Five new feather mites of the subfamily Pterodectinae (Acariformes: Astigmata: Proctophyllodidae) from passerines and hummingbirds (Aves) of Brazil
Hernandes, Fabio Akashi
Pedroso, Luiz Gustavo A.
Oniki-Willis, Yoshika
Zootaxa
2016
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Park & Atyeo, 1971a
Park & Atyeo
1971
[238,675,1913,1939]
Arachnida
Proctophyllodidae
Xynonodectes
GBIF
Animalia
Astigmata
18
319
Arthropoda
genus
Type species: Proctophyllodes( Pterodectes) gracilior Trouessart, 1885, by original designation. Males of this genus have setae ps3lateral or posterolateral to the adanal suckers, and these suckers are weakly sclerotized (corolla smooth); females have the anterior portion of the epigynum straight (or “square”), and epimerites I without diverging tips. Five species are known in this genus ( Park & Atyeo 1971a, 1975), including the new one described below.