptides Plumicoles (Analgesinae). Bulletin de la Societe d'Etudes Scientifiques d'Angers, 16, 85 - 156."]}

Genus Trouessartia Canestrini, 1899 Trouessartia Canestrini, in Canestrini & Kramer, 1899: 119 (replacement name). Pterocolus Haller, 1878: 538 (junior homonym of Pterocolus Say, 1831, Coleoptera). Type species: Dermaleichus corvinus Koch, 1842: 18, designated by Oudemans (1897)., Published as part of HALLIDAY, R. B., 2023, Prelude to a study of the feather mites of Australia (Acariformes: Astigmata), pp. 1-73 in Zootaxa 5280 (1) on page 29, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5280.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/7912198, {"references":["Canestrini, G. & Kramer, P. (1899) Demodicidae and Sarcoptidae. Das Tierreich, 7, 1 - 193. https: // doi. org / 10.5962 / bhl. title. 69280","Haller, G. (1878) Weitere Beitrage zur Kenntniss der Dermaleichen Koch's. Zeitschrift f ¸ r Wissenschaftliche Zoologie, 30, 511 - 562 + Plates XXXIII - XXXV.","Koch, C. L. (1842) Deutschlands Crustaceen, Myriapoden und Arachniden. Beitrag der Deutschen Fauna. Heft 33. Manz, Regensberg.","Oudemans, A. C. (1897) List of Dutch Acari. Seventh part. Tijdschrift voor Entomologie, 40, 250 - 269."]}

Bychovskiata freyanoides Mironov, 1997 Bychovskiata freyanoides Mironov, 1997: 13. Host and locality in Australia: Masked lapwing, Vanellus miles novaehollandiae, Australia (Mironov 1997). Current name of host: Masked Lapwing, Vanellus miles novaehollandiae Stephens, 1819 (Charadriiformes: Charadriidae)., Published as part of HALLIDAY, R. B., 2023, Prelude to a study of the feather mites of Australia (Acariformes: Astigmata), pp. 1-73 in Zootaxa 5280 (1) on page 16, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5280.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/7912198

Magimelia breviloba Dabert et al., 2002 Magimelia breviloba Dabert et al., 2002: 72. Host and locality in Australia: Vanellus miles miles, Oenpelli, Northern Territory (Dabert et al. 2002). Current name of host: Masked Lapwing, Vanellus miles miles (Boddaert, 1783) (Charadriiformes: Charadriidae)., Published as part of HALLIDAY, R. B., 2023, Prelude to a study of the feather mites of Australia (Acariformes: Astigmata), pp. 1-73 in Zootaxa 5280 (1) on page 45, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5280.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/7912198, {"references":["Dabert, J., Mironov, S. V. & Ehrnsberger, R. (2002) A revised diagnosis of the feather mite genus Magimelia Gaud, 1961 (Pterolichoidea: Pterolichidae: Magimeliinae) and the description of three new species. Systematic Parasitology, 53, 69 - 79. https: // doi. org / 10.1023 / A: 1019957822743"]}

Proterothrix caudacuta (Trouessart, 1899) Trouessartia caudacuta Trouessart, 1899b: 34. Trouessartia caudacuta.— Canestrini & Kramer 1899: 120; Rainbow 1906: 186; Cleland 1922: 99; Radford 1953: 214, 1958: 127. Proterothrix caudacuta.— Santana 1976: 119. Host and locality in Australia: Lobivanellus lobatus, Australia (Trouessart 1899b; Canestrini & Kramer 1899; Rainbow 1906; Cleland 1922). Current name of host: Masked Lapwing, Vanellus miles (Boddaert, 1783) (Charadriiformes: Charadriidae). Notes. Most species of Proterothrix are associated with passerines,with a few species from kingfishers (Coraciiformes: Alcedinidae) and woodpeckers (Piciformes: Picidae) (Mironov & Galloway 2021). The occurrence of this species on a charadriiform bird is probably a mistake or contamination., Published as part of HALLIDAY, R. B., 2023, Prelude to a study of the feather mites of Australia (Acariformes: Astigmata), pp. 1-73 in Zootaxa 5280 (1) on page 26, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5280.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/7912198, {"references":["Trouessart, E. - L. (1899 b) Diagnoses preliminaires d'especes nouvelles d'acariens plumicoles. Additions et corrections a la sous-famille des Analgesines. Bulletin de la Societe d'Etudes Scientifiques d'Angers, 28, 1 - 62.","Canestrini, G. & Kramer, P. (1899) Demodicidae and Sarcoptidae. Das Tierreich, 7, 1 - 193. https: // doi. org / 10.5962 / bhl. title. 69280","Rainbow, W. J. (1906) A synopsis of Australian Acarina. Records of the Australian Museum, 6, 145 - 193. https: // doi. org / 10.3853 / j. 0067 - 1975.6.1906.999","Cleland, J. B. (1922). The parasites of Australian birds. Transactions and Proceedings of the Royal Society of South Australia, 46, 85 - 118.","Radford, C. D. (1953) The mites (Acarina: Analgesidae) living on or in the feathers of birds. Parasitology, 42, 199 - 230. https: // doi. org / 10.1017 / S 0031182000084468","Radford, C. D. (1958) The host-parasite relationships of the feather mites (Acarina: Analgesoidea). Revista Brasiliera Entomologica, 8, 107 - 170.","Santana, F. J. (1976) A review of the genus Trouessartia. Journal of Medical Entomology, Supplement, 1, 1 - 128. https: // doi. org / 10.1093 / jmedent / 13. Suppl 1.1","Mironov, S. V. & Galloway, T. D. (2021) Feather mites of the subfamily Pterodectinae (Acariformes: Proctophyllodidae) from passerines and kingfishers in Canada. Zootaxa, 5016 (1), 1 - 55. https: // doi. org / 10.11646 / zootaxa. 5016.1.1"]}

