FAMILY                      Dermanyssidae Kolenati, 1859 [Laelapidae; was in Dasyponyssidae]
GENUS                              Acanthonyssus Yunker & Radovsky, in Wenzel & Tipton 1966:92  [Ed.]
TYPE-SPECIES                            Acanthonyssus dentipes (Strandtmann & Eads, 1947)
                                        [=Ichoronyssus dentipes Strandtmann & Eads, 1947]
GENUS                              Dermanyssus Dugès, 1834
                                   [=Allodermanyssus Ewing, 1923] [Type is sangineus; syn. Krantz 1959:175]
                                   [=Dermanissus Kolenati, 1856] [invalid emendation]
SUBGENUS                             Dermanyssus Dugès, 1834
SPECIES                                 Dermanyssus americanus Ewing, 1923 [1922  by Evans & Till 1962]
                                        [=Dermanyssus oti Ewing, 1925]
SPECIES                                 Dermanyssus antillarum Dusbabek & Cerny, 1971 [Redescription, Moss 1978:635]
SPECIES                                 Dermanyssus brevirivulus Gu & Ting, 1992:33 [host Galerida cristata leautingensis (Aves), English P. 36; Shanxi]
SPECIES                                 Dermanyssus brevis Ewing, 1936
SPECIES                                 Dermanyssus carpathicus Zeman, 1979:173 [avian host; Czechoslovakia]
SPECIES                                 Dermanyssus chelidonis Oudemans, 1939 [nomen nova]
                                        [=Dermanyssus hirundinis Berlese, 1889] [praeocc.]
SPECIES                                 Dermanyssus faralloni Nelson & Furman, 1967 [Redescription, Moss 1978:636]
TYPE-SPECIES                            Dermanyssus gallinae (DeGeer, 1778) [Diagnostic, Hoffmann 1988:8]
                                        [=Acarus gallinae DeGeer, 1778]
                                        [=Dermanyssus avium (Duges, 1834)]
                                        [=Dermanyssus evotomydis Ewing, 1933]
                                        [=Pulex gallinae (Redi, 1674)]
SPECIES                                 Dermanyssus gallinoides Moss, 1966
SPECIES                                 Dermanyssus grochovskae Zemskaya [Redescription, Uchikawa & Takahashi 1985:234]
SPECIES                                 Dermanyssus hirsutus Moss & Radovsky, 1967 [nomen novum]
                                        [=Dermanyssus scutatus Ewing, 1936] [praeocc.]
SPECIES                                 Dermanyssus hirundinis (Hermann, 1804)
                                        [=Acarus hirundinis Hermann, 1804]
SPECIES                                 Dermanyssus lacertarum (Contarini, 1847)
                                        [=Ricinus lacertarum Contarini, 1847]
SPECIES-INQUIRENDA                      Dermanyssus longipes Berlese & Trouessart
SPECIES                                 Dermanyssus nipponensis Uchikawa & Kitaoka, 1981:80 [host Picus awokera awokera (Aves); Japan]
SPECIES-INQUIRENDA                      Dermanyssus passerinus Berlese & Trouessart, 1889
SPECIES                                 Dermanyssus prognephilus Ewing, 1933
SPECIES                                 Dermanyssus quintus Vitzthum, 1921
SPECIES                                 Dermanyssus richiardii G. Canestrini & Fanzago, 1877
SPECIES                                 Dermanyssus rwandae Fain, 1993:164 [host Apus affinis (Aves); Rwanda]
SPECIES                                 Dermanyssus transvaalensis Evans & Till, 1962
SPECIES                                 Dermanyssus triscutatus Krantz, 1959
SPECIES                                 Dermanyssus trochilinis Moss, 1978:633 [Peru]
SPECIES                                 Dermanyssus wutaiensis Gu & Ting, 1992:34 [host Passer montanus (Aves), English P. 36; Shanxi]
SUBGENUS                             Microdermanyssus Moss, 1967:204 
TYPE-SPECIES                            Microdermanyssus alaudae (Schrank, 1781)
                                        [=Acarus alaudae Schrank, 1781]
                                        [=Acarus truncatus (Olfers, 1816)]
GENUS                              Draconyssus Yunker & Radovsky, in Wenzel & Tipton 1966:93  [Eds.]
TYPE-SPECIES                            Draconyssus belgicae Yunker & Radovsky, in Wenzel & Tipton 1966
GENUS                              Laelaspisella Marais & Loots, 1969:1  [syn. Farrier & Hennessey 1993:82]
TYPE-SPECIES                            Laelaspisella epigynialis Marais & Loots, 1969
SPECIES                                 Laelaspisella foramenis (Karg, 1989):108 [Saint-Lucia-Island]
                                        [=Hypoaspis foramenis Karg, 1989]
GENUS                              Liponyssoides Hirst, 1913
SPECIES                                 Liponyssoides adsonis Domrow, 1992:1605 [host Climacteris leucophaea (Aves); Victoria]
SPECIES                                 Liponyssoides bengalensis Gupta, 1979:507 [human host; India]
SPECIES                                 Liponyssoides eudyptulae Fain & Galloway, 1993:98 [host Eudyptula minor albosignata (Aves); New-Zealand]
SPECIES                                 Liponyssoides intermedius (Evans & Till, 1964)
                                        [=Dermanyssus intermedius Evans & Till, 1964]
SPECIES                                 Liponyssoides lukoschusi Domrow, 1979:404 [avian host; Western-Australia]
SPECIES                                 Liponyssoides muris Hirst
SPECIES                                 Liponyssoides sangineus (Hirst, 1914)
                                        [=Dermanyssus sangineus Hirst, 1914]
SPECIES                                 Liponyssoides warnekei Domrow, 1963