While not complete, the following list of references includes most of the articles that have been published concerning the nasal mite family Rhinonyssidae.

Amaral, V. 1962. Sternostoma augei n. sp. (Acarina: Rhinonyssidae Vitz., 1935) e identificação das espécies Rhinocecius bisetosus Strandtmann, 1952 e Rhinoecius grandis Strandtmann, 1952. Archos Inst. Biol., S Paulo 29: 69-81

Amaral, V. 1963a. Neonyssus castroae n. sp. (Acarina: Rhinonyssidae Vitz., 1935) parasita da jurití (Leptotila verreauxi) e da jurití-da-mata (Oreopeleia montana). Archos Inst. Biol., S Paulo 30: 9-13.

Amaral, V. 1963b. Ocorrência do ácaro nasal Trispeleognatus striatus (Crossley, 1952), Fain, 1962 (Ereynetidae Oudemans, 1931) em Leptotila verreauxi (Aves: Columbiformes). Archos Inst. Biol., S Paulo 30: 91.

Amaral, V. 1965. Trispeleognathus (Trispeleognathus) euricoi n. sp. (Ereynetidae: Trombidiformes) parasita da jurití (Leptotila verreauxi). Archos Inst., Biol., S Paulo 32: 31-34.

Amaral, V. 1967. Um nôvo rinoníssideo do gênero Mesonyssus Fain, 1960 e redescrição das espécies Mesonyssus trappi e M. navajasi (Acarina: Mesostigmata). Archos Inst. Biol., S Paulo, 34: 135-152.

Amaral, V. and Reboucas, M. M. 1974. Notas sobre ácaros rinonissideos de aves braslieras (Mesotigmata-Rhinonyssidae). Rev. Tec. Inst. Biol. 40: 52-56.

Amerson, A. B. 1967. Incidence and transfer of Rhinonyssidae (Acarina: Mesostigmata) in sooty terns (Sterna fuscata). J. Med. Ent. 4: 197-199

Baker, E. W. and Wharton, G. W. 1952. An Introduction to Acarology. Macmillan Co., New York. 465pp.

Baker, E. W., Evans, T. M., Gould, D. J., Hull, W. B., and Keegan, H. L. 1956. A Manual of Parasitic Mites of Medical or Economic Importance.  National Pest Control Ass., New York. 170pp.

Bell, P. J. 1996a. Survey of the nasal mite fauna (Rhinonyssidae and Kytoditidae) of the Gouldian finch, Erythrura gouldiae, and some co-occurring birds in Northern Territory. Wildlife Research. 23: 675-685.

Bell, P. J. 1996b. The life history and transmission biology of Sternostoma tracheacolum Lawrence (Acari: Rhinonyssidae) associated with the Gouldian finch Erythrura gouldiae. Experimental & Applied Acarology. 20: 323-341.

Berlese, A., and Trouessart, E. 1889. Diagnoses d’acariens nouveaux ou peu connus. Bull. Biblioth. Scient. Quest 2: 121-143.

Bregetova, N. G. 1964. “Some Problems of Evolution of the rhinonyssid Mites. Report presented at the First International Congress of Parasitology” (Nauka: Leningrad.)

Bregetova, N. G. 1965a. Generic grouping of the rhinonyssid mites (Mesostigmata, Rhinonyssidae), parasites of birds. I. The new genus Sternostomoides. Ent. Obozr. 44: 709-713. [In Russian]

Bregetova, N. G. 1965b. Generic groups of rhinonyssid mites (Mesostigmata, Rhinonyssidae)-birds parasites. 2. New genus Locustellonyssus. Zool. Zh. 44: 1092-1097. [In Russian]

Bregetova, N. G. 1967. The generic groups of rhinonyssid mites-parasites of birds. III. Genera Neonyssus Hirst, 1921 and Neonyssoides Hirst, 1923. Parazit. Sb. 23: 124-137. [In Russian]

Bregetova, N. G. 1971. Some considerations on the system and phylogeny of gamasid mites. Proc. 3rd Intern. Congr. Acarol. pp 263-267.

