Alloptes (Sternalloptes), Mironov, 1992

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 : 318

Subgenus Sternalloptes Mironov, 1992 (in: Kivganov and Mironov 1992)

Type species: Pterocolus bisetatus Haller, 1882 , by original designation.

The subgenus Sternalloptes currently comprises 21 species, including the new species described below ( Haller 1882 ; Trouessart 1885 ; Dubinin 1951, 1952 ; Gaud 1957, 1960, 1976 ;

Mironov 1991 ; Vasyukova and Mironov 1991 ; Kivganov and Mironov 1992 ; Mironov and Kivganov 1993 ; Kivganov 1996 ; Han et al. 2021). These mites are associated with birds of the order Charadriiformes (Lari: Laridae , Stercorariidae ) ( Choe and Kim 1989 ; Muzaffar and Jones 2005 ; Dabert et al. 2015; Gomes et al. 2015 ; Tomás et al. 2018 ; Han and Min 2019 ; Mironov and Hernandes 2020 ; Seniczak et al. 2020 ; Han et al. 2021), with a few questionable records on Procellariiformes ( Dubinin 1949). Mites of this subgenus are characterized by the following combination of features: in both sexes, seta mG of genu II is tooth-like with blunt apex ( Figs. 3B, F) and idiosomal setae e1 are absent; in males, the posterior end of opisthosoma is widened, and in females, setae f2, ps1, and ps2 are absent.