Three species of the genus Pellonyssus (Acari: Macronyssidae) including a new species from Costa Rican birds
2006; Taylor & Francis; Volume: 32; Issue: 2 Linguagem: Inglês
10.1080/01647950608684457
ISSN1945-3892
AutoresF Dusbábek, Ivan Literák, Miroslav Čapek, Martin Havlíček,
Tópico(s)Bird parasitology and diseases
ResumoAbstract Abstract Three species of the genus Pellonyssus Clark and Yunker, 1956 are reported from Costa Rican birds: Pellonyssus gorgasi Yunker and Radovsky 1966 from Threnetes ruckeri (Bourcier) (Trochilidae); Pellonyssus marui Yunker and Radovsky, 1966 from Manacus candei (Parzudaki) (Pipridae); and Pellonyssus cyanoides Dusbabek and Literak n. sp. from Cyanocompsa cyanoides (Lafresnaye) (Cardinalidae) Figures of female P. marui and of male P. cyanoides Dusbabek and Literak n. sp . are included. Key words : AcariMacronyssidaebird mitesparasitic mitesCosta Rica
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