Artigo
Two new species of the feather mite subfamily Pterodectinae (Acari: Astigmata: Proctophyllodidae) from Brazil
Fecha
2006-06-19Registro en:
Zootaxa, n. 1235, p. 49-61, 2006.
1175-5326
1175-5334
WOS:000238983500002
2-s2.0-33745667071
Autor
Universidade Estadual Paulista (Unesp)
Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais (UFMG)
Resumen
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. Copyright © 2006 Magnolia Press.