The Analgoidea are a superfamily of the Acarina (

mite Mites are small arachnids (eight-legged arthropods). Mites span two large orders of arachnids, the Acariformes and the Parasitiformes, which were historically grouped together in the subclass Acari, but genetic analysis does not show clear e ...

) order Sarcoptiformes. They contain many

feather mite Feather mites are the members of diverse mite superfamilies: * superorder Acariformes ** Psoroptidia *** Analgoidea *** Freyanoidea *** Pterolichoidea * superorder Parasitiformes ** Dermanyssoidea They are ectoparasites on bird B ...

s, being ectoparasites of

bird Birds are a group of warm-blooded vertebrates constituting the class Aves (), characterised by feathers, toothless beaked jaws, the laying of hard-shelled eggs, a high metabolic rate, a four-chambered heart, and a strong yet lightweig ...

s and occasionally mammals.

Families

* Alloptidae Gaud, 1957 * Analgidae Trouessart & Mégnin, 1884 * Apionacaridae Gaud & Atyeo, 1977 * Avenzoariidae Oudemans, 1905 * Cytoditidae Oudemans, 1908 * Dermationidae Fain, 1965 * Dermoglyphidae Mégnin & Trouessart, 1884 * Epidermoptidae Trouessart, 1892 * Heteropsoridae Oudemans, 1908 *

Laminosioptidae Laminosioptidae is a family of mite Mites are small arachnids (eight-legged arthropods). Mites span two large orders of arachnids, the Acariformes and the Parasitiformes, which were historically grouped together in the subclass Acari, but ...

Vitzthum, 1931 * Proctophyllodidae Mégnin & Trouessart, 1884 * Psoroptoididae Gaud, 1983 * Pteronyssidae Oudemans, 1941 * Thysanocercidae Atyeo & Peterson, 1972 * Trouessartiidae Gaud, 1957 * Xolalgidae Dubinin, 1953 Sarcoptiformes Arachnid superfamilies {{Sarcoptiformes-stub