Genus Freyanopsis Dubinin, 1950 Freyanopsis Dubinin, 1950: 56. Type species: Freyanopsis decidilatatusetae Dubinin, 1950: 56, by original designation., Published as part of HALLIDAY, R. B., 2023, Prelude to a study of the feather mites of Australia (Acariformes: Astigmata), pp. 1-73 in Zootaxa 5280 (1) on page 37, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5280.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/7912198, {"references":["Dubinin, V. B. (1950) Systematic analysis of species of feather mites (Sarcoptiformes, Analgesoidea) parasitic on anatids. Parazitologicheskii Sbornik, 12, 17 - 72."]}

Megninia cubitalis (Mégnin, 1877) Dermalichus (sic) cubitalis Mégnin, in Robin & Mégnin, 1877b: 504. Megninia cubitalis.— Berlese 1883: 5; Canestrini & Kramer 1899: 94; Bonnet 1924a: 150; Roberts 1936: 42; Dubinin 1951b: 168; Radford 1953: 207, 1958: 122; Gaud & Till 1961: 197; Seddon 1968: 140; Gaud 1974: 326; Gaud et al. 1985: 173. Host and locality in Australia: Domestic fowl, Australia (Roberts 1936; Seddon 1968; Gaud 1974). Current name of host: Red Junglefowl (domestic hen), Gallus gallus (Linnaeus, 1758) (Galliformes: Phasianidae)., Published as part of HALLIDAY, R. B., 2023, Prelude to a study of the feather mites of Australia (Acariformes: Astigmata), pp. 1-73 in Zootaxa 5280 (1) on pages 13-14, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5280.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/7912198, {"references":["Robin, C. & Megnin, P. (1877 b) Memoire sur les Sarcoptides Plumicoles. Journal de l'Anatomie et de la Physiologie Normales et Pathologiques de l'Homme et des Animaux, 13, 498 - 521 + Plates XXVI - XXIX.","Berlese, A. (1883) Acari, Myriopoda et Scorpiones hucusque in Italia reperta, 4. Reprint by Junk, The Hague, 1979, 12 pp. + 10 pls. https: // doi. org / 10.5962 / bhl. title. 69269","Canestrini, G. & Kramer, P. (1899) Demodicidae and Sarcoptidae. Das Tierreich, 7, 1 - 193. https: // doi. org / 10.5962 / bhl. title. 69280","Bonnet, A. (1924 a) Revision des genres Megninia, Mesalges et genres voisins de la sous-famille des Sarcoptides Plumicoles (Premiere partie). Bulletin de la Societe Zoologique de France, 49, 146 - 188.","Roberts, F. H. S. (1936) The feather mites of poultry. Queensland Agricultural Journal, 45, 42 - 43.","Dubinin, V. B. (1951 b) Feather Mites (Analgesoidea). Part I. Introduction to their study. Fauna SSSR. Paukoobraznye. Vol. 6, fasc. 5. Akademia Nauk SSSR, Moscow - Leningrad, 363 pp. (In Russian).","Radford, C. D. (1953) The mites (Acarina: Analgesidae) living on or in the feathers of birds. Parasitology, 42, 199 - 230. https: // doi. org / 10.1017 / S 0031182000084468","Radford, C. D. (1958) The host-parasite relationships of the feather mites (Acarina: Analgesoidea). Revista Brasiliera Entomologica, 8, 107 - 170.","Gaud, J. & Till, W. M. (1961) Suborder Sarcoptiformes Reuter. In: Zumpt, E. (ed.) The Arthropod Parasites of Vertebrates in Africa South of the Sahara (Ethiopian Region). Volum I (Chelicerata). Publications of the South African Institute for Medical Research, Vol. 9, No 1, Johannesburg, pp. 180 - 352.","Seddon, H. R., revised by H. E. Albiston (1968) Diseases of domestic animals in Australia .. Part 3. Arthropod infestations (ticks and mites) together with a section on animals, insects and other agents harmful to stock. Australia, Commonwealth Department of Health Service Publications, Veterinary Hygiene, 7, 1 - 170.","Gaud, J. (1974) Une espece nouvelle du genre Megninia (Analgidae) trouvee sous la peau d'un poulet domestique en Australie. Acarologia, 16, 325 - 330.","Linnaeus, C. (1758) Systema Naturae (10 th edition). Laurentius Salvius, Holmiae. (British Museum facsimile, 1956). 824 pp."]}