Brooks, D. L., and Strandtmann, R. W. 1960. The nasal mites (Acarina) of some west Texas flycatchers (Tyrannidae). J. Parasit. 46: 418-432.

Butenko, O. M. 1968. A method of collection of mites from the nasal cavity of living birds Rhinonyssidae. Zoologicheskii Zhurnal. 47: 451-452. [In Russian]

Butenko, O. M. 1971. Systematic status of mites of the familty Rhinonyssidae Gamasoidea which are parasites of Aneriformes. Zoologicheskii Zhurnal. 50: 483-494. [In Russian]

Butenko, O. M. 1972. Mites of the genus Ptilonyssus parasitizing Starlings. Zoologicheskii Zhurnal. 51: 1073-1077. [In Russian]

Butenko, O. M. 1973a. Rhinonyssid mites Gamsoidea parasites of Grebes. Parazitologiya (St. Petersburg). 7: 244-246. [In Russian]

Butenko, O. M. 1973b. A new species of the genus Larinyssus Gamasoidea Rhinonyssidae. Zoologicheskii Zhurnal. 52: 951-953. [In Russian]

Butenko, O. M. 1973c. Two new species of the genus Rhinonyssus Gamasoidea Rhinonyssidae.  Zoologicheskii Zhurnal. 52: 1872-1875. [In Russian]

Butenko, O. M. 1974. A new species of parasitic mite of the genus Rhinonyssus Gamasoidea Rhinonyssidae. Zoologicheskii Zhurnal. 53: 464-466. [In Russian]

Butenko, O. M. 1977. Morphology and systematics of rhinonyssid mites of the genus Vitznyssus Gamasoidea. Zoologicheskii Zhurnal. 56: 368-374. [In Russian]

Butenko, O. M. 1984. Non-passerine nasal mites of Russia. Zool. Inst. Acad. Sciences (St. Petersburg). 187pp. [In Russian]

Butenko, O. M. 1999. Two new species of mites of the genus Sternostomoides Bregetova, 1965 (Gamasoidea: Rhinonyssidae). Acarina 7: 47-51. [In Russian]

Butenko, O. M. 2001. New species of the rhinonyssid mites (Gamasina: Rhinonyssidae) from birds of Russia and neighbouring countries. Parazitologiya (St. Petersburg) 35: 519-530. [In Russian]

Butenko, O. M., and Lavrovskaya, K. I. 1980a. New species of rhinonyssids of the genus Ptilonyssus sensu stricto Gamasoidea Parasitiformes parasitic in Larks. Parazitologiya (St. Petersburg). 14: 522-531. [In Russian]

Butenko, O. M., and Lavrovskaya, K. I. 1980b. Ptilonyssus muscicapoines new species of rhinonyssid mites Gamasoidea Rhinonyssidae from the nasal cavity of Ficedula hypoleuca. Parazitologiya (St. Petersburg). 14: 351-354. [In Russian]

Butenko, O. M. and Stanyukovich, M. K. 1999. The distribution of rhinonyssid mites (Acari, Gamasina, Rhinonyssidae) in the nasal cavities of some anatid birds. Ekologija 2: 52-56. [In Russian]

Castro, M. P. 1948. Reestruturação genérica da familia “Rhinonyssidae Vitzthum, 1935” (Acari Mesostigmata: Gamasides) e descrição de algumas espécies novas. Archos Inst. Biol., S Paulo 18: 253-284.

Castro, M. P., and Pereira, C. 1947. Acaros nasicolas (Parasitiformes: Rhinonyssidae) do pardal-“Passer domesticus L.”. Archos Inst. Biol., S Paulo 18: 125-133.

Cooreman, J. 1946. Rhinoecius oti n. gen., n. sp. Bull. Mus. Hist. Nat. Belg. 22: 1-4.

Crossley, D. A. 1950. A new species of nasal mite Neonyssus (Neonyssus) columbae, from the pigeon. Proc. Ent. Soc. Wash. 52: 309-312.

Crossley, D.A. 1952. Two new nasal mites from columbiform birds. J. Parasit. 38: 385-390.

Domrow, R. 1964a. The genus Mesonyssoides in Australia (Acarina: Laelapidae). J. Ent. Soc. Qd 3: 23-29.

