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Type: Article
Published: 2013-05-26
Page range: 105–120
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Three new species of the feather mite subfamily Ingrassiinae (Acariformes: Xolalgidae) from shearwaters and petrels (Procellariiformes: Procellariidae)

Acariformes feather mites Xolalgidae Ingrassiinae systematics Aves Procellariiformes

Abstract

Three new species of the feather mite subfamily Ingrassiinae (Acariformes: Astigmata: Xolalgidae) are described from shearwaters and petrels (Procellariiformes: Procellariidae) in the North-East of Atlantic Ocean: Ingrassia calonectris sp. n. from Calonectris borealis (Cory) (type host) and Calonectris edwardsii (Oustalet), Ingrassia micronota sp. n. and Ope-tiopoda bulweriae sp. n. from Bulweria bulwerii (Jardine and Selby).