Five new feather mites of the subfamily Pterodectinae (Acariformes: Astigmata: Proctophyllodidae) from passerines and hummingbirds (Aves) of Brazil

Fabio Akashi Hernandes; Luiz Gustavo A Pedroso; Yoshika Oniki-Willis

doi:10.11646/zootaxa.4161.3.1

Five new feather mites of the subfamily Pterodectinae (Acariformes: Astigmata: Proctophyllodidae) from passerines and hummingbirds (Aves) of Brazil

Zootaxa. 2016 Sep 6;4161(3):301-28. doi: 10.11646/zootaxa.4161.3.1.

Authors

Fabio Akashi Hernandes¹, Luiz Gustavo A Pedroso², Yoshika Oniki-Willis¹

Affiliations

¹ Departamento de Zoologia, Av. 24-A, 1515, 13506-900, Universidade Estadual Paulista, Rio Claro, São Paulo State, Brazil; Email: abakashi@gmail.com.
² Institute for Studies of Nature, Rua 2 no. 2272 Centro, 13.500-153 Rio Claro, São Paulo State, Brazil; Email: unknown.

PMID: 27615933
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4161.3.1

Abstract

Five new species of feather mites (Proctophyllodidae: Pterodectinae) are described from passerines and hummingbirds of Brazil: Amerodectes longifuscus sp. nov. from Poospiza lateralis (Nordmann, 1835) (Passeriformes: Emberizidae), A. vireonis sp. nov. from Vireo olivaceus (Linnaeus, 1766) (Passeriformes: Vireonidae), Tyrannidectes synallaxis sp. nov. from Synallaxis ruficapilla Vieillot, 1819 (Passeriformes: Furnariidae), Trochilodectes willisi sp. nov. from Phaethornis eurynome (Lesson, 1832) (Apodiformes: Trochilidae), and Xynonodectes phaethornis sp. nov. from Ph. pretrei (Lesson & Delattre, 1839) (Apodiformes: Trochilidae).

MeSH terms

Animals
Bird Diseases / epidemiology
Bird Diseases / parasitology*
Birds
Female
Male
Mite Infestations / epidemiology
Mite Infestations / parasitology
Mite Infestations / veterinary*
Mites / anatomy & histology*
Mites / classification*
Mites / physiology
Species Specificity