Coraciacarus Dubinin, 1956

Hernandes, Fabio A., 2020, A review of the feather mite family Gabuciniidae Gaud & Atyeo (Acariformes Astigmata: Pterolichoidea) of Brazil, with descriptions of eleven new species, Zootaxa 4747 (1), pp. 1-53 : 41

Genus Coraciacarus Dubinin, 1956

Type species: Pterolichus cuculi Mégnin & Trouessart, 1884 , by original designation.

The genus currently includes nine species, including the two new species described herein, from hosts of the orders Cuculiformes , Musophagiformes , Coraciiformes , and Passeriformes ( Gaud & Atyeo 1975, Alzuet et al. 1988, Gaud 1960, 1966, 1978, Dabert & Alberti 2008). The list of previously described species below mentions only type hosts: Coraciacarus americanus Alzuet et al., 1988 from Coccyzus americanus (Linnaeus, 1758) , C. cuculi ( Mégnin & Trouessart, 1884) from Cuculus canorus Linnaeus, 1758 , C. dithyridus Gaud, 1966 from Corythaixoides concolor (Smith, 1833) , C. musophagi ( Trouessart, 1886) from Crinifer piscator (Boddaert, 1783) , C. meropis leptus Gaud, 1978 from Merops pusillus Statius Müller, 1766 , C. m. meropis Dubinin, 1956 from Merops apiaster Linnaeus, 1758 , C. muellermotzfeldi Dabert & Alberti, 2008 from Heteralocha acutirostris (Gould, 1837) , and C. punctatus Gaud, 1960 from Corvus albicollis Latham, 1790 . A more complete table with all recorded host associations of the genus Coraciacarus was provided by Dabert & Alberti (2008).