Feather mites of the subfamily Pterodectinae (Acariformes: Proctophyllodidae) from passerines and kingfishers in Canada
Author
Mironov, Sergey V.
Zoological Institute, Russian Academy of Sciences, Universitetskaya embankment 1, 199034, Saint Petersburg, Russia
Author
Galloway, Terry D.
Department of Entomology, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Manitoba, R 3 T 2 N 2, Canada
text
Zootaxa
2021
2021-08-04
5016
1
1
55
journal article
10.11646/zootaxa.5016.1.1
1175-5326
5221702
22814DB2-5BDA-44C2-BC00-37773209DA9F
Amerodectes spizellae
Mironov and Chandler, 2017
(
Fig. 4B
)
Material examined
.
12 males
,
15 females
from
Spizella passerina
(Bechstein, 1798)
(
Passeriformes
:
Passerellidae
), (SM 1965),
CANADA
,
Manitoba
, Winnipeg,
13 May 2009
, coll. T.D. Galloway and R. Duarte.
This species was described from the Chipping Sparrow,
S. passerina
, in
Georgia
,
USA
(
Mironov & Chandler 2017
). In
Canada
, this mite is reported for the first time.