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Three new feather mites of the sbfamily Pterodectinae (Acari: Proctophyllodidae) from passerines (Aves: Passeriformes) in Vietnam

2013; Zoological Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences; Volume: 317; Issue: 1 Linguagem: Inglês

10.31610/trudyzin/2013.317.1.11

2221-3996

Sergey V. Mironov, Oleg Tolstenkov,

Vector-borne infectious diseases

Three new species of the feather mite family Pterodectinae (Protophyllodidae) are described from passerines captured in the Cat Tien National Park (Vietnam): Montesauria malacopteroni sp. nov. from Malacopteron cinereum Eyton (Pellorneidae), Proterothrix cyornis sp. nov. from Cyornis tickelliae Blyth (Muscicapidae), and P. hypothymis sp. nov. from Hypothymis azurea Boddaert (Monarchidae). Brief comments on systematics of the pterodectine genera Montesauria Oudemans, 1905 and Proterothrix Gaud, 1968 are given.