Prelude to a study of the feather mites of Australia (Acariformes: Astigmata)
Author
HALLIDAY, R. B.
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Zootaxa
2023
2023-05-09
5280
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1
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http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5280.1.1
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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
).