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
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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).