Due to its cold and dry climate and scarcity of ice-free land, Antarctica has one of the most extreme environments on our planet. To survive in the Antarctic region, parasitic arthropods must either remain closely associated with their hosts throughout the entire life cycle or develop physiological adaptations to survive in the terrestrial habitat while their hosts are away foraging at sea or overwintering at lower latitudes. Forty-eight species of birds and seven species of pinnipeds breed in the Antarctic region, with 158 species/subspecies of parasitic arthropods recorded thus far, comprising: sucking lice (Echinophthiriidae), chewing lice (Menoponidae, Philopteridae), fleas (Ceratophyllidae, Pygiopsyllidae, Rhopalopsyllidae), pentastomes (Reighardiidae), hard ticks (Ixodidae), nest-associated haematophagous mites (Laelapidae), nasal mites (Halarachnidae, Rhinonyssidae) and feather mites (Alloptidae, Avenzoariidae, Xolalgidae, Freyanidae). In this review, we provide an updated compilation of the available information on the host-parasite associations of arthropods infesting birds and pinnipeds in the Antarctic region, and discuss some over-arching ecological patterns and gaps of knowledge.

由于其寒冷干燥的气候以及无冰土地的稀缺，南极洲拥有地球上最极端的环境之一。为了在南极地区生存，寄生的节肢动物必须在整个生命周期中与寄主保持紧密联系，或者发展生理适应性以在陆生生境中生存，而寄主在海上觅食或在低纬度越冬。在南极地区，有48种鸟类和7种pin科动物繁殖，迄今已记录到158种/亚种的节肢动物节肢动物，其中包括：吸虱（Echinophthiriidae），咀嚼虱（Menoponidae，Philopteridae），跳蚤（Ceratophyllidae，Pygiopsyllidae） ，Rholoplopsyllidae），pentastomes（Reighardiidae），硬壁虱（Ixodidae），巢相关的食血螨（Laelapidae），鼻螨（Halarachnidae，Rhinonyssidae）和羽毛螨（Alloptidae，Avenzoariidae，Xolalgidae，Freyanidae）。在这篇综述中，我们提供了有关南极地区节肢动物侵染鸟类和pin鱼的寄主-寄生虫协会的可用信息的最新汇编，并讨论了一些重要的生态模式和知识鸿沟。