The Subfamilies of the Analgidae and Psoroptoididae (Acari: Analgoidea)1

Four new species of feather mites are described from the Icelandic rock ptarmigan Lagopus muta islandorum (Faber) in Iceland. These are Metamicrolichus islandicus n. sp., Myialges borealis n. sp. (Epidermoptidae), Strelkoviacarus holoaspis n. sp. (Analgidae) and Tetraolichus lagopi n. sp. (Pterolichidae). This is the first report on feather mites associated with the Icelandic rock ptarmigan. Brief comments on the systematics and biology of corresponding feather mite genera are given. For two species, originally described in Pterolichus Robin, 1868 (Pterolichidae), new combinations are proposed, i.e. Tetraolichus gaudi (Cerný, 1971) n. comb. and T. microdiscus (Trouessart, 1887) n. comb.

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“…Anomalginae Gaud & Atyeo, 1982Strelkoviacarus Dubinin, 1953 Type-species: Pteronyssus quadratus Haller, 1882, by original designation.…”

Section: Analgidae Trouessart and Mégnin 1884mentioning

confidence: 99%

“…In his revision of the Epidermoptidae, Fain (1965) excluded this genus from this family, but did not consider its taxonomic position. Gaud & Atyeo (1982) referred this genus to the family Analgidae and, together with Anomalges Gaud, 1972 andMegninialges Gaud &Atyeo, 1967, to the subfamily Anomalginae.…”

Section: Analgidae Trouessart and Mégnin 1884mentioning

confidence: 99%

Feather mites (Astigmata: Psoroptidia) parasitising the rock ptarmigan Lagopus muta (Montin) (Aves: Galliformes) in Iceland

Mironov¹,

Skírnisson

Thorarinsdottir

et al. 2010

Syst Parasitol

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“…Family PSOROPTOIDIDAE Gaud and Atyeo, 1982b Subfamily PSOROPTOIDINAE Gaud and Atyeo, 1982b Genus Hexacaudalges Mironov and Proctor, gen. n. Type species: Megninia casuaricola Proctor, 2001.…”

Section: Methodsmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…In both sexes of other known psoroptoidine genera (Gaud and Atyeo 1967, 1982b, the prodorsal shield is trapezoidal and encompasses (or at least touches) the bases of the scapular setae, and tarsi I and II are similar in males and females and carry one claw-like …”

Section: Diagnosismentioning

confidence: 99%

A new feather mite genus of the family Psoroptoididae (Acari: Analgoidea) from cassowaries

Mironov

Proctor

2005

Journal of Natural History

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A new feather mite genus Hexacaudalges gen. n. (Psoroptoididae: Psoroptoidinae) is established based on the type species Megninia casuaricola Proctor, 2001, which was originally described from the southern cassowary Casuarius casuarius (Struthioniformes: Casuariidae). Morphological peculiarities of this genus, its taxonomic position within the family Psoroptoididae and possible origin are discussed. We also present a clarification of setal nomenclature for this family of mites.

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“…In India, the diversity of feather mites has hardly been researched and only 24 species have been mentioned so far in several articles (Oudemans 1904;Bonnet 1924;Gaud & Mouchet 1963;Atyeo et al 1972;Gaud 1972;McClure & Ratanaworabhan 1973;Gaud & Atyeo 1976, 1987Santana 1976;Peterson et al 1980;D'Souza & Jagannath 1982;Atyeo 1984;Gaud et al 1985Gaud et al , 1988Dabert & Ehrnsberger 1998, 2003Mironov et al 2002;Putatunda et al 2004). Considering that the avian fauna of India includes over 1300 species of which 644 are present in Meghalaya (Lepage 2013), and each of them is a potential host for several feather mite species, it is evident that the investigation of feather mites in this country is in a very early stage.…”

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confidence: 99%

Two new feather mite species of the family Pteronyssidae (Acarina: Analgoidea) from Meghalaya (Northeast India)

Constantinescu

Chișamera

Mukhim³

et al. 2014

Zootaxa

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Two new species of the feather mite family Pteronyssidae (Acariformes: Analgoidea) from passerines of the families Leiothrichidae and Pycnonotidae in India (Meghalaya, East Jaintia Hills District) are described: Timalinyssus actinodurae Constantinescu sp. nov. from Actinodura cyanouroptera (Hodgson) (Leiothrichidae) and Pteroherpus meghalayensis Constantinescu sp. nov. from Hemixos flavala Blyth (Pycnonotidae). Timalinyssus actinodurae differs from all of the other species of the genus due to a particular shape of the opisthosomal lobes in both sexes and having a strong sclerotised band in postero-median area of the hysteronotal shield in male. The male of Pteroherpus meghalayensis differs due to a very long genital apparatus and unusual length of the tips of epiandrum that extend the level of the genital apparatus.

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The Subfamilies of the Analgidae and Psoroptoididae (Acari: Analgoidea)1

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Feather mites (Astigmata: Psoroptidia) parasitising the rock ptarmigan Lagopus muta (Montin) (Aves: Galliformes) in Iceland

Feather mites (Astigmata: Psoroptidia) parasitising the rock ptarmigan Lagopus muta (Montin) (Aves: Galliformes) in Iceland

A new feather mite genus of the family Psoroptoididae (Acari: Analgoidea) from cassowaries

Two new feather mite species of the family Pteronyssidae (Acarina: Analgoidea) from Meghalaya (Northeast India)

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