Domrow, R. 1964b. Three new nasal mites from Australian birds (Acarina, Laelapidae). Acarologia 6: 26-34.

Domrow, R. 1964c. Fourteen species of Ptilonyssus from Australian birds (Acarina, Laelapidae). Acarologia 6: 595-623.

Domrow, R. 1966. Some mite parasites of Australian birds. Proc. Linn. Soc. N.S.W. 90: 190-217.

Domrow, R. 1967. Rhinonyssine nasal mite infestations in birds at Mitchell River Mission during the wet and dry seasons. Proc. Linn. Soc. N.S.W. 91: 211-219.

Domrow, R. 1969. The nasal mites of Queensland birds (Acrai: Dermanyssidae, Ereynetidae, and Epidermoptidae). Proc. Linnean Soc. New S. Wales 93: 297-426.

Domrow, R. 1979. Three collections of rhinonyssine nasal mites from Queensland birds. Acarologia 20: 485-517.

Domrow, R. 1987. Acari Mesostigmata parasitic on Australian vertebrates: an annotated checklist, keys and bioliography. Invertebr. Taxon 1: 817-948.

Dusbabek, F. 1969. New species of nasal mites (Acarina: Rhinonyssidae) from Cuban birds. Folia Parasitologia (Praha) 16: 213-226.

Dusbabek, F., and Cerny, V. 1969. The nasal mites of Cuban birds. I. Ascidae, Ereynetidae, Trombiculidae (Acarina). Acarologia 11: 269-281.

Evans, G. O. 1963a. Observations on the chaetotaxy of the legs in the free-living Gamasina (Acari: Mesostigmata). Bull. Br. Mus. Nat. Hist. 10: 275-303.

Evans, G. O. 1963b. Some observations on the chaetotaxy of the pedipalps in the Mesostigmata (Acari). Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. 6: 513-527, with Errata, 1964, Ibid. 7: 63.

Evans, G. O., and Till, W. M. 1965. Studies on the British Dermanyssidae (Acari: Mesostigmata). Part I. External morphology. Bull. Br. Mus. Nat. Hist. 13: 247-294.

Evans, G. O., and Till, W. M. 1966. Studies on the British Dermanyssidae (Acri: Mesostigmata). Part II. Classification. Bull. Br. Mus. Nat. Hist. 14: 107-370.

van Eyndhoven, G. L. 1964. The nasal mites of the domestic goose and the eider (Acarina, Rhinonyssidae). Zoöl. Meded., Leiden 39: 297-307.

Fain, A. 1955. Sur le parsiteisme des fosses nasales chez les mammiferes et les oiseaux par les Speleognathidae. Ann. Soc. Belg. Med. Trop. 35: 689-700.

Fain, A. 1956. Les acariens de la famille Rhinonyssidae Vitzthum 1935 parasites des fosses nasales des oiseaux au Ruanda-Urundi (Note préliminaire). Revue Zool. Bot. Afr. 53: 131-157.

Fain, A. 1957a. Les acariens des familles Epidermoptidae et Rhinonyssidae des fosses nasales d’oiseaux au Ruanda-Urundi et au Congo Belge. Ann. Mus. Roy. Congo Belg. (Tervuren) 60: 1-175

Fain, A. 1957b. Essai de classification des Rhinonyssidae (Acari: Mesostigmata) avec description de deux genres nouveaux. Annls Parasit. Hum. Comp. 32: 145-157

Fain, A. 1957c. Les acariens du genre Astridiella n. g. (Rhinonyssidae) parasites nasicoles de l’engoulevent et de l’outarde. Riv. Parassit. 18: 91-102.

Fain, A. 1957d. Notes sur quelques acariens parasites. Revue Zool. Bot. Afr. 55: 253-254.

Fain, A. 1957e. Les acariens des familles Epidermoptidae et Rhinonyssidae parasites des fosses nasales d’oiseaux au Ruanda-Urundi et au Congo belge. Annls Mus. R. Cong Belge Sér. 8vo 60: 1-176.

