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New records of avian nasal mites (Acari : Rhinonyssidae) from Japan

1983; Japan Society of Medical Entomology and Zoology; Volume: 34; Issue: 3 Linguagem: Inglês

10.7601/mez.34.221

2185-5609

Teruki Kadosaka, Kiyotoshi Kaneko, Kiyoshi Asanuma,

Avian ecology and behavior

Four species of nasal mites belonging to the family Rhinonyssidae are reported from several species of birds in Japan. Newly recorded from Japan are Ptilonyssus dioptrornis Fain, 1956,from Muscicapa cyanomelana cyanomelana, Ptilonyssus enicuri Fain and Nadchatram, 1962,from Erithacus akahige akahige, Ptilonyssus emberizae Fain, 1956,from Emberiza spodocephala personata and E. sulphurata, Ptilonyssus pari Fain and Hyland, 1963,from Parus major minor, P. ater insularis and P. varius varius.