Grenieria Gaud & Mouchet, 1959

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 : 328

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scientific name

Grenieria Gaud & Mouchet, 1959
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Genus Grenieria Gaud & Mouchet, 1959

Type species: Pterolichus simplex Trouessart, 1886 , by original designation.

Seven Grenieria species have been described, all associated with terns ( Charadriiformes View in CoL : Laridae View in CoL : Sterninae View in CoL ) ( Dabert and Atyeo 1997). The only two species previously reported in the Neotropics are G. simplex (Trouessart, 1886) from Sterna forsteri Nuttal, 1834 View in CoL in Mexico, and G. phaetusae from Phaetusa simplex (Gmelin, 1789) View in CoL in Paraguay ; the remaining Grenieria species are known only from the Northern hemisphere ( Dabert and Atyeo 1997 ; Dabert 2003).

Dabert J., Atyeo WT. 1997. The feather mite genus Grenieria Gaud & Mouchet, 1959 (Acarina, Syringobiidae) I. Systematics and descriptions of species. Mitt. Hamb. Zool. Mus. Inst., 94: 125 - 144.

Dabert J. 2003. The feather mite family Syringobiidae Trouessart, 1896 (Acari, Astigmata, Pterolichoidea). I. Systematics of the family and description of new taxa. Acta Parasitol., 48: S 1 - S 184.

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Arachnida

Order

Sarcoptiformes

Family

Syringobiidae