The feather mites (Acari, Astigmata) of the Violet-capped Woodnymph, Thalurania glaucopis (Gmelin) (Aves, Trochilidae), with descriptions of three new species Author Hernandes, Fabio Akashi text Zootaxa 2013 3616 6 563 577 journal article 43857 10.11646/zootaxa.3616.6.3 6f64b705-f57f-4f31-be34-46c82a0ef537 1175-5326 219801 05C89903-B7A0-45BC-B316-931E789BDAFD Protalges Trouessart, 1885 Type-species: Protalges robini Trouessart, 1885 The genus Protalges currently includes three species (SV Mironov, pers. comm.): P . robini Trouessart, 1885 , P . affinis Trouessart, 1886 , and P . longitarsus Trouessart and Neumann, 1888 . A sole male was found on Thalurania glaucopis , and therefore it could not be properly identified. (Collection data as in the new species described herein). Acknowledgements To Bianca L. Reinert, Marcos R. Bornschein, Carlos O.A. Gussoni, Daiane D. Sobotka, and Leandro Corrêa for assistance in the field, and to Dr. Sergey V. Mironov for information on the genus Protalges . Also, to two anonymous referees for their much appreciated suggestions. This study was supported by the FAPESP – São Paulo Research Foundation (2011/50145-0, 2011/20805-8).