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Issue: Vol. 3563 No. 1: 26 Nov. 2012
Type: Articles
Published: 2012-11-26
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa3563.1.3
Page range: 43–57
Abstract views: 41
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Mites of the genus Passeroptes Fain (Acariformes: Dermationidae) from passerines (Aves: Passeriformes) of North-Western Russia

Zoological Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Universitetskaya Embankment 1, 199034 Saint Petersburg, Russia Museum of Zoology, University of Michigan, 1109 Geddes Ave., Ann Arbor, Michigan 48109 USA
Zoological Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Universitetskaya Embankment 1, 199034 Saint Petersburg, Russia
Acari Dermationidae North West Russia feather mites Passeriformes Passeroptes systematics

Abstract

Two new species of the genus Passeroptes Fain, 1964 are recorded from passerine birds (Passeriformes) of North-WesternRussia: Passeroptes hippolais sp. nov. from Hippolais icterina (Vieillot) (Acrocephalidae) and P. sylviae sp. nov. fromSylvia communis (Latham) and S. curruca (Linnaeus) (Sylviidae). Passeroptes gaudi (Vassilev and Kolebinova, 1965)comb. nov. from Sturnus vulgaris (Linnaeus) (Sturnidae) is transferred from the genus Rivoltasia Canestrini, 1894;Passeroptes sturninus Arutunjan and Mironov, 1983 syn. nov. is synonymised with this species. The female ofPasseroptes gaudi is redescribed. Passeroptes dermicola (Trouessart, 1886) is for the first time recorded from Parus major Linnaeus (Paridae).

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