Knemidokoptes intermedius Fain & Macfarlane, 1967 Knemidokoptes intermedius Fain & Macfarlane, 1967: 83, in Fain & Elsen 1967. Knemidokoptes intermedius.— Fain & Elsen 1967: 63; Domrow 1992: 1506. Host and locality in Australia: Corvus tasmanicus, Launceston, Tasmania; Strepera graculina, Eltham, Victoria (Mason & Fain, 1988; Domrow, 1992); S. graculina, location not stated (Jaensch et al. 2003); Pied currawong S. graculina, Sydney (Vogelnest 2003); Superb lyrebird Menura novaehollandiae, Melbourne (Holz et al. 2005). Current name of host:Forest Raven, Corvus tasmanicus Mathews,1912 (Passeriformes: Corvidae);Pied Currawong, Strepera graculina (Shaw, 1790) (Passeriformes: Artamidae); Superb Lyrebird, Menura novaehollandiae Latham, 1801 (Passeriformes: Menuridae)., Published as part of HALLIDAY, R. B., 2023, Prelude to a study of the feather mites of Australia (Acariformes: Astigmata), pp. 1-73 in Zootaxa 5280 (1) on page 20, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5280.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/7912198, {"references":["Fain, A. & Elsen, P. (1967) Les acariens de la famille Knemidokoptidae producteurs de gale chez les oiseaux. Acta Zoologica et Pathologica Antverpiensia, 45, 1 - 142.","Domrow, R. (1992) Acari Astigmata (excluding feather mites) parasitic on Australian vertebrates: an annotated checklist, keys and bibliography. Invertebrate Taxonomy, 6, 1459 - 1606. https: // doi. org / 10.1071 / IT 9921459","Mason, R. W. & Fain, A. (1988) Knemidocoptes intermedius identified in forest ravens (Corvus tasmanicus). Australian Veterinary Journal, 65, 260. https: // doi. org / 10.1111 / j. 1751 - 0813.1988. tb 14316. x","Jaensch, S. M., Raidal, S. R. & Hobbs, R. (2003) Knemidocoptes intermedius in a wild currawong (Strepera graculina). Australian Veterinary Journal, 81, 411. https: // doi. org / 10.1111 / j. 1751 - 0813.2003. tb 11550. x","Vogelnest, L. (2003) Letter. Australian Veterinary Journal, 81 (10), 597. https: // doi. org / 10.1111 / j. 1751 - 0813.2003. tb 12496. x","Holz, P. H., Beveridge, I. & Ross, T. (2005) Knemidocoptes intermedius in wild superb lyrebirds (Menura novaehallandiae). Australian Veterinary Journal, 83, 374 - 375. https: // doi. org / 10.1111 / j. 1751 - 0813.2005. tb 15638. x"]}

Pseudalloptinus milvulinus (Trouessart, 1884) Pterolichus (Pseudalloptes) aquilinus var. milvulinus Trouessart, 1884b: 573. Pterolichus (Pseudalloptes) aquilinus var. milvulinus Trouessart & Mégnin, 1885a: 67. Pterolichus (Pseudalloptes) aquilinus var. milvulinus.— Berlese 1897: 62. Pterolichus (Pseudalloptes) aquilinus var. milvulina.— Canestrini & Kramer 1899: 60; Rainbow 1906: 184; Cleland 1922: 100. Cynthiura aqulinus var. milvulina.— Radford 1953: 202, 1958: 121. Pseudalloptinus milvulinus.— Dubinin 1956: 163; Gaud 1988: 100; Waki et al. 2021: 273. Host and locality in Australia: Haliastur leucosternus (Haliastur indus girrenera), Australia (Trouessart, 1884b; Trouessart & Mégnin, 1885a; Rainbow, 1906; Cleland, 1922). Current name of host: White-bellied Sea Eagle, Haliaeetus leucogaster (Gmelin, 1788) (Accipitriformes: Accipitridae)., Published as part of HALLIDAY, R. B., 2023, Prelude to a study of the feather mites of Australia (Acariformes: Astigmata), pp. 1-73 in Zootaxa 5280 (1) on page 46, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5280.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/7912198, {"references":["Trouessart, E. - L. & Megnin, P. (1885 a) Les Sarcoptides Plumicoles ou Analgesines. Paris: Octave Doin. 84 pp. + Plates I - II.","Berlese, A. (1897) Acari, Myriopoda et Scorpiones hucusque in Italia reperta. Ordo Cryptostigmata (Sarcoptidae). Portici: Sumptibus Auctoris, 190 pp.","Canestrini, G. & Kramer, P. (1899) Demodicidae and Sarcoptidae. Das Tierreich, 7, 1 - 193. https: // doi. org / 10.5962 / bhl. title. 69280","Rainbow, W. J. (1906) A synopsis of Australian Acarina. Records of the Australian Museum, 6, 145 - 193. https: // doi. org / 10.3853 / j. 0067 - 1975.6.1906.999","Cleland, J. B. (1922). The parasites of Australian birds. Transactions and Proceedings of the Royal Society of South Australia, 46, 85 - 118.","Radford, C. D. (1953) The mites (Acarina: Analgesidae) living on or in the feathers of birds. Parasitology, 42, 199 - 230. https: // doi. org / 10.1017 / S 0031182000084468","Radford, C. D. (1958) The host-parasite relationships of the feather mites (Acarina: Analgesoidea). Revista Brasiliera Entomologica, 8, 107 - 170.","Dubinin, V. B. (1956) Feather mites (Analgesoidea). Part III. Family Pterolichidae. Fauna of the USSR, Vol. 6, fasc. 7. Akademia Nauk SSSR, Moscow - Leningrad, 813 pp. (In Russian)","Gaud, J. (1988) Acariens sarcoptiformes plumicoles des oiseaux falconiformes d'Afrique. III. Acariens, autres que les Gabuciniidae, parasites des Accipitridae. Revue de Zoologie Africaine, 102, 93 - 102.","Waki, T., Sasaki, M., Matsubara, H. & Shimano, S. (2021) The first report of the feather mite Pseudalloptinus milvulinus (Acariformes: Pterolichidae) from the black kite Milvus migrans in Japan. Species Diversity, 26, 273 - 279. https: // doi. org / 10.12782 / specdiv. 26.273"]}

