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.