New records of feather mites (Acariformes: Analgoidea, Pterolichoidea) in Piracicaba, SP, Brazil

Fabio A. Hernandes; Carlos H. W. Flechtmann

doi:10.37486/2675-1305.ec02006

Authors

Fabio A. Hernandes Departamento de Ecologia e Zoologia, CCB/ECZ, Trindade, Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina, 88040-970, Florianópolis, Santa Catarina, Brazil http://orcid.org/0000-0003-3504-2609
Carlos H. W. Flechtmann Departamento de Entomologia e Acarologia, Escola Superior de Agricultura “Luiz de Queiroz”, Universidade de São Paulo, 13418-900, Piracicaba, São Paulo, Brazil https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7745-8544

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.37486/2675-1305.ec02006

Keywords:

Acari, Astigmata, feather mites, new records, plumicolous mites

Abstract

Seven species and four undetermined feather mites are reported from various birds in Piracicaba, Brazil: Dermoglyphus elongatus Mégnin, 1877 (Dermoglyphidae) ex Gallus gallus domesticus (Linnaeus, 1758) “chicken” (Phasianidae), Mesosathes tetrasetosus (Novaes, 1953) (Crypturoptidae) and Neumannella astacus Dabert & Skoracki, 2004 (Dermoglyphidae) ex Crypturellus tataupa (Temminck, 1815) “tataupa tinamou” (Tinamidae), Piciformobia ani (Černý, 1915) (Gabuciniidae) ex Crotophaga ani Linnaeus, 1758 “smooth-billed ani” (Cuculidae), Piciformobia guirae Alzuet, Cicchino & Abrahamovich, 1988 (Gabuciniidae) ex Guira guira (Gmelin, 1788) “guira cuckoo” (Cuculidae), Proctophyllodes thraupis Atyeo & Braasch, 1966 (Proctophyllodidae) ex Thraupis sayaca (Linnaeus, 1766) “sayaca tanager” (Thraupidae), Proctophyllodes troncatus Robin, 1877 ex Passer domesticus (Linnaeus, 1758) “house sparrow” (Passeridae); and undetermined species of the genera: Amerodectes sp. (Proctophyllodidae), Mesalgoides sp. (Psoroptoididae), and Trouessartia sp. (Trouessartiidae) ex Arundinicola leucocephala (Linnaeus, 1764) “white-headed marsh tyrant” (Tyrannidae), and Analges sp. (Analgidae) ex Euphonia chlorotica (Linnaeus, 1766) “purple-throated euphonia” (Fringillidae). Four of them are recorded for the first time in Brazil: D. elongatus, Pi. ani, Pr. thraupis, and Pr. troncatus.

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