Genus Hyperpedalloptes Dubinin, 1955 Hyperpedalloptes Dubinin, 1955: 274. Type species: Hyperpedalloptes titanopedes Dubinin, 1955: 280, by original designation. Nealloptes Gaud & Mouchet, 1957: 501 (synonymy by Černý 1960: 333). Type species: Alloptes petazophorus Trouessart, 1887: 143, by monotypy., Published as part of HALLIDAY, R. B., 2023, Prelude to a study of the feather mites of Australia (Acariformes: Astigmata), pp. 1-73 in Zootaxa 5280 (1) on page 10, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5280.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/7912198, {"references":["Dubinin, V. B. (1955) New genera and species of feather mites (Analgesoidea). Trudy Zoologicheskogo Instituta Akademiii Nauk SSSR, 18, 248 - 287. (In Russian)","Gaud, J. & Mouchet, J. (1957) Acariens plumicoles (Analgesoidea) des oiseaux du Cameroun. I. - Proctophyllodidae. Annales de Parasitologie Humaine et Comparee, 32, 491 - 546.","Cerny, V. (1960) Bemerkungen zur Nomenklatur in der Uberfamilie Analgesoidea. Zoologischer Anzeiger, 165, 332 - 333.","Trouessart, E. - L. (1887) Diagnoses d'especes nouvelles de Sarcoptides Plumicoles (Analgesinae). Bulletin de la Societe d'Etudes Scientifiques d'Angers, 16, 85 - 156."]}

Echinozonus leurophyllus Atyeo & Pérez, 1991 Echinozonus leurophyllus Atyeo & Pérez, 1991: 118. Echinozonus leurophyllus.— Atyeo 1992: 274; Proctor & Jones 2004: 62. Host and locality in Australia: Alectura lathami purpureicollis, Cape York, Queensland; Alectura lathami lathami, Brookfield, Queensland (Atyeo & Pérez 1991; Atyeo 1992); same host, widespread in Queensland (Proctor & Jones 2004). Current name of host: Australian Brushturkey, Alectura lathami Gray, 1831 (Galliformes: Megapodiidae)., Published as part of HALLIDAY, R. B., 2023, Prelude to a study of the feather mites of Australia (Acariformes: Astigmata), pp. 1-73 in Zootaxa 5280 (1) on page 43, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5280.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/7912198, {"references":["Atyeo, W. T. & Perez, T. M. (1991) Echinozonus, a new genus of feather mites (Pterolichidae) from the Megapodiidae (Aves). Entomologische Mitteilungen aus dem Zoologischen Museum, Hamburg, 10, 113 - 126.","Atyeo, W. T. (1992) The pterolichoid feather mites (Acarina, Astigmata) of the Megapodiidae (Aves, Galliformes). Zoologica Scripta, 21, 265 - 305. https: // doi. org / 10.1111 / j. 1463 - 6409.1992. tb 00331. x","Proctor, H. C. & Jones, D. N. (2004) Geographical structuring of feather mite assemblages from the Australian brush-turkey (Aves: Megapodiidae). Journal of Parasitology, 90, 60 - 66. https: // doi. org / 10.1645 / GE- 57 R"]}

Genus Lorilichus Atyeo & Gaud, 1991 Lorilichus Atyeo & Gaud, 1991a: 140. Type species: Pterolichus (Pseudalloptes) lobiger Trouessart, 1884b: 577, by original designation., Published as part of HALLIDAY, R. B., 2023, Prelude to a study of the feather mites of Australia (Acariformes: Astigmata), pp. 1-73 in Zootaxa 5280 (1) on page 44, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5280.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/7912198, {"references":["Atyeo, W. T. & Gaud, J. (1991 a) Lorilichus, a new genus of feather mites (Acarina, Pterolichidae) from lories and lorikeets (Aves, Psittacidae). Systematic Parasitology, 18, 139 - 146. https: // doi. org / 10.1007 / BF 00017667"]}

Titanolichus seemani Dabert et al., 2006 Titanolichus seemani Dabert et al., 2006: 212. Titanolichus seemani.—Dabert et al. 2008: 71; Seeman 2014: 63. Host and locality in Australia: Orange bellied parrot (Neophema chrysogaster), Australia (Dabert et al. 2006; Dabert et al. 2008; Seeman 2014); Neophema splendida and Neophema pulchella, Australia (Dabert et al. 2008). Current name of host: Orange-bellied Parrot, Neophema chrysogaster (Latham, 1790) (Psittaciformes: Psittaculidae)., Published as part of HALLIDAY, R. B., 2023, Prelude to a study of the feather mites of Australia (Acariformes: Astigmata), pp. 1-73 in Zootaxa 5280 (1) on page 49, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5280.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/7912198, {"references":["Dabert, J., Mironov, S. V. & Proctor, H. (2006) A new species of the feather mite genus Titanolichus Gaud & Atyeo, 1996 (Acari: Astigmata: Pterolichidae) from the endangered orange-bellied parrot Neophema chrysogaster (Aves: Psittaciformes) from Australia. Australian Journal of Entomology, 45, 206 - 214. https: // doi. org / 10.1111 / j. 1440 - 6055.2006.00535. x","Seeman, O. (2014) Discovery of extant Titanolichus seemani on the Orange bellied parrot. News Bulletin, Entomological Society of Queensland, 42 (3), 63 - 65."]}

