A List of the Parasitic Mites of the Strigiformes. (updated from Philips 2000 Raptor Res. 34(3): 210-231)

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OWL MITE HABITAT REFERENCES

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Strigiformes Dermanyssus gallinae skin/nest Pfister 1991

Rhinonyssidae nasal cavity Butenko et al. 1972

Family Strigidae Glaucalges attenuatus feathers Radford 1953, 1958

Kramerella lunulata feathers Radford 1953, 1958

Kramerella lyra feathers Radford 1953, 1958

Kramerella major feathers Radford 1953, 1958

Northern Saw-whet Owl (Aegolius acadicus) Dermanyssus americanus skin/nest Philips 1990

Petitota sp. feathers Philips, present work

Rhineocius aegolii nasal cavity Knee et al. 2008

Boreal Owl (Aegolius funereus) Dermanyssus gallinae nest Krištofík et al 2003

Glaucalges attenuatus feathers Niethammer 1938 Harpyrhynchoides n. sp. skin Philips 1993

Kramerella lunulata¹ feathers Niethammer 1938, Dubinin, 1953,

Radford 1958

Kramerella major1^{,
2} feathers Mégnin & Trouessart

1884a, Nordberg 1936,

Dubinin 1953,

Radford 1958
Kramerella mrciaki feathers Cerny 1973,

Mironov 1997

Kramerella n. sp. feathers Philips, present work
Mesalgoides picimajoris¹ feathers Lönnfors 1937

Ornithomyssus sylviarum nest Krištofík et al 2003

Paralges sp.¹ quills Philips 1993

Passeroptes n. sp. skin Philips 1990
Petitota aluconis feathers Lönnfors 1937

Petitota haengii feathers Mironov 1997
Rhinoecius aegolii nasal cavity Butenko 1971,

Philips 1993, Knee

et al. 2008

Marsh Owl (Asio capensis) Dermonoton parallelus feathers Gaud & Mouchet

1959b, Gaud & Till

1961, Gaud 1980
Kramerella oti feathers Gaud 1980

Pandalura strigisoti feathers Gaud 1980
Rhinoecius africanus nasal cavity Zumpt & Patterson

1951, Zumpt & Till

1961

Short-eared Owl (Asio flammeus) mites³ skin Maa 1966

                                                                                                Dermonoton sp.                      feathers            Dubinin 1956
                                                                                                Glaucalges attenuatus            feathers            Buchholz 1869
                                                                                                Kramerella flammei                feathers            Lönnfors 1937
                                                                                                Kramerella lyra                       feathers            Mégnin & Trouessart

1884a, Radford 1958

Kramerella major feathers Mégnin & Trouessart

1884a, Radford 1958

Kramerella oti feathers Vasyukova et al. 1996

                                                                                                Kramerella sp.                        feathers            Kurey 1976
                                                                                                Leptotrombidium akamushi    skin/nest           Wharton & Fuller 1952
                                                                                                Microlichus turdicola³             skin                  Fain, Gaud & Philips
                                                                                                                                                                         1987

Pandalura strigisoti feathers Rothschild & Clay

1952

                                                                                                Petitota aluconis                     feathers            Gaud 1980
                                                                                                Proctophyllodes polyxenus¹    feathers            Atyeo & Braasch 1966
                                                                                                Rhinoecius alifanovi                nasal cavity       Butenko 1976, Knee

et al. 2008

Rhinoecius sp. nasal cavity Knee et al. 2008

Long-eared Owl (Asio otus) chiggers (Trombiculidae) skin/nest Maa & Kuo 1965

mites³ skin Walter 1989

Bubophilus asiobius quills Skoracki & Bochkov

2002, Skoracki 2011

                                                                                                Dermanyssus americanus       skin/nest           Moss 1978
                                                                                                Dermanyssus hirundinis          skin/nest           Kutzer et al. 1982
                                                                                                Dermonoton parallelus           feathers            Gaud 1980
                                                                                                Eulaelaps stabularis¹              mammals         Kutzer et al. 1982

