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Type: Article
Published: 2015-03-24
Page range: 103–126
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New feather mites of the genera Aniacarus and Aniibius (Acariformes: Pterolichidae) from two cuckoo species (Cuculiformes: Cuculidae) in Brazil

Zoological Institute, Russian Academy of Sciences, Universitetskaya embankment 1, 199034, Saint Petersburg, Russia.
Departamento de Zoologia, Av. 24-A, 1515, 13506-900, Universidade Estadual Paulista, Rio Claro, SP, Brazil.
Departamento de Zoologia, Av. 24-A, 1515, 13506-900, Universidade Estadual Paulista, Rio Claro, SP, Brazil.
Acari feather mites Pterolichidae systematics Cuculiformes Brazil

Abstract

Five new species of the family Pterolichidae are described from two common non-parasitic cuckoo species of the subfamily Crotophaginae (Cuculiformes: Cuculidae) in Brazil: Aniacarus ani sp. n. from the Smooth-billed Ani, Crotophaga ani Linnaeus, A. simplex sp. n., A. robustus sp. n., A. coronatus sp. n. and Aniibius guirae sp. n. from the Guira Cuckoo, Guira guira (Gmelin). A key to all known species of Aniacarus is provided. All four pterolichid species associated with the G. guira can occur simultaneously on one host individual. A brief review of studies of feather mites associated with Cuculidae is given.