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
Metapterodectes toxostomae
Mironov and OConnor, 2014
(
Fig. 21
)
Material examined
.
3 males
,
7 females
from
Toxostoma rufum
(Linnaeus, 1758)
(
Passeriformes
:
Mimidae
), (SM 1017),
CANADA
,
Manitoba
, no location,
7 July 2002
, coll. T.D. Galloway.
This species is known only from the Brown Thrasher,
T. rufum
, and previously was recorded from the
USA
(
Michigan
and
North Carolina
) (
Mironov & OConnor 2014
). In
Canada
, it is recorded for the first time.