Fain, A. 1958. Acariens parasites nasicoles chez les oiseaux du Zoo d’Anvers. Description de trois espèces nouvelles. Bull. Soc. R. Zool. Anvers 9: 1-13.

Fain, A. 1959. Further notes on nasal mites from South Africa, with description of a new genus and five new species. J. Ent. Soc. Sth Afr. 22: 18-34.

Fain, A. 1960a. Sur le statut de quelques espèces de rhinonyssides décrites par Hirst (Acarina-Mesostigmata). Revue Zool. Bot. Afr. 61: 310-314.

Fain, A. 1960b. Acariens nasicoles récoltés par le Dr. F. Zumpt en Rhodésie du Nord et au Transvaal. Description de trois espèces nouvelles. Revue Zool. Bot. Afr. 62: 91-102.

Fain, A. 1960c. Rallinyssus gallinulae n. sp. et Rallinyssoides n. g. parasites de Rallidae, avec une clé des Rhinonyssidae (Acarina: Mesostigmata). Bull. Annls Soc. R. Ent. Belg. 96: 293-302.

Fain, A. 1960d. Morphologie comparée des Rhinonyssidae (Acarina: Mesostigmata). I. La longueur des doigts chélicéraux. Bull Annls Soc. R. Ent. Belg. 96: 303-313.

Fain, A. 1960e. Acariens nasicoles parasites d’oiseaux sud-africains et camerounais. Description de deux espèces et un genre nouveaux. Revue Zool. Bot. Afr. 61: 102-116.

Fain, A. 1962a. Les acariens parasites nasicoles des oiseaux de Belgique. I. Deux espèces nouvelles de Rhinonyssidae (Mesostigmata) avec une liste des espèces connues de Belgique. Bull. Annls Soc. R. Ent. Belg. 98: 252-270.

Fain, A. 1962b. Rhinonyssides centro-et sud-africains. Description de sept espéces nouvelles (Acarina: Mesostigmata). Revue Zool. Bot. Afr. 66: 127-153.

Fain, A. 1963a. Le complexe “Rhinonyssus coniventris” (Rhinonyssidae: Mesostigmata). Bull. Annls Soc. R. Ent. Belg. 99: 86-100.

Fain, A. 1963b. La structure de la fente vulvaire chex les gamasides parasites. Acarologia 5: 173-179

Fain, A. 1963c. Les acariens nasicoles des oiseaux de Belgique. II. Description de deux espèces nouvelles. Bull. Annls Soc. R. Ent. Belg. 99: 168-181.

Fain, A. 1963d. Nouveaux rhinonyssides (Acarina: Mesostigmata). Revue Zool.  Bot. Afr. 68: 61-85.

Fain, A. 1963e. Le spermathèque et ses canaux adducteurs chez les acariens mésostigmatiques parasites des voies respiratoires. Acarologia 5: 463-479.

Fain, A. 1964a. Les acariens parasites nasicoles des oiseaux de Belgique. IV. Notes sur quelques Rhinonyssidae avec description de deux espèces nouvelles. Bull. Ann. Soc. Roy. Ent. Belg. 100: 55-61.

Fain, A. 1964b. Acariens nasicoles de Malaisie. III. Description de deux nouveaux rhinonyssides (Mesostigmata). Bull. Annls Soc. R. Ent. Belg. 100: 63-67.

Fain, A. 1964c. Notes sur quelques acariens parasites des voies respiratoires d’oiseaux sud-americanis (Rhinonyssidae: Mesostigmata). Emendation du nom Neoboydaia latiralli Fain 1962 (Ereynetidae: Trombidiformes). Bull. Soc. R. Zool. Anvers 33: 3-12.

Fain, A. 1964d. Nouveaux Rhinonyssidae et Ereynetidae parasites nasicoles d’oiseaux (Acarina: Mesostigmata et Trombidiformes). Revue Zool. Bot. Afr. 70: 29-39.

Fain, A. 1964e. Un nouveau genre et deux nouvelles espèces d’acariens nasicoles d’oiseaux (Mesostigmata: Rhinonyssidae). Revue Zool. Bot. Afr. 70: 123-128.