Glaucalges attenuatus feathers Buchholz 1869,

Canestrini & Kramer

1899, Radford 1953,

1958
Glycyphagus domesticus^{1, 3} nest Büttiker & Cerny 1974

Harpyrhynchoides asio skin Fain 1972
Kramerella lyra feathers Mégnin & Trouessart

1884a. Radford 1958

Kramerella oti feathers Lönnfors 1937,

Radford 1958,

Vasilev 1959, Cerny

1977, Gaud 1980

Kramerella sp. feathers Kurey 1976

Microlichus avus³ skin Ash & Hughes 1952

Microlichus charadricola³ skin Büttiker & Cerny

1974

Myialges macdonaldi³ skin Hill et al. 1967
Myialges nudus skin Fain 1965, Fain &

Grootaert 1996

Myialges uncus³ skin Ash & Hughes 1952,

Fain 1965

Neoboydaia colymbiformi nasal cavity Knee et al. 2008

Neotrombicula lipovskyi skin/nest Loomis 1956

Ornithonyssus sylviarum Knee and Proctor 2007
Pandalura strigisoti feathers Buchholz 1869,

Canestrini & Kramer

1899, Radford 1953,

1958, Kurey 1976,

Cerny 1977

Rhinoecius brikinboricus nasal cavity Butenko 1976, Knee

et al. 2008
Rhinoecius oti nasal cavity Cooreman 1946

Strelkoviacarus critesi³ skin Hill et al. 1967
Sternostoma strigitis nasal cavity Butenko 1976

Spotted Owlet (Athene brama) Neocheyletiella athene nasal cavity Fain & Bochkov 2002

Burrowing Owl (Athene cunicularia) Dermonoton sp. feathers Kurey 1976
Euschoengastoides gurneyi skin/nest Loomis 1956

Hypodectes propus¹ subcutaneous Pence & Bergan 1996
Hyponeocula montanensis skin/nest Loomis 1956

Kramerella major feathers Mégnin & Trouessart

1884a, Dubinin

1953, Radford 1958
Neoschoengastia americana skin/nest Loomis 1956, Everett

et al. 1972

Proctophyllodes polyxenus¹ feathers Atyeo & Braasch 1966
Rhinoecius bisetosus nasal cavity Strandtmann 1952,

                                                                                                                                                                        Amaral 1962
                                                                                                Sternostoma augei                  nasal cavity       Amaral 1962
                                                                                                Tytodectes speotyto                subcutaneous    Pence & Bergan 1996

Little Owl (Athene noctua)                                                      Neotrombicula autumnalis     skin/nest           Koptzev et al. 1961
                                                                                                Glaucalges attenuatus            feathers            Gaud 1958, 1980
                                                                                                Kramerella lunulata                feathers            Haller 1878,

Niethammer 1938,

Dubinin 1953, Radford

                                                                                                                                                                        1958, Gaud 1980
                                                                                                Ornithogastia ariadnae           skin/nest           Hushcha 1982
                                                                                                Pandalura strigisoti                feathers            Gaud 1958,
                                                                                                                                                                        1980
                                                                                                Rhinoecius subbisetosus          nasal cavity       Bregetova 1965

Bubo sp. Dermanyssus gallinae skin/nest Strandtmann &

Wharton 1958

Dermonoton bubonis⁴ feathers Gaud 1980

Spotted Eagle-Owl (Bubo africanus) Astrida caprimulgi nasal cavity Fain 1956a,

Zumpt & Till 1961

Dermonoton parallelus feathers Gaud 1980

                                                                                                Glaucalges attenuatus            feathers            Gaud 1980
                                                                                                Kramerella maculata             feathers            Gaud 1980
                                                                                                Pandalura strigisoti                feathers            Gaud 1980
                                                                                                Rhinoecius buboensis              nasal cavity       Fain 1958, 1959b,