Megninia analgoides Bonnet, 1924 Megninia analgoides Bonnet, 1924a: 158. Megninia analgoides.— Radford 1953: 206, 1958: 155. Host and locality in Australia: Petraeca leggi, northern Australia, Malurus melanocephalus, Queensland (Bonnet 1924a). Current name of host: Scarlet Robin, Petroica boodang leggi Sharpe, 1879 (Passeriformes: Petroicidae); Redbacked Fairywren, Malurus melanocephalus (Latham, 1801) (Passeriformes: Maluridae). Notes: Bonnet’s host record of “ Petraeca leggi ” in northern Australia is not consistent with the distribution of Petroica boodang leggi in Tasmania., Published as part of HALLIDAY, R. B., 2023, Prelude to a study of the feather mites of Australia (Acariformes: Astigmata), pp. 1-73 in Zootaxa 5280 (1) on page 13, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5280.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/7912198, {"references":["Bonnet, A. (1924 a) Revision des genres Megninia, Mesalges et genres voisins de la sous-famille des Sarcoptides Plumicoles (Premiere partie). Bulletin de la Societe Zoologique de France, 49, 146 - 188.","Radford, C. D. (1953) The mites (Acarina: Analgesidae) living on or in the feathers of birds. Parasitology, 42, 199 - 230. https: // doi. org / 10.1017 / S 0031182000084468","Radford, C. D. (1958) The host-parasite relationships of the feather mites (Acarina: Analgesoidea). Revista Brasiliera Entomologica, 8, 107 - 170."]}

Scutomegninia oxyloba Mironov, 2000 Scutomegninia (lbidomegninia) oxyloba Mironov, 2000: 35. Host and locality in Australia: Threskiornis molucca strictipennis, Queensland, Cape York; same host, Northern Territory, King River (Mironov 2000). Current name of host: Australian White Ibis, Threskiornis molucca (Cuvier, 1829) (Ciconiiformes: Threskiornithidae)., Published as part of HALLIDAY, R. B., 2023, Prelude to a study of the feather mites of Australia (Acariformes: Astigmata), pp. 1-73 in Zootaxa 5280 (1) on page 17, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5280.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/7912198, {"references":["Mironov, S. V. (2000) A review of the feather mite genus Scutomegninia Dubinin, 1951 (Acarina: Analgoidea: Avenzoariidae). Acarina, 8, 9 - 58."]}

Microspalax ardennae Dubinin, 1949 Microspalax (Microspalax) ardennae Dubinin, 1949: 206. Microspalax ardennae.— Dubinin 1953: 348; Radford 1958: 110; Atyeo & Gaud 1991b: 336. Host and locality in Australia: Puffinus (Ardenna) carneipes, Australia (Dubinin 1949, 1953). Current name of host: Flesh-footed Shearwater, Ardenna carneipes (Gould, 1844) (Procellariiformes: Procellariidae). Notes: Atyeo & Gaud (1991b) discussed the confusion surrounding the host for this species in Dubinin (1949)., Published as part of HALLIDAY, R. B., 2023, Prelude to a study of the feather mites of Australia (Acariformes: Astigmata), pp. 1-73 in Zootaxa 5280 (1) on page 11, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5280.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/7912198, {"references":["Dubinin, V. B. (1949) The fauna of the feather mites occurring on birds belonging to the Order Procellariiformes and its peculiarities. Parazitologicheskii Sbornik, 11, 201 - 228. (in Russian)","Dubinin, V. B. (1953) Feather Mites (Analgesoidea). Part II. Families Epidermoptidae and Freyanidae. Fauna of the USSR, Vol. 6, fasc. 6. Akademia Nauk SSSR, Moscow - Leningrad, 411 pp.","Radford, C. D. (1958) The host-parasite relationships of the feather mites (Acarina: Analgesoidea). Revista Brasiliera Entomologica, 8, 107 - 170.","Atyeo, W. T. & Gaud, J. (1991 b) Microspalacinae, a new subfamily of the feather mite family Alloptidae Gaud (Acarina, Analgoidea). Folia Parasitologica, 38, 327 - 343."]}

Atelophyllodes atyeoi Mironov & Proctor, 2009 Atelophyllodes atyeoi Mironov & Proctor, 2009: 57. Host and locality in Australia: Menura alberti, Acacia Plateau, Queensland (Mironov & Proctor 2009). Current name of host: Albert’s Lyrebird, Menura alberti Bonaparte, 1850 (Passeriformes: Menuridae)., Published as part of HALLIDAY, R. B., 2023, Prelude to a study of the feather mites of Australia (Acariformes: Astigmata), pp. 1-73 in Zootaxa 5280 (1) on page 24, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5280.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/7912198, {"references":["Mironov, S. V. & Proctor, H. C. (2009) Atelophyllodes gen. n., a new feather mite genus of the family Proctophyllodidae (Astigmata: Analgoidea) from lyrebirds (Passeriformes: Menuridae). Zootaxa, 2326 (1), 51 - 61. https: // doi. org / 10.11646 / zootaxa. 2326.1.4"]}

