Amerodectes dumetellae Mironov and OConnor, 2014

Mironov, Sergey V. & Galloway, Terry D., 2021, Feather mites of the subfamily Pterodectinae (Acariformes: Proctophyllodidae) from passerines and kingfishers in Canada, Zootaxa 5016 (1), pp. 1-55 : 11

Amerodectes dumetellae Mironov and OConnor, 2014

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Material examined. 10 males, 10 females from Dumetella carolinensis (Linnaeus, 1766) ( Passeriformes : Mimidae ) (SM 2443), CANADA, Manitoba, Winnipeg, 20 May 2014, coll. T.D. Galloway and E.N. McNally.

This species was described from the Gray Catbird, D. carolinensis , in the USA (Georgia, Maine, Michigan, North Carolina, and Pennsylvania) ( Mironov & OConnor 2014). In Canada, this mite is recorded for the first time .

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FIGURE 4. Amerodectes species, ventral view of male opisthosoma. A—Amerodectes xanthocephali; B—A. spizellae, C—A. dumetellae, D—A. hribari.