Fain, A. 1965a. Quelques aspects de l’endoparasitisme par les acariens. Annls Parasit. Hum. Comp. 40: 317-327.

Fain, A. 1965b. Diagnoses d’acariens parasites nouveaux. Revue Zool. Bot. Afr. 72: 152-160.

Fain, A. 1966a. Les acariens parasites nasicoles des oiseaux de Belgique. V. Deux nouvelles espèces de Rhinonyssidae. Bull. Ann. Soc. Roy. Ent. Belg. 102: 117-122.

Fain, A. 1966b. Glandes coxales et fémorales chez les acariens du groupe des Mesostigmates (Note préliminaire). Acarologia 8: 1-8.

Fain, A. 1966c. Notes sur quelques Rhinonyssidae (Acari: Mesostigmata). Revue Zool. Bot. Afr. 74: 83-96.

Fain, A. 1967a. Trois nouveaux Rhinonyssidae avec note sur la nymphiparite dans cette famille. Revue Zool. Bot. Afr. 76: 149-156.

Fain, A. 1969.  Adaptation to parasitism in mites.  Acarologia 11: 429-449.

Fain, A., and Aitken, T. H. G. 1967. Les acariens parasites nasicoles des oiseaux de Trinidad (Indes Occidentales). I. Rhinonyssidae: Mesostigmates. Bull. Inst. R. Sci. Nat. Belg. 43: 1-44.

Fain, A., and Bafort, J. 1963a. Conjonctivite epizootique chez Padda oryzivora produite par un acarien Sternostoma paddae Fain, 1958. Bull. Soc. R. Zool. Anvers 37: 3-6.

Fain, A., and Bafort, J. 1963b. Les acariens parasites nasicoles des oiseaux de Belgique. III. Nouvelles observations sur les rhinonyssides avec description de cinq espèces nouvelles. Bull. Ann. Soc. Roy. Ent. Belg. 99: 471-485.

Fain, A., and Carpentier, J. 1958. Acariase pulmonaire mortelle chez des canaris du Zoo. Bull. Soc. R. Zool. Anvers 9: 21-24.

Fain, A., and Hyland, K. E. 1962a. The mites parasitic in the lungs of birds. The variability of Sternostoma tracheacolum Lawrence, 1948, in domestic and wild birds. Parasitology 52: 401-424.

Fain, A., and Hyland, K. E. 1962b. On three species of rhinonyssids described by Hirst, Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. (13) 5: 341-348.

Fain, A., and Hyland, K. E. 1963. Deux nouveaux rhinonyssides communs aux faunes d’Amerique du Nord et de Belgique. Bull. Ann. Soc. Roy. Ent. Belg. 99: 375-386

Fain, A., and Johnston, D. E. 1966. Nouveaux acariens nasicoles d’oiseaux nord-americains (Acari: Rhinonyssidae). Bull. Soc. R. Zool. Anvers 38: 25-41.

Fain, A., and Mortelmans, J. 1959. Sur la présence d’un nouvel halarachnide chez un manchot papou (Acarina: Mesostigmata). Bull. Soc. R. Zool. Anvers 12: 21-27.

Fain, A., and Nadchatram, M. 1962. Acariens nasicoles de Malaisie. I. Ereynetoides malayi n. g., n. sp., parasite d’un nectarin (Ereynetidae: Trombidiformes). Z. ParasitKde 22: 68-82.

Feider, Z., and Mironescu, I. 1969. Acariens de la famille Rhinonyssidae (Parasitiformes) parasites dans la cavite nasale des oiseaux du genre Lanius L., de la Roumanie. Folia Parasitologia (Praha) 16: 19-39.

Ford, H. G. 1961. Ptilonyssus constricutus, a new species of avian mite (Acarina; Rhinonyssidae). Acarologia 3: 139-146.

Furman, D. P. 1957. Revision of the genus Sternostoma Berlese and Trouessart (Acarina: Rhinonyssidae). Hilgardia 26: 473-495.

George, J. E. 1961. The nasal mites of the genus Ptilonyssus (Acarina: Rhinonyssidae) occurring in some North American passeriform birds. J. Kans. Ent. Soc. 34: 105-132.

