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Issue: Vol. 4344 No. 2: 7 Nov. 2017
Type: Article
Published: 2017-11-07
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4344.2.1
Page range: 201–245
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New feather mites of the genus Amerodectes Valim and Hernandes (Acariformes: Proctophyllodidae) from passerines (Aves: Passeriformes) in Georgia, USA

Zoological Institute, Russian Academy of Sciences, Universitetskaya Embankment 1, Saint Petersburg, 199034, Russia. 2Tyumen State University, 6 Volodarskogo Street, Tyumen, Tyumen Oblast, Russia
Department of Biology, P.O. Box 8042-1, Georgia Southern University, Statesboro, Georgia 30460, USA.
Acari feather mites Proctophyllodidae Amerodectes systematics Passeriformes North America

Abstract

Eight new species of the feather mite genus Amerodectes Valim and Hernandes, 2010 (Proctophyllodidae: Pterodectinae) are described from passerines (Aves: Passeriformes) in Georgia, USA: Amerodectes cathari sp. n. from Catharus ustulatus (Nuttall) (Turdidae), A. haemorhous sp. n. from Haemorhous mexicanus (Muller, PLS) (Fringillidae), A. helmitheros sp. n. from Helmitheros vermivorum (Gmelin) (Parulidae), A. hribari sp. n. from Geothlypis trichas (Linnaeus) (Parulidae), A. hylocichlae sp. n. from Hylocichla mustelina (Gmelin) (Turdidae), A. passerinae sp. n. from Passerina ciris (Linnaeus) (Cardinalidae), A. seiurus sp. n. from Seiurus aurocapilla (Linnaeus) (Parulidae), and A. spizellae sp. n. from Spizella passerina (Bechstein) (Emberizidae). An updated world checklist of Amerodectes species and a key to species recorded and potentially expected in North America (USA and Canada) are proposed.

 

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