New species of the feather mite genus Protolichus Trouessart, 1884 (Astigmata, Pterolichidae) from lories and lorikeets (Aves: Psittaciformes)

Sergey V. Mironov; Rainer Ehrnsberger; Jacek Dabert

doi:10.11646/zootaxa.3774.2.2

Issue: Vol. 3774 No. 2: 5 Mar. 2014

Type: Article

Published: 2014-03-05

DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3774.2.2

Page range: 131–151

Abstract views: 41

PDF downloaded: 3

**New species of the feather mite genus Protolichus Trouessart, 1884 (Astigmata, Pterolichidae) from lories and lorikeets (Aves: Psittaciformes)**

Sergey V. Mironov⁺⁻
Rainer Ehrnsberger⁺⁻
Jacek Dabert⁺⁻

Zoological Institute, Russian Academy of Sciences, Universitetskaya quay 1, 199034, Saint Petersburg, Russia.

Institute of Didactics for Mathematics and Applied Science, University of Vechta, Driverstrasse 22, D-49377, Vechta, Germany.

Department of Animal Morphology, Faculty of Biology, A. Mickiewicz University, Umultowska 89, Poznań, 61-614, Poland.

Pterolichoidea Psittaciformes systematics new species host-mite relationships

Requires Subscription or Fee PDF (3MB)

Abstract

Five new species of the feather mite genus Protolichus Trouessart, 1884 (Astigmata, Pterolichidae) are described from parrots of the subfamily Loriinae (Psittaciformes: Psittacidae): Protolichus ornatus sp. n. from Trichoglossus ornatus (Linnaeus, 1758), P. lorinus sp. n. from Lorius lory (Linnaeus, 1758), P. placentis sp. n. from Charmosyna placentis (Temminck, 1835), P. pulchellae sp. n. from C. pulchella (Gray GR, 1859), and P. rubiginosus sp. n. from T. rubiginosus (Bonaparte, 1850). Protolichus ornatus belongs to the brachiatus species group; the other new species belong to the crassior species group.