1960, Zumpt 1961,

Domrow 1969

Eurasian Eagle-Owl (Bubo bubo) mites³ skin Walter 1989

Dermonoton longiventer feathers Sohn & Noh 1994

Glaucalges attenuatus feathers Lönnfors 1937,

Mumcuoglu &

Muller 1974
Kramerella bubonis feathers Lönnfors 1937,

Dubinin 1953,

Radford 1958, Mrciak

Mrciak & Brander 1967,

Sohn & Noh 1994

Kramerella major feathers Mégnin & Trouessart

1884a, Dubinin 1953,

Radford 1958

Pandalura strigisoti feathers Lönnfors 1937,

Mumcuoglu &

Müller 1974

Petitota bubonis feathers Atyeo & Philips 1984,

Sohn & Noh 1994

Verreaux’s Eagle-Owl (Bubo lacteus) Dermonoton apoplax feathers Gaud 1980
Dermonoton parallelus feathers Gaud 1980

Glaucalges attenuatus feathers Gaud 1980
Kramerella lobata feathers Gaud 1980

Kramerella lunulata¹ feathers Radford 1958
Pandalura strigisoti feathers Gaud 1980

Akun Eagle-Owl (Bubo leucostictus)                                       Dermonoton apoplax              feathers            Gaud 1980
                                                                                                Glaucalges attenuatus            feathers            Gaud 1980
                                                                                                Pandalura strigisoti                feathers            Gaud 1980

Fraser’s Eagle-Owl (Bubo poensis) Dermonoton apoplax feathers Gaud & Mouchet

1959b, Gaud &

Tiill 1961, Gaud

1980
Glaucalges attenuatus feathers Gaud & Mouchet

1959a, Gaud &

Till 1961, Gaud

1980
Pandalura strigisoti feathers Gaud 1980

Shelley’s Eagle-Owl (Bubo shelleyi)                                         Glaucalges attenuatus            feathers            Gaud 1980
                                                                                                Kramerella lobata                   feathers            Gaud 1980
                                                                                                Pandalura strigisoti                feathers            Gaud 1980

Great Horned Owl (Bubo virginianus) mites³ skin Bequaert 1953,

Maa 1969

Blattisocius keegani^{1,
3} trees Philips & Fain 1991

Bubophilus ascalaphus quills Philips & Norton

1978

Dermonoton sp.⁴ feathers Kurey 1976

                                                                                                Epidermoptidae³                       skin                  Herman 1945
                                                                                                Euschoengastia numerosa      skin/nest           Wrenn & Loomis 1974
                                                                                                Glaucalges attenuatus            feathers            Atyeo & Philips 1984

Harpyrhynchoides sp. skin Philips, present work
Knemidocoptes mutans skin Schulz et al. 1989,

Schulz 1990, Malley

& Whitbread 1996,

Houston et al. 1998
Kramerella n. sp. feathers Philips & Norton 1978,

Atyeo & Philips 1984,

Philips 1993

Myialges anchora³ skin Furman & Tarshis

1953, Bequaert

1953, Fain 1965
Pandalura strigisoti feathers Atyeo & Philips 1984

Paralges n. sp. quills Philips 1993

Petitota bubonis feathers Atyeo & Philips 1984

                                                                                                Pneumophagus bubonis          lungs                 Fain & Smiley 1989
                                                                                                Proctophyllodes polyxenus¹    feathers            Atyeo & Braasch 1966
                                                                                                Rhinoecius grandis                  nasal cavity       Strandtmann 1952,

Knee et al. 2008

Glaucidium sp. Neotytodectes mexicanus² subcutaneous O'Connor 1981

Ferruginous Pygmy-Owl (Glaucidium brasilianum) Eutrombicula alfreddugesi skin/nest Brennan & Jones

1960, Loomis 1969

Asian Barred Owlet (Glaucidium cuculoides) Rhinoecius bisetosus nasal cavity Strandtmann 1960,

Wilson 1968

Mountain Pygmy-Owl (Glaucidium gnoma) Kramerella sp. feathers Kurey 1976

Eurasian Pygmy-Owl (Glaucidium passerinum) Dermonoton eventratus feathers Canestrini & Kramer

