New feather mite species of the family Pteronyssidae (Astigmata: Analgoidea) from South African passerines (Aves: Passeriformes)

Title:

New feather mite species of the family Pteronyssidae (Astigmata: Analgoidea) from South African passerines (Aves: Passeriformes)

Creator:

Mironov, Sergei V. and Kopij, Grzegorz

Identifier:

https://cdk.lib.cas.cz/client/handle/uuid:576cdc1f-6f5d-4c26-a1e8-415b4653fbae
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Subject:

Acari, Analgoidea, Avenzoariidae, Pteronyssinae, new species, Passeriformes, and South Africa

Type:

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Format:

print

Description:

Four new species of feather mites belonging to three different genera of the family Pteronyssidae are described from passerine birds of South Africa: Pteroherpus africanus sp, n, from the garden bulbul Pycnonotus barbatus (Desfontaines) (Pycnonotidae), Pteroherpus cysticolae sp. n. from the wing-snapped cisticola Cisticola ayresii Hartlaub (Sylviidae), Pteronyssoides promeropis sp. n. from the Gurney’s sugarbird Promerops gurneyi Verreaux (Promeropidae), and Sturnotrogus creatophorae sp. n. from the wattled starling Creatophora cinerea Menschen (Sturnidae). A brief review of recent publications on the taxonomy of the family Pteronyssidae is given.

Language:

English

Rights:

http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/
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Coverage:

319-329 and 81-91

Source:

Folia parasitologica | 2000 Volume:47 | Number:4

Harvested from:

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