Analloptes Trouessart, 1885

Hernandes, Fabio Akashi & Brito, Guilherme R. R., 2022, Feather mites (Acariformes: Astigmata) of the brown noddy, Anous stolidus (L.) (Charadriiformes: Laridae), with description of two new species from Brazil, Acarologia 62 (2), pp. 317-331 : 324

Genus Analloptes Trouessart, 1885

Type species: Analloptes megnini Trouessart, 1885 , by original designation.

Analloptes currently comprises 14 species, including the new one described herein. Their host associations are among the most diverse of all feather mite genera, with species recorded from quite distantly related taxonomic groups of birds ( Prum et al. 2015 ; Feng et al. 2020): hornbills ( Bucerotiformes : Bucerotidae ), rails and trumpeters ( Gruiformes : Rallidae , Psophiidae ), ibises ( Pelecaniformes : Threskiornithidae ), ospreys ( Accipitriformes : Pandionidae ), buttonquails ( Charadriiformes : Turnicidae ), and passerines ( Passeriformes : Corvidae , Conopophagidae , Tyrannidae ) ( Trouessart 1885 ; Berlese 1886 ; Canestrini and Kramer 1899 ; Gaud 1980, 1982 ; Gaud and Atyeo 1981 ; Atyeo and Gaud 1984 ; Mironov

1997; Mironov and Hernandes 2014 ; Mu et al. 2016 ; Valdebenito et al. 2018). A number of undescribed species have also been reported from limpkins ( Gruiformes : Aramidae ) ( Gaud and Atyeo 1981), passerines ( Cotingidae , Furnariidae , Grallariidae ) ( Barreto et al. 2012), jacamars (Galbuliformes: Galbulidae ) ( Enout et al. 2012), and cormorants ( Suliformes : Phalacrocoracidae ) (FAH pers. obs.). The new species is the first one described from the bird Order Charadriiformes in the Western hemisphere.