1899, Dubinin 1956,

Radford 1953, 1958

Kramerella glaucidii feathers Mrciak & Brander

1967, Cerny &

Wiesner 1992

Pearl-spotted Owlet (Glaucidium perlatum) Astrida caprimulgi nasal cavity Fain 1956a, Zumpt

& Till 1961

Cuban Pygmy-Owl (Glaucidium siju) Tytodectes glaucidii subcutaneous Fain 1967, Cerny

                                                                                                                                                                        1969

Eastern Screech-Owl (Megascops asio)                                   mites³                                       skin                  Bequaert 1953, Fain

1965, Maa 1969

Dermanyssus americanus skin/nest Ewing 1925, 1936,

Radford 1950,

Evans & Till 1962,

                                                                                                                                                                        Moss 1978
                                                                                                Dermonoton sp.                      feathers            Kurey 1976
                                                                                                Harpyrhynchoides sp.             skin                  Philips 1993
                                                                                                Miyatrombicula cynos ²          skin/nest           Philips 1978, Philips &

Dindal 1990

Neoschoengastia americana skin/nest Everett et al. 1972
Syringophilidae quills Johnston & Kethley

1973

Whiskered Screech-Owl (Megascops trichopsis) Dermonoton sp. feathers Kurey 1976

Barking Owl (Ninox connivens) Leptotrombidium nissani skin/nest Domrow 1974,

Domrow &

Lester 1985
Neoschoengastia americana skin/nest Domrow & Lester

1985
Rhinoecius cooremani nasal cavity Domrow 1969, 1987

Solomon Hawk-Owl (Ninox jacquinoti) Odontacarus trisetosus skin/nest Goff 1979

Morepork (Ninox novaeseelandiae) Leptotrombidium nissani skin/nest Domrow 1974,

Domrow &

Lester 1985
Neoschoengastia americana skin/nest Domrow & Lester

1985
Rhinoecius cooremani nasal cavity Domrow 1967,

1987

New Britain Hawk-Owl (Ninox odiosa) mites³ skin Maa 1966

Analgidae³ skin Philips & Fain 1991

Philippine Hawk-Owl (Ninox philippensis) Oconnoria inexpectata quills Gaud et al. 1989

Snowy Owl (Nyctea scandiaca) Knemidocoptes sp. skin Cooper 1978, 1985
Rhinoecius nycteae nasal cavity Butenko 1976, Knee

et al. 2008

Otus sp. Myialges bombycillae³ skin Philips & Fain 1991

Variable Screech-Owl (Otus atricapillus) Blankaartia sinnamaryi skin/nest Brennan & Yunker 1966

Indian Scops-Owl (Otus bakkamoena)                                   chiggers (Trombiculidae)           skin/nest          Maa & Kuo 1965
                                                                                                feather mites                             feathers            Maa & Kuo 1965
                                                                                                Dermonoton sp.                      feathers            McClure &

Ratanaworabhan

1971
Leptotrombidium deliense nest/skin McClure &

Ratanaworabhan

1971

Ornithonyssus bursa skin/nest McClure &

Ratanaworabhan

1971
Rhinoecius cavannus nasal cavity Wilson 1968,

McClure &

Ratanaworabhan

1971
Toritrombicula densipiliata skin/nest Nadchatram 1967,

Vercammen-Grandjean

& Langston 1976
Toritrombicula vorca skin/nest Vercammen-Grandjean

& Langston 1976

White-faced Scops-Owl (Otus leucotis) Pandalura strigisoti feathers Gaud 1980

Reddish Scops-Owl (Otus rufescens) Leptotrombidium deliense skin/nest McClure &

Ratanaworabhan

1971

Toritrombicula densipiliata skin/nest McClure &

Ratanaworabhan

1971

Eurasian Scops-Owl (Otus scops) chiggers (Trombiculidae) skin/nest Maa & Kuo 1965
feather mites feathers Maa & Kuo 1965

