Ornithonyssus bursa
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Ornithonyssus bursa (also known as the tropical fowl mite) is a species of mite.[1][2][3] It is most often a parasite of birds, but also has been found to bite humans and two species of mammals.[4] It usually lives in birds' feathers, but for laying its eggs, it more often uses their nests rather than their feathers. Tropical fowl mites undergo five stages during their development: egg, larva, protonymph, deutonymph, and adult. During the last two stages, they suck blood from their host for food. They are often diurnal, whereas northern fowl mites are nocturnal in nature.[5]
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Ornithonyssus bursa | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Subphylum: | Chelicerata |
Class: | Arachnida |
Order: | Mesostigmata |
Family: | Macronyssidae |
Genus: | Ornithonyssus |
Species: | O. bursa |
Binomial name | |
Ornithonyssus bursa (Berlese, 1888) | |
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