Prelude to a study of the feather mites of Australia (Acariformes: Astigmata) Author HALLIDAY, R. B. text Zootaxa 2023 2023-05-09 5280 1 1 73 http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5280.1.1 journal article 54455 10.11646/zootaxa.5280.1.1 a3384e49-2a34-4e14-8651-90cd896e0df4 1175-5326 7912198 E89D81FE-D079-41B7-9FF4-4933D620B89D Trouessartia megadisca Gaud, 1962 Trouessartia megadisca Gaud, 1962: 47 . Trouessartia megadisca .— Gaud 1968a: 139 ; Santana 1976: 70 ; Domrow 1992: 1498 ; Mironov & Galloway 2002b: 186 . Host and locality in Australia : Zosterops lateralis , Swansea, Tasmania ( Domrow 1992 ). Current name of host : Silvereye, Zosterops lateralis (Latham, 1801) ( Passeriformes : Zosteropidae ). Unidentified specimens in this genus: Trouessartia sp. Host and locality in Australia : Eastern Bristlebird ( Dasyornis brachypterus ), Australia; Bridled Honeyeater ( Lichenostomus frenatus ), Lake Eacham, Queensland ; Magpielark ( Grallina cyanoleuca ) Derby, Western Australia and Victoria ; Regent Bowerbird ( Sericulus chrysocephalus ), Australia ( Byers & Proctor 2020 ); host not identified, Healesville, Victoria ( Poiani, 1992 ). Current name of host :Eastern Bristlebird, Dasyornis brachypterus (Latham, 1801) ( Passeriformes : Dasyornithidae ); Bridled Honeyeater, Bolemoreus frenatus (Ramsay, 1874) ( Passeriformes : Meliphagidae ); Magpie-lark, Grallina cyanoleuca (Latham, 1801) ( Passeriformes : Monarchidae ); Regent Bowerbird, Sericulus chrysocephalus (Lewin, 1808) ( Passeriformes : Ptilonorhynchidae ).