mites³ skin Maa 1969

Dermonoton parallelilobus¹feathers Radford 1953,

1958

Dermonoton parallelus feathers Mégnin & Trouessart

1884c, Canestrini &

Kramer 1899,

Dubinin 1956,

Gaud & Till

1961

Dermonoton sp. feathers McClure & Ratanaworabhan

1971

Kramerella lunulata feathers Dubinin 1953
Kramerella lyra feathers Dubinin 1953

Kramerella major feathers Shumilo et al. 1973

Leptotrombidium deliense skin/nest McClure &

Ratanaworabhan

1971
Neoschoengastia longipes skin/nest McClure &

Ratanaworabhan

1971

African Scops-Owl (Otus senegalensis) Astrida caprimulgi nasal cavity Fain 1956a, Zumpt &

Till 1961

Mountain Scops-Owl (Otus spilocephalus) Astrida caprimulgi nasal cavity Fain 1963a
Dermonoton sp. feathers McClure & Ratanaworabhan

1971
Leptotrombidium scutellare skin/nest McClure & Ratanaworabhan

1971
Neoschoengastia sp. skin/nest McClure & Ratanaworabhan

1971

Band-bellied Owl (Pulsatrix melanota) Rhinoecius nycteae nasal cavity Amaral 1962

Vermiculated Fishing-Owl (Scotopelia bouvieri) Dermonoton parallelilobus feathers Gaud 1980

Pel’s Fishing-Owl (Scotopelia peli) Dermonoton parallelilobus feathers Gaud & Mouchet

1959b, Gaud &

Till 1961, Gaud

1980

Glaucalges attenuatus feathers Gaud & Till 1961,

Gaud 1980
Pandalura strigisoti feathers Gaud 1980

Tawny Owl (Strix aluco) Bubophilus aluconis quills Nattress & Skoracki 2009,

Skoracki 2011

Dermanyssus hirundinis² skin/nest Zeman & Jurik 1981

Glaucalges attenuatus feathers Atyeo, pers. comm.
Kramerella aluconis feathers Lönnfors 1937,

Dubinin 1953,

Radford 1958,

Shumilo et al. 1973

Kramerella major feathers Dubinin 1953,

                                                                                                                                                                        Radford 1958
                                                                                                Pandalura strigisoti                feathers            Gaud 1958, 1980
                                                                                                Petitota aluconis                     feathers            Buchholz 1869,

Radford 1953,

1958

Brown Wood-Owl (Strix leptogrammica) feather mites feathers Maa & Kuo 1965

Great Grey Owl (Strix nebulosa) Dermonoton parallelilobus feathers Mégnin & Trouessart

1884c, Canestrini

& Kramer 1899,

Radford 1953, 1958,

Dubinin 1956,

Gaud & Till 1961,

Gaud 1980

Kramerella aprotuberantia feathers Philips, present work

Pandalura strigisoti feathers Philips, present work

Passeroptes n. sp. skin Philips, present work

Petitota sp. feathers Philips, present work

Rhinoecius cooremani nasal cavity Knee et al. 2008

Spotted Owl (Strix occidentalis) Euschoengastia sp. skin/nest Hunter et al. 1994,

(probably numerosa) Gutiérrez et al. 1995

Mottled Wood-Owl (Strix ocellata) Myialges bombycillae³ skin Philips and Fain 1991

Ural Owl (Strix uralensis) Kramerella aprotuberantia feathers Dubinin 1953, Radford 1958
Petitota aluconis feathers Niethammer 1938

Barred Owl (Strix varia) Dermonoton sp. feathers Kurey 1976

Dermonoton parallelilobus feathers Banks 1915

Kramerella sp. feathers Kurey 1976
Ornithonyssus sp. feathers Peters 1936

Ornithonyssus sylviarum Nelder & Reeves 2005,

                                                                                                                                                                        Knee and Proctor 2007
                                                                                                Pandalura strigisoti                feathers            Atyeo, pers. comm.
                                                                                                Paralges n. sp.                         quills                Philips, present work

