Trouessartia stelgidopteryx Mironov and Overstreet, 2016

Mironov, Sergey V. & Galloway, Terry D., 2019, Feather mites of the genus Trouessartia Canestrini (Acariformes: Trouessartiidae) from swallows (Passeriformes: Hirundinidae) in Canada, Zootaxa 4568 (1), pp. 1-39 : 23

Trouessartia stelgidopteryx Mironov and Overstreet, 2016

( Figs. 17 A–C, 20F, G)

Trouessartia stelgidopteryx Mironov and Overstreet, 2016: 4 , figs. 1–3.

Material examined. Holotype male ( BMOC 16-0825 - 29 ), 5 male and 6 female paratypes from Stelgidopteryx serripennis Newton , 1865 ( Passeriformes : Hirundinidae ), USA, Pennsylvania, Bedford County, Raystown Branch Juniata River near Saxton , 40°12ʹ1.80ʹʹN, 78°16ʹ28.24ʹʹW, 6 May 2001, coll. R. M. Overstreet; 3 males, 2 females ( ZISP 14233–14236 ), same host species, MEXICO, Morelos, Rio Apatlaco , 1 km S Xochitepec, 3 December 1948, coll. W.B. Davis; 2 males and 2 females ( ZISP 14229–14231 ) from S. ruficollis (Vieillot, 1817), TRINIDAD, Cumuto Road, 26 April 1960, coll. T.H.G. Aitken.

Trouessartia stelgidopteryx was originally described from Stelgidopteryx serripennis in Oregon, USA ( Mironov & Overstreet, 2016). We did not examine T. stelgidopteryx in Canada, but considering its association with swallows of the genus Stelgidopteryx and wide distribution of the type host throughout North America, its presence in Canada is expected.

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FIGURE 17. Trouessartia species, details of males. Trouessartia stelgidopteryx: A—ventral view of genital apparatus and opisthosoma, B—tibia and tarsus IV, C—setae si, c2, c3 and sRIII; T. crucifera: D—ventral view of genital apparatus and opisthosoma, E, F—genue I and II, G—tibia and tarsus IV, H—setae si, c2, c3 and sRIII. Abbreviations: ad—adanal apodeme, ea—epiandrum, bs—basal sclerite, is—intermedial sclerite, lg—latigenital sclerite, pg—paragenital apodeme, pm—paramere.