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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Chelicerates (Chelicerata) » Arachnids (Arachnida) » Mites and Ticks (Acari) » Acariformes » Astigs (Astigmata) » Psoroptidia » Analgoidea » Avenzoariidae » Pandionacarus » Osprey Wing Mite (Pandionacarus fuscus)
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Mite ID - Pandionacarus fuscus - male
Copyright © 2009 Scott Justis

Mite ID - Pandionacarus fuscus - Male
Norfolk, Virginia, USA
April 24, 2009
Size: 1mm
Found an Osprey wing feather on the ground from a nearby nesting pair. Decided to give it a closer look for mites and found this little beauty along with another species I'll post later. This one has a very remarkable body structure, to me anyway. It is in between the layers of the feather and I actually had to pull open a layer to get a good image of the mite.
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Contributed by Scott Justis on 24 April, 2009 - 8:43pm
Last updated 14 July, 2009 - 5:09pm

Moved
Moved from Avenzoariidae. My question was answered on another photo.
… John F. Carr, 14 July, 2009 - 5:08pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Mites and Ticks to family pending resolution of synoynms.
… John F. Carr, 14 July, 2009 - 5:03pm login or register to post comments

Pandionacarus
This is a male of Pandionacarus fuscus (Acari: Acariformes: Astigmata: Avenzoariidae). The other posted photos of this species are females and juveniles. Like many groups of feather mites, this family exhibits a very pronounced sexual dimorphism.
… Barry M. OConnor, 14 July, 2009 - 4:45pm login or register to post comments

 
Nomenclature
A web search tells me that Pandionacarus is treated as a synonym of Bonnetella and the species you named would be Bonnetella fusca.

Can you clarify the naming of this species? Is one or the other name on a checklist BugGuide should follow?
… John F. Carr, 14 July, 2009 - 4:59pm login or register to post comments

 
Pandionacarus
The mite has been known as Bonnetella fusca for a long time, but it was recently discovered that Bonnetella (the mite genus) is a junior homonym of another, older Bonnetella. Thus, the junior synonym, Pandionacarus, has been revived.
… Barry M. OConnor, 7 March, 2010 - 12:37pm login or register to post comments

that's a very nice feather mi
that's a very nice feather mite picture. Ospreys are associated with numerous species of feather mites.
… W. Knee, 28 April, 2009 - 1:55pm login or register to post comments

 
Thanks Wayne...
I have to process some more images when I get the time of some other species found in this same feather.
… Scott Justis, 1 May, 2009 - 12:20pm login or register to post comments

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