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
Toxerodectes biscutatus
Park & Atyeo, 1973
This species is characterized by a pair of small anal shields in males. The only previous record in
Brazil
is from
Thalurania furcata
(Gmelin) (Kanegae
et al.
2008)
. (Collection data as in the new species described herein).