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Issue: Vol. 1235 No. 1: 19 Jun. 2006
Type: Articles
Published: 2006-06-19
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.1235.1.2
Page range: 49–61
Abstract views: 33
PDF downloaded: 3

Two new species of the feather mite subfamily Pterodectinae (Acari: Astigmata: Proctophyllodidae) from Brazil

Progr. Pós-Graduação em Biologia Animal — Depto. Zoologia e Botânica. Universidade Estadual Paulista - UNESP; Rua Cristóvão Colombo, 2265, Jardim Nazareth, São José do Rio Preto, SP, Brazil, 15054-000
Depto. Parasitologia. Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais — UFMG; Av. Presidente Antônio Carlos, 6627, Pampulha, Belo Horizonte, MG, Brazil, 31270-901
Acari Astigmata Analgoidea feather mite systematics Pterodectes Dolichodectes Brazil

Abstract

We describe two new pterodectine feather mites (Analgoidea: Proctophyllodidae) from Brazilian passerines (Passeriformes): Pterodectes amaurochalinus sp. n., from Turdus amaurochalinus Cabanis (Turdidae), and Dolichodectes neotropicus sp. n., collected from Elaenia chiriquensis Lawrence (Tyrannidae). A key to species of the genus Dolichodectes is presented.

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