| multidisciplinary analysis of knemidocoptes jamaicensis parasitising the common chaffinch, fringilla coelebs: proofs for a multispecies complex? | the number of studies discussing the pathology and host specificity in knemidocoptinae is very limited. in knemidocoptes jamaicensis, the host specificity seems to be very broad, and there is a clear morphological variability in individuals originating from various bird species; hence, serious doubts appear about the species status of this mite. we report a multidisciplinary approach to the taxonomy, morphology, ecology, and pathology of k. jamaicensis. the source of the mites in our study was a ... | 2013 | 23563901 |