Psoroptidia

Life-forms

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Unikonta
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Cladus: Holozoa
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Cladus: Protostomia
Cladus: Ecdysozoa
Cladus: Panarthropoda
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Classis: Arachnida
Subclassis: Acari
Superordo: Acariformes
Ordo: Sarcoptiformes
Subordo: Psoroptidia
Superfamiliae (4): Analgoidea – Pterolichoidea – Pyroglyphoidea – Sarcoptoidea
References

Barreto, M. et al. 2012: Feather mites (Acariformes: Psoroptidia) from Colombia: preliminary list with new records. Zootaxa 3516: 1–68. Preview Reference page.
Bochkov, A.V. 2010: A review of mammal-associated Psoroptidia (Acariformes: Astigmata). Acarina, 18 (2): 99–260. PDF
Bochkov, A.V.; Mironov, S.V. 2011: Phylogeny and systematics of mammal-associated psoroptidian mites (Acariformes: Astigmata: Psoroptidia) derived from external morphology. Invertebrate systematics, 25 (1): 22–59. DOI: 10.1071/IS10023
Gaud, J.; Atyeo, W.T. 1996: Feather mites of the World (Acarina, Astigmata): the supraspecific taxa. Annales du usée Royal de l’Afrique Centrale, sciences zoologiques, (277 )
Klimov, P.B.; OConnor, B.M. 2008: Origin and higher-level relationships of psoroptidian mites (Acari: Astigmata: Psoroptidia): evidence from three nuclear genes. Molecular phylogenetics and evolution, 47 (3): 1135–1156. DOI: 10.1016/j.ympev.2007.12.025
Mironov, S.V. 2003: On some problems in the systematics of feather mites. Acarina, 11 (1): 3–29. PDF
Proctor, H.C. 2003: Feather mites (Acari: Astigmata): ecology, behavior, and evolution. Annual review of entomology, 48: 185–209. PDF

Links

Australian Faunal Directory

Vernacular names
English: feather mites, fur mites, etc.

Psoroptidia is a parvorder of the Acari (mite) group Astigma (or Astigmatina).[1] It comprises around 40 families, and apparently originated as parasites of birds, before a secondary radiation saw some taxa become parasites of mammals.[2] Because of their parasitic lifestyle, members of the Psoroptidia do not exhibit a deutonymph stage.[3]

The group contains many of the more notorious parasitic members of the Astigmata. Three of the superfamilies in this clade are among those Acarina collectively called feather mites, whereas the fourth and fifth – Psoroptoidea and Pyroglyphoidea – contains ear mites and scabies mites among others.
References

"Psoroptidae". NCBI taxonomy. Bethesda, MD: National Center for Biotechnology Information. Retrieved 31 May 2019.
Barry M. OConnor (1994). "Life-history modifications in astigmatid mites". In Marilyn A. Houck (ed.). Mites: Ecological and Evolutionary Analyses of Life-history Patterns. Springer. pp. 136–159. ISBN 978-0-412-02991-2.

Matthew J. Colloff (2009). "Identification and taxonomy, classification and phylogeny". Dust Mites. Springer. pp. 1–44. ISBN 978-90-481-2223-3.

Further reading
Pavel B. Klimov & Barry M. OConnor (2008). "Origin and higher-level relationships of psoroptidian mites (Acari: Astigmata: Psoroptidia): Evidence from three nuclear genes". Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 47 (3): 1135–1156. doi:10.1016/j.ympev.2007.12.025. PMID 18289886.