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Ophionyssus
Ophionyssus is a genus of bird mites in the family Macronyssidae. There are about seven described species in Ophionyssus.
8 branches of this genus, most-observed first

Snake Mite
speciesOphionyssus natricis
Ophionyssus galeotes
speciesOphionyssus galeotes
Ophionyssus scincorum
speciesOphionyssus scincorum
Ophionyssus africanus
speciesOphionyssus africanus
Ophionyssus lawrencei
speciesOphionyssus lawrencei
Ophionyssus mabuyae
speciesOphionyssus mabuyae
Ophionyssus tropidosaurae
speciesOphionyssus tropidosaurae

Ophionyssus saurarum
speciesOphionyssus saurarum
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 249902.