A catalogue of the species of Mesostigmata (Arachnida, Acari, Parasitiformes) recorded from Ireland including information on their geographical distribution and habitats
Author
Bolger, Thomas
Author
Arroyo, Julio
Author
Piotrowska, Katarzyna
text
Zootaxa
2018
2018-11-12
4519
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journal article
27974
10.11646/zootaxa.4519.1.1
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Family
Dermanyssidae Kolenati, 1859
Dermanyssus
Dugès, 1834
•
Dermanyssus gallinae
(de Geer, 1878)
• Original name
:
Acarus gallinae
de Geer, 1878
.
• In
:
Mémoires pour servir à l’histoire des insects
. Grefing & Hesselberg, Stockholm 7: 111.
Irish Records
: A ubiquitous parasite of poultry and wild birds and very common in
Ireland
, often seen at bird post mortems ad in submitted specimens (Head of Regional Veterinary Laboratories
pers
.
comm
.).
Counties:
Seems ubiquitous.