Three new feather mites of the sbfamily Pterodectinae (Acari: Proctophyllodidae) from passerines (Aves: Passeriformes) in Vietnam

S.V. Mironov and O.O. Tolstenkov

Proceedings of the Zoological Institute RAS, 2013, 317(1): 11–29 · https://doi.org/10.31610/trudyzin/2013.317.1.11

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Abstract

Three new species of the feather mite family Pterodectinae (Protophyllodidae) are described from passerines captured in the Cat Tien National Park (Vietnam): Montesauria malacopteroni sp. nov. from Malacopteron cinereum Eyton (Pellorneidae), Proterothrix cyornis sp. nov. from Cyornis tickelliae Blyth (Muscicapidae), and P. hypothymis sp. nov. from Hypothymis azurea Boddaert (Monarchidae). Brief comments on systematics of the pterodectine genera Montesauria Oudemans, 1905 and Proterothrix Gaud, 1968 are given.

Key words

feather mites, Astigmata, Proctophyllodidae, systematics, host associations Passeriformes, Vietnam

Submitted January 24, 2013 · Accepted February 18, 2013 · Published March 29, 2013

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