Genus Calyptolichus Mironov & Dabert, 2007 Calyptolichus Mironov & Dabert, 2007: 394. Type species: Pterolichus (Protolichus) favettei Trouessart, 1899b: 6, by original designation., Published as part of HALLIDAY, R. B., 2023, Prelude to a study of the feather mites of Australia (Acariformes: Astigmata), pp. 1-73 in Zootaxa 5280 (1) on page 42, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5280.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/7912198, {"references":["Mironov, S. V. & Dabert, J. (2007) Three new feather mite genera of the Protolichus generic group (Astigmata, Pterolichidae) from parrots (Aves, Psittaciformes) of the Old World. Acta Parasitologica, 52, 386 - 402. https: // doi. org / 10.2478 / s 11686 - 007 - 0042 - z","Trouessart, E. - L. (1899 b) Diagnoses preliminaires d'especes nouvelles d'acariens plumicoles. Additions et corrections a la sous-famille des Analgesines. Bulletin de la Societe d'Etudes Scientifiques d'Angers, 28, 1 - 62."]}

Cacatolichus spathuliger (Trouessart, 1884) Pterolichus (Pseudalloptes) spathuliger Trouessart, 1884b: 577. Pterolichus (Pseudalloptes) spathuliger Trouessart & Mégnin, 1885a: 70. Pterolichus (Pseudalloptes) spathuliger.— Berlese 1897: 62; Canestrini & Kramer 1899: 63; Rainbow 1906: 184; Cleland 1922: 100. Pseudalloptes spathuliger.— Radford 1953: 204, 1958: 360. Rhytidelasma spathuligera.— Mironov et al. 2003b: 186. Cacatolichus spathuliger.— Mironov & Pérez 2003: 142. Host and locality in Australia: Calyptorhynchus macrorhynchus, Australia (Trouessart 1884b; Trouessart & Mégnin 1885a; Canestrini & Kramer 1899; Rainbow 1906; Cleland 1922). Current name of host: Red-tailed Black Cockatoo, Calyptorhynchus banksii (Latham, 1790) (Psittaciformes: Cacatuidae)., Published as part of HALLIDAY, R. B., 2023, Prelude to a study of the feather mites of Australia (Acariformes: Astigmata), pp. 1-73 in Zootaxa 5280 (1) on page 42, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5280.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/7912198, {"references":["Trouessart, E. - L. & Megnin, P. (1885 a) Les Sarcoptides Plumicoles ou Analgesines. Paris: Octave Doin. 84 pp. + Plates I - II.","Berlese, A. (1897) Acari, Myriopoda et Scorpiones hucusque in Italia reperta. Ordo Cryptostigmata (Sarcoptidae). Portici: Sumptibus Auctoris, 190 pp.","Canestrini, G. & Kramer, P. (1899) Demodicidae and Sarcoptidae. Das Tierreich, 7, 1 - 193. https: // doi. org / 10.5962 / bhl. title. 69280","Rainbow, W. J. (1906) A synopsis of Australian Acarina. Records of the Australian Museum, 6, 145 - 193. https: // doi. org / 10.3853 / j. 0067 - 1975.6.1906.999","Cleland, J. B. (1922). The parasites of Australian birds. Transactions and Proceedings of the Royal Society of South Australia, 46, 85 - 118.","Radford, C. D. (1953) The mites (Acarina: Analgesidae) living on or in the feathers of birds. Parasitology, 42, 199 - 230. https: // doi. org / 10.1017 / S 0031182000084468","Radford, C. D. (1958) The host-parasite relationships of the feather mites (Acarina: Analgesoidea). Revista Brasiliera Entomologica, 8, 107 - 170.","Mironov, S. V., Dabert, J. & Proctor, H. C. (2003 b) New feather mites of the family Pterolichidae (Acari: Pterolichoidea) from parrots (Aves: Psittaciformes) in Australia. Australian Journal of Entomology, 42, 185 - 202. https: // doi. org / 10.1046 / j. 1440 - 6055.2003.00348. x","Mironov, S. V. & Perez, T. M. (2003) A review of feather mites of the Rhytidelasma generic group (Pterolichoidea Pterolichidae), specific parasites of parrots (Aves Psittaciformes). Bulletin de l'institut Royal des Sciences Naturelles de Belgique Entomologie, 73, 135 - 176."]}

Genus Megninia Berlese, 1883 Megninia Berlese, 1883: 5. Type species: Dermalichus (sic) cubitalis Mégnin, in Robin & Mégnin, 1877b: 504, by monotypy., Published as part of HALLIDAY, R. B., 2023, Prelude to a study of the feather mites of Australia (Acariformes: Astigmata), pp. 1-73 in Zootaxa 5280 (1) on page 13, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5280.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/7912198, {"references":["Berlese, A. (1883) Acari, Myriopoda et Scorpiones hucusque in Italia reperta, 4. Reprint by Junk, The Hague, 1979, 12 pp. + 10 pls. https: // doi. org / 10.5962 / bhl. title. 69269","Robin, C. & Megnin, P. (1877 b) Memoire sur les Sarcoptides Plumicoles. Journal de l'Anatomie et de la Physiologie Normales et Pathologiques de l'Homme et des Animaux, 13, 498 - 521 + Plates XXVI - XXIX."]}

