Prelude to a study of the feather mites of Australia (Acariformes: Astigmata) Author HALLIDAY, R. B. text Zootaxa 2023 2023-05-09 5280 1 1 73 http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5280.1.1 journal article 54455 10.11646/zootaxa.5280.1.1 a3384e49-2a34-4e14-8651-90cd896e0df4 1175-5326 7912198 E89D81FE-D079-41B7-9FF4-4933D620B89D Genus Neocnemidocoptes Fain, 1966a Neocnemidocoptes Fain, 1966a: 394 . Type species: Sarcoptes laevis var. gallinae Railliet, 1887: 132 , by original designation. Notes : Fain (1966a) designated Sarcoptes laevis var. gallinae Railliet, 1887 as the type species of Neocnemidocoptes . Fain (1974) then elevated gallinae to the species level and confirmed that Sarcoptes gallinae is the type species of Neocnemidocoptes Fain, 1966a . Sarcoptes laevis Railliet, 1885 is a senior synonym of Picicnemidocoptes dryocopae Pence, 1972 , the type species of Picicnemidocoptes Pence, 1972 .