Five new feather mites of the subfamily Pterodectinae (Acariformes: Astigmata: Proctophyllodidae) from passerines and hummingbirds (Aves) of Brazil
Author
Hernandes, Fabio Akashi
Author
Pedroso, Luiz Gustavo A.
Author
Oniki-Willis, Yoshika
text
Zootaxa
2016
4161
3
301
328
journal article
10.11646/zootaxa.4161.3.1
2510711e-d91f-4685-8d30-292eedbc9b41
1175-5326
267195
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Genus
Trochilodectes
Park & Atyeo, 1971a
Type species:
Proctophyllodes
(
Pterodectes
)
trochilidarum
Trouessart, 1885
, by original designation.
Males of this genus have setae
ps3
inserted anterior to the adanal suckers, and females have setae
h2
dagger-like, without a terminal filament. A key to the nine species known up to the time was provided by
Park & Atyeo (1974)
; two more species were subsequently described (
Černý 1974
;
Hernandes 2013
). The genus currently comprises 12 species, including the new one described herein.