Genus Bychovskiata Dubinin, 1951 Bychovskiata Dubinin, 1951a: 138. Type species: Dermaleichus charadrii Canestrini, 1878: 48, by original designation., Published as part of HALLIDAY, R. B., 2023, Prelude to a study of the feather mites of Australia (Acariformes: Astigmata), pp. 1-73 in Zootaxa 5280 (1) on page 15, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5280.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/7912198, {"references":["Dubinin, V. B. (1951 a) Feather mites of birds of the Barabinsk Steppe. 1. Feather mites of waterfowl and wading birds of the orders of rails, grebes, palmipedes, anserines, herons, gulls, and limicoles. Parazitologicheskii Sbornik, 13, 120 - 256.","Canestrini, G. (1878) Nuove specie del genre Dermaleichus. Atti del Reale Istituto Veneto di Scienze, Lettere ed Arti, 5 (5), 43 - 70."]}

Fainocoptes nixoni Lukoschus & Lombert, 1979 Fainocoptes nixoni Lukoschus & Lombert, 1979: 268. Fainocoptes nizoni (sic).— Lukoschus & Lombert 1980: 65. Fainocoptes nixoni.— Domrow 1992: 1505. Host and locality in Australia: Geopelia humeralis, Beagle Bay, Western Australia (Lukoschus & Lombert 1979). Current name of host: Bar-shouldered Dove, Geopelia humeralis (Temminck, 1821) (Columbiformes: Columbidae).

Genus Struthiopterolichus Dubinin, 1955 Struthiopterolichus Dubinin, 1955: 256. Type species: Tyroglyphus bicaudatus Gervais, 1844: 262, by original designation., Published as part of HALLIDAY, R. B., 2023, Prelude to a study of the feather mites of Australia (Acariformes: Astigmata), pp. 1-73 in Zootaxa 5280 (1) on page 48, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5280.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/7912198, {"references":["Dubinin, V. B. (1955) New genera and species of feather mites (Analgesoidea). Trudy Zoologicheskogo Instituta Akademiii Nauk SSSR, 18, 248 - 287. (In Russian)","Gervais, P. (1844) Histoire Naturelle des Insectes. Apteres. Volume 3. Libraire Encyclopedique de Roret, Paris. 476 pp."]}

Sideroferus lunula (Robin, 1877) Pterolichus (Protolichus) lunula Robin, in Robin & Mégnin, 1877a: 411. Pterolichus lunula.— Mégnin & Trouessart 1884f: 261; Trouessart & Mégnin 1885a: 36; Berlese 1897: 53. Pterolichus (Protolichus) lunula.— Canestrini & Kramer 1899: 56; Rainbow 1906: 183; Cleland 1922: 100. Protolichus lunula.— Favette & Trouessart 1904: 141; Dubinin 1951b: 10; Radford 1953: 211; Atyeo & Gaud 1987: 203; Domrow 1992: 1492. Protolichus lunulata (sic).— Radford 1958: 138. Sideroferus lunula.—Gaud & Atyeo 1996: 135; Schmäschke et al. 2002: 288; Mironov et al. 2003b: 186; Dabert et al. 2008: 76. Host and locality in Australia: Melopsittacus undulatus, Australia (Mégnin & Trouessart 1884f; Canestrini & Kramer 1899; Favette & Trouessart 1904; Rainbow 1906; Cleland 1922; Atyeo & Gaud 1987; Domrow 1992). Current name of host: Budgerigar, Melopsittacus undulatus (Shaw, 1805) (Psittaciformes: Psittaculidae)., Published as part of HALLIDAY, R. B., 2023, Prelude to a study of the feather mites of Australia (Acariformes: Astigmata), pp. 1-73 in Zootaxa 5280 (1) on page 48, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5280.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/7912198, {"references":["Robin, C. & Megnin, P. (1877 a) Memoire sur les Sarcoptides Plumicoles. Journal de l'Anatomie et de la Physiologie Normales et Pathologiques de l'Homme et des Animaux, 13, 391 - 429 + Plates XXII - XXV.","Megnin, P. & Trouessart, E. - L. (1884 f) Les Sarcoptides plumicoles. Revision du groupe des Analgesinae, et description des especes et genres nouveaux de la collection du Musee d'Angers. Journal de Micrographie, 8, 257 - 266.","Trouessart, E. - L. & Megnin, P. (1885 a) Les Sarcoptides Plumicoles ou Analgesines. Paris: Octave Doin. 84 pp. + Plates I - II.","Berlese, A. (1897) Acari, Myriopoda et Scorpiones hucusque in Italia reperta. Ordo Cryptostigmata (Sarcoptidae). Portici: Sumptibus Auctoris, 190 pp.","Canestrini, G. & Kramer, P. (1899) Demodicidae and Sarcoptidae. Das Tierreich, 7, 1 - 193. https: // doi. org / 10.5962 / bhl. title. 69280","Rainbow, W. J. (1906) A synopsis of Australian Acarina. Records of the Australian Museum, 6, 145 - 193. https: // doi. org / 10.3853 / j. 0067 - 1975.6.1906.999","Cleland, J. B. (1922). The parasites of Australian birds. Transactions and Proceedings of the Royal Society of South Australia, 46, 85 - 118.","Favette, J. & Trouessart, E. (1904) Monographie du genre Protolichus (Trt) et revision des sarcoptides plumicoles (Analgesinae) qui vivent sur les perroquets. Memoires de la Societe Zoologique de France, 17, 120 - 166 + Plates V - XV.","Dubinin, V. B. (1951 b) Feather Mites (Analgesoidea). Part I. Introduction to their study. Fauna SSSR. Paukoobraznye. Vol. 6, fasc. 5. Akademia Nauk SSSR, Moscow - Leningrad, 363 pp. (In Russian).","Radford, C. D. (1953) The mites (Acarina: Analgesidae) living on or in the feathers of birds. Parasitology, 42, 199 - 230. https: // doi. org / 10.1017 / S 0031182000084468","Atyeo, W. T. & Gaud, J. (1987) Feather mites (Acarina) of the parakeet, Melopsittacus undulatus (Shaw) (Aves: Psittacidae). Journal of Parasitology, 73, 203 - 206. https: // doi. org / 10.2307 / 3282367","Domrow, R. (1992) Acari Astigmata (excluding feather mites) parasitic on Australian vertebrates: an annotated checklist, keys and bibliography. Invertebrate Taxonomy, 6, 1459 - 1606. https: // doi. org / 10.1071 / IT 9921459","Radford, C. D. (1958) The host-parasite relationships of the feather mites (Acarina: Analgesoidea). Revista Brasiliera Entomologica, 8, 107 - 170.","Schmaschke, R., Sch ˆ ne, R., Sachse, M. & Eulenberger, K. (2002) Feather mites of Psittacidae. European Association of Zoo and Wildlife Veterinarians, Fourth Scientific Meeting, Heidelberg, Germany, pp. 287 - 293.","Mironov, S. V., Dabert, J. & Proctor, H. C. (2003 b) New feather mites of the family Pterolichidae (Acari: Pterolichoidea) from parrots (Aves: Psittaciformes) in Australia. Australian Journal of Entomology, 42, 185 - 202. https: // doi. org / 10.1046 / j. 1440 - 6055.2003.00348. x"]}

