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{{Taxobox
|name =''Dermanyssus gallinae''
|phylum =Arthropoda
|order =Mesostigmata
|family =Dermanyssidae
|genus =Dermanyssus
|species =''D.gallinae''
}}
[[File:dermanyssus.jpg|right|thumb|250px|<small><center>Dermanyssus gallinae mite (García 2007, Wikimedia commons)</center></small>]]
[[File:dermanyssus.jpg|right|thumb|250px|<small><center>Dermanyssus gallinae mite (García 2007, Wikimedia commons)</center></small>]]
[[File:gallinae.jpg|right|thumb|250px|<small><center>Dermanyssus gallinae mite, 1mm long. (Furado 2007, Wikimedia commons)</center></small>]]
[[File:gallinae.jpg|right|thumb|250px|<small><center>Dermanyssus gallinae mite, 1mm long. (Furado 2007, Wikimedia commons)</center></small>]]
''Dermanyssus gallinae'' are red [[Non-Burrowing Mites|surface mites]] of poultry. They spend most of their time '''off''' the host and the adults can survive several months without feeding. Their life cycle takes '''1 week'''. The adult and nymph mites visit poultry at night to feed.
''Dermanyssus gallinae'' are red [[Non-Burrowing Mites|surface mites]] of poultry. They spend most of their time '''off''' the host and the adults can survive several months without feeding. Their life cycle takes '''1 week'''. The adult and nymph mites visit poultry at night to feed.