Rhinonyssidae

Rhinonyssidae is a family of mites in the order Mesostigmata. There are about 16 genera and at least 460 described species in Rhinonyssidae.
The mites of this family are obligate parasites of avian respiratory systems, living in nasal passageways. They are endoparasites, typically living their entire life in within the respiratory systems of birds.
Rhinonyssid mites are widespread, and have been observed on every continent including Antarctica.

Genera

These 16 genera belong to the family Rhinonyssidae:Charadrinyssus Butenko, 1984Larinyssus Strandtmann, 1948Locustellonyssus Bregetova, 1965Passeronyssus Fain, 1960Pipronyssus Fain & Aitken, 1967Ptilonyssus Berlese & Trouessart, 1889Rallinyssus Strandtmann, 1948Rhinoecius Cooreman, 1946Rhinonyssus Trouessart, 1894Ruandanyssus Fain, 1957Sternostoma Berlese & Trouessart, 1889Tinaminyssus Strandtmann & Wharton, 1958Trochilonyssus Fain & Aitken, 1967Tyranninyssus Brooks & Strandtmann, 1960Vitznyssus Castro, 1948Zumptnyssus Fain, 1959