Giebel, C. 1871. Ueber einige Milben. Z. Ges. Naturw. 38: 29-32.

Gretillat, S., Capron, A., and Brygoo, E. R. 1959. Acariens Rhinonyssidae de Madagascar. Agapornyssinae, n. sfam.; Agapornyssus, n. g.; Agapornyssus faini n. sp.; Ptilonyssus madagascariensis n. sp. et Neonyssus marcandrei n. sp., parasites des fosses nasales et des poumons d’oiseaux malgaches. Acarologia 1: 375-384.

Guevara, D. C., Ubeda, J. M., and Morillas, F. 1987. Descripcion del macho de Ptilonyssus fringillicola Fain, 1959 (Mesostigmata: Rhinonyssidae) y datos sobre la hembra. Revista Iberica de Parasitologia 46: 275-279.

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Hyland, K. E. 1961. Sternostoma longisetosa [sic], a new species of nasal mite from the eastern kingbird with notes on the occurrence of Tyranninyssus spinosus Brooks and Strandtmann in southern Michigan (Acarina; Rhinonyssidae). Acarologia 3: 279-284.

Hyland, K. E. 1962. Two new nasal mites, Ptilonyssus morofskyi, n. sp., and Sternostoma porteri n. sp. from North American birds (Acarina: Rhinonyssidae). Bull. Brooklyn Ent. Soc. 58: 146-156.

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Hyland, K. E., and Clark, D. T. 1959. Sternostoma kelloggi, a new species of nasal mite from the catbird (Acarina: Rhinonyssidae). J. Parasit. 45: 223-226.

Hyland, K. E., and Ford, H. G. 1961. Sternostoma sialiphilus n. sp. (Acarina: Rhinonyssidae) from the nasal cavities of the eastern bluebird, Sialia sialis (Linnaeus). J. Parasit. 47: 101-104.

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Mitchell, R. W. 1963. Comparative morphology of the life stages of the nasal mite Sternostoma rhinolethrum (Mesostigmata: Rhinonyssidae). Aust. Vet. J. 42: 262-264.

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Pence, D. B. 1972a. The nasal mites of birds from Louisiana. I. Dermanyssids (Rhinonyssinae) from shore and marsh birds. J. Parasit. 58: 153-168.

Pence, D. B. 1972b. The nasal mites of birds from Louisiana. II. The genus Sternostoma (Dermanyssidae: Rhinonyssinae). J. Parasit. 58: 781-789.

Pence, D. B. 1972c. The nasal mites of birds from Louisiana. III. The genus Ptilonyssus (Dermanyssidae: Rhinonyssinae) with description of a new species. J. Parasit. 58: 790-795.

Pence, D. B. 1972d. The nasal mites of birds from Louisiana. IV. The genus Ptilonyssus (Dermanyssidae: Rhinonyssinae) with description of two new species. J. Parasit. 58: 1162-1169.

Pence, D. B. 1973a. The nasal mites of birds from Louisiana.VI. New and additional records of dermanyssids (Rhinonyssinae) with a description of a new species. J. Parasit. 59: 359-362.

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Pence, D. B. 1973c. The nasal mites of birds from Lousiana. IX. Synopsis. J. Parasit. 59: 881-892.

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Pence, D. B. 1979.  Congruent inter-relationships of the rhinonyssinae (Dermanyssidae) with their avian hosts.  Advances in Acarology, Vol II p371-377.

Pence, D. B., and Casto, S. D. 1976. Studies on the variiotion and morphology of the Ptilonyssus "sairae" complex (Acarina: Rhinonyssinae) from North American passeriform birds.  J. Med. Ent. 13: 71-95.

Pereira, C., and de Castro, M. P. 1949. Revisão da subfamilia “Ptilonyssinae Castro, 1948” (Acari Mesostigmata: Rhinonyssidae Vitz.), com a descrição de algumas espécies novas. Archos Inst. Biol., S Paulo 19: 217-235.

Porter, J.C., and Strandtmann, R. W. 1952. Nasal mites of the English sparrow. Texas J. Sci. 4: 393-399.

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