New feather mites of the genus Amerodectes Valim and Hernandes (Acariformes: Proctophyllodidae) from passerines (Aves: Passeriformes) in Georgia, USA.

Autor: Mironov SV; Zoological Institute, Russian Academy of Sciences, Universitetskaya Embankment 1, Saint Petersburg, 199034, Russia. 2Tyumen State University, 6 Volodarskogo Street, Tyumen, Tyumen Oblast, Russia. sergei.mironov@zin.ru., Chandler CR
Jazyk: angličtina
Zdroj: Zootaxa [Zootaxa] 2017 Nov 07; Vol. 4344 (2), pp. 201-245. Date of Electronic Publication: 2017 Nov 07.
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4344.2.1
Abstrakt: Eight new species of the feather mite genus Amerodectes Valim and Hernandes, 2010 (Proctophyllodidae: Pterodectinae) are described from passerines (Aves: Passeriformes) in Georgia, USA: Amerodectes cathari sp. n. from Catharus ustulatus (Nuttall) (Turdidae), A. haemorhous sp. n. from Haemorhous mexicanus (Muller, PLS) (Fringillidae), A. helmitheros sp. n. from Helmitheros vermivorum (Gmelin) (Parulidae), A. hribari sp. n. from Geothlypis trichas (Linnaeus) (Parulidae), A. hylocichlae sp. n. from Hylocichla mustelina (Gmelin) (Turdidae), A. passerinae sp. n. from Passerina ciris (Linnaeus) (Cardinalidae), A. seiurus sp. n. from Seiurus aurocapilla (Linnaeus) (Parulidae), and A. spizellae sp. n. from Spizella passerina (Bechstein) (Emberizidae). An updated world checklist of Amerodectes species and a key to species recorded and potentially expected in North America (USA and Canada) are proposed.
Databáze: MEDLINE