Psittophagus hollandicus Hernandes, 2017 Psittophagus hollandicus Hernandes, 2017: 894. Host and locality in Australia: None (captive in Brazil). Current name of host: Cockatiel, Nymphicus hollandicus (Kerr, 1792) (Psittaciformes: Cacatuidae). Notes: These mites were probably of Australian origin, but that has not been confirmed. Albuquerque et al. (2012) recorded Psittophagus sp. on the cockatiel in Brazil, which may refer to the same species., Published as part of HALLIDAY, R. B., 2023, Prelude to a study of the feather mites of Australia (Acariformes: Astigmata), pp. 1-73 in Zootaxa 5280 (1) on pages 46-47, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5280.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/7912198, {"references":["Albuquerque, D. D. A., Brener, B., Menna-Barreto, R. F. S. & Bruno, S. F. (2012) The first identification of Nymphicilichus perezae Mironov and Galloway, 2002 in cockatiels in Brazil and the first record of Psittophagus sp. Gaud and Atyeo, 1996 and cf. Dubininia sp. Vassilev, 1958 in cockatiels (Nymphicus hollandicus Kerr, 1792). Parasitology International, 61, 572 - 578. https: // doi. org / 10.1016 / j. parint. 2012.05.006"]}

Genus Montchadskiana Dubinin, 1951 Montchadskiana Dubinin, 1951a: 149. Type species: Dermaleichus buchholzi Canestrini, 1878: 64, by original designation., Published as part of HALLIDAY, R. B., 2023, Prelude to a study of the feather mites of Australia (Acariformes: Astigmata), pp. 1-73 in Zootaxa 5280 (1) on page 45, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5280.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/7912198, {"references":["Dubinin, V. B. (1951 a) Feather mites of birds of the Barabinsk Steppe. 1. Feather mites of waterfowl and wading birds of the orders of rails, grebes, palmipedes, anserines, herons, gulls, and limicoles. Parazitologicheskii Sbornik, 13, 120 - 256.","Canestrini, G. (1878) Nuove specie del genre Dermaleichus. Atti del Reale Istituto Veneto di Scienze, Lettere ed Arti, 5 (5), 43 - 70."]}

Ovofreyana gladifera Mironov, 1995 Ovofreyana gladifera Mironov, 1995: 98. Ovofreyana gladifera.— Mironov & Dabert 1999: 539. Host and locality in Australia: Vanellus miles, Oenpelli, Northern Territory (Mironov 1995; Mironov & Dabert 1999). Current name of host: Masked Lapwing, Vanellus miles (Boddaert, 1783) (Charadriiformes: Charadriidae)., Published as part of HALLIDAY, R. B., 2023, Prelude to a study of the feather mites of Australia (Acariformes: Astigmata), pp. 1-73 in Zootaxa 5280 (1) on page 16, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5280.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/7912198, {"references":["Mironov, S. V. (1995) A new genus of feather mites of the family Avenzoariidae (Acariformes: Analgoidea) from lapwings. Parazitologiya, 29, 90 - 100.","Mironov, S. V. & Dabert, J. (1999) Phylogeny and co-speciation in feather mites of the subfamily Avenzoariinae (Analgoidea: Avenzoariidae). Experimental and Applied Acarology, 23, 525 - 549. https: // doi. org / 10.1023 / A: 1006132806010"]}