Two new genera and five new species of the feather mite subfamily Proctophyllodinae (Astigmata: Proctophyllodidae) from suboscine birds in Brazil
Author
Hernandes, Fábio A.
Author
Valim, Michel P.
Author
Mironov, Sergey V.
text
Journal of Natural History
2007
J. Nat. Hist.
2010-12-02
41
41 - 44
2653
2681
http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/00222930701644718
journal article
10.1080/00222930701644718
1464-5262
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Genus
Anisophyllodes
Atyeo, 1967
The genus
Anisophyllodes
was originally based on a single species,
Anisophyllodes pipromorphae
Atyeo, 1967
collected from
Mionectes
(5
Pipromorpha
) oleagineus
(Lichtenstein, 1823) (
Tyrannidae
) from
Trinidad and Tobago
(
Atyeo 1967
).
Atyeo (1969)
later transferred
Alloptes intermedius
described by
Trouessart and Neumann (1888)
, on
Elaenia martinica
(Linnaeus, 1766)
, to
Anisophyllodes
. The latter species was also reported by
Cerny and Lukoschus (1975)
from
E. flavogaster
(Thunberg, 1822)
. The main diagnostic features separating this genus from other proctophyllodine genera are as follows: in both sexes, epimerites I free with diverging posterior tips; in males, opisthosoma attenuate to posterior end and with truncated opisthosomal lobes usually separated by slitlike terminal cleft; genital arch and aedeagus short, situated at the level of trochanters IV; setae
g
and
ps3
arranged in a longitudinal rectangle; paired or unpaired pregenital plates are present; adanal shields present. Dimorphism of males was also noted for this genus: in heteromorph males, the opisthosomal lobes bear short and wide terminal lamellae and legs IV are thicker than legs III; in homeomorph males, the opisthosomal lobes lack terminal lamellae and legs III, IV are subequal in size. It is necessary to note that the original diagnosis (
Atyeo 1967
) stated that dorsal setae
e1
are absent in
Anisophyllodes
; however, this character actually varies among species. In
A. intermedius
and in a new species described below these setae are present.