The Supraspecific Taxa of the Pterolichidae (Acarina), a Family Restricted to the Non-Passeriformes (Aves)

翼螨科的超种分类群，该科仅限于非雀形目鸟类。体表寄生虫在所有鸟类中都有发现，但企鹅、猿猴、食虫洞和美洲斑羚除外。大约有1800个物种被命名(估计占现有动物总数的10%)。经鉴定，隶属于31科357个命名属和58个新属。获取有关这些螨类的信息非常困难，因为完成的修订很少，而且从未出版过书目。这笔赠款的目的是为物种层面以上的群体识别提供手段，并对一个科进行深入研究。将包括代表性物种的插图，已知的宿主-寄生虫关联，以及大约700个条目的参考书目。由此产生的出版物将提供关于鸟类体外寄生虫的全面基线数据，并将为目前和未来在世界范围内的研究人员打开这一研究领域的大门。

The supraspecific taxa of the Pterolichidae (Acarina), a family restricted to the non-Passeriformes (Aves). Mite ectoparasites are know from all groups of birds except penguins, emus, cassowaries and todids. About 1,800 species have been named (an estimated 10% of the existing fauna). These are assigned to 357 named and 58 new genera and arranged in 31 families. Access to information about these mites is very difficult as few revisions have been completed and a biblography has never been published. The objectives of this grant are to provide means for the identification of groups above the species level, with an indepth study of one family. Included will be illustrations of representative species, know host-parasite associations, and a bibliography of approximately 700 entries. The resulting publications will provide comprehensive baseline data on the mite ectoparasites of birds and will open this field of research for present and future investigators on a worldwide basis.