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

翅果螨科（翅果螨目）的超特异分类群，局限于非飞蛾目（翅果螨目）。除企鹅、鸸鹋、食火鸡和蟾蜍外，所有鸟类都有螨虫体外寄生虫。大约有1800个物种被命名（估计占现有动物群的10%）。这些被分配到357个已命名的和58个新属，被安排在31个科。获得关于这些螨虫的信息是非常困难的，因为很少有修订完成，传记从未出版过。这笔赠款的目的是提供确定物种一级以上群体的手段，并对一个科进行深入研究。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螨虫体外寄生虫的全面基线数据，并将在全世界范围内为当前和未来的研究人员开辟这一研究领域。

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.