| abstract | Twenty six species belonging to twenty three genera, eighteen families and four suborders are reported here from nests of five species of birds, Viz. (1) Ploceus philippinus, (2) Passer domesticus, (3) Prinia inornata, (4) Orthotomus sutorius and (5) Streptopelia chinensis. This included descriptions of eleven new species belonging to the genera Pronematus Canestrini, Chelatacarus Volgin, Cunaxa von Heyden, Cheylostigmaeus Willmann, Stigmaeus Koch, Agisteum Summers, Spinibdella Thor, Bdella Latreille, Achele Oudemans and Steatonyssus Kolenati. Six genera and one species are reported here for the first time from India. |