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 4161 3 301 328 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.