Passeroptes n. sp. skin Philips, present work

Rhinoecius cooremani nasal cavity Strandtmann 1952,

Pence 1973

Mottled Owl (Strix virgata) Blankaartia sinnamaryi skin/nest Brennan & Yunker

1966
Eutrombicula alfreddugesi skin/nest Brennan & Jones 1960,

Loomis 1969

African Wood-Owl (Strix woodfordii)                                     Dermonoton spp.                    feathers            Cheke 1972, 1978
                                                                                                Glaucalges attenuatus            feathers            Gaud 1980

Northern Hawk Owl (Surnia ulula) Kramerella major feathers Mégnin & Trouessart

1884a, Dubinin

1953, Radford 1958

Kramerella sp. feathers Vasyukova et al. 1996

Family Tytonidae

Congo Bay-Owl (Phodilus prigoginei) Dermonoton parallelus feathers Gaud 1980

Barn Owl (Tyto alba) mites³ skin Maa 1969

Aureliania aureliani nasal cavity Fain 1956b, 1963b,

Zumpt & Till 1961,

Domrow 1969,

1991

Dermonoton sclerourus feathers Gaud 1980, D'Souza

et al. 1986
Dermonoton sp. feathers McClure &

Ratanaworabhan

1971
Glaucalges attenuatus feathers Rothschild and Clay 1952,

Radford 1958, Gaud 1958,

1980, Gaud & Till 1961,

Cerny 1967, D'Souza et al.

1986

Glaucalges sp. feathers McClure &

Ratanaworabhan

1971, Kurey 1976

Harpyrhynchoides tyto skin Fain 1972

Kramerella lunulata feathers Niethammer 1938,

Gaud & Petitot

1948a, Cerny 1967,

Bunn et al. 1982

                                                                                                Kramerella lyra                       feathers            Radford 1958
                                                                                                Kramerella quadrata              feathers            Gaud 1980
                                                                                                Kramerella sp.                        feathers            Kurey 1976
                                                                                                Leptotrombidium nissani        skin/nest           Domrow 1974,

Domrow &

Lester 1985
Neoboydaia sp. nasal cavity Dusbábek & Cerny 1970

                                                Neottialges evansi¹                 subcutaneous    Pence & Bergan 1996
                                                Ornithonyssus bursa               skin/nest           Domrow 1977
                                                Ornithonyssus sylviarum         skin/nest           Cooper 1978
                                                Ornithonyssus sp.                    skin/nest           Keymer 1972

Pandalura strigisoti feathers Niethammer 1938,

Radford 1958,

Gaud 1958, Gaud

& Mouchet 1959a, Gaud & Till 1961,

Gaud 1980

Rhinoecius tytonis nasal cavity Fain 1956c, 1959a,

Zumpt & Till 1961,

Domrow 1969
Tytodectes strigis subcutaneous Gene 1848, Fain 1967,

Wurst & Havelka 1997
Tytodectes tyto subcutaneous Fain 1966b, 1967,

Pence & Bergan 1996

African Grass-Owl (Tyto capensis) Dermonoton sclerourus feathers Gaud 1980
Kramerella quadrata feathers Gaud 1980

Australian Masked-Owl (Tyto novaehollandiae) mites³ skin Maa 1966

Tytodectes tyto subcutaneous Domrow 1992

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^{1 These are incorrectly
identified or accidental records.}

^{2 Nest record.}

^{3 These mites were found
on louseflies (Hippoboscidae)
on the bird.}

^{4
Dermonoton bubonis from Bubo
sp. (Gaud 1980) is actually an invalid nomen
nudum for an undescribed
species of Dermonoton from Bubo
virginianus (Gaud, pers.
comm).}

A List of the Parasitic Mites of the Strigiformes. (updated from Philips 2000 Raptor Res. 34(3): 210-231)

OWL MITE HABITAT REFERENCES

Blattisocius keegani1, 3 trees Philips & Fain 1991

& Kramer 1899,

Radford 1953, 1958,

Dubinin 1956,

Blattisocius keegani^{1,
3} trees Philips & Fain 1991