Prelude to a study of the feather mites of Australia (Acariformes: Astigmata)
Author
HALLIDAY, R. B.
text
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
journal article
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Psittophagus hollandicus
Hernandes, 2017
Psittophagus hollandicus
Hernandes, 2017: 894
.
Host and locality in
Australia
: None (captive in Brazil).
Current name of host
: Cockatiel,
Nymphicus hollandicus
(Kerr, 1792)
(
Psittaciformes
:
Cacatuidae
).
Notes
: These mites were probably of Australian origin, but that has not been confirmed.
Albuquerque
et al
. (2012)
recorded
Psittophagus
sp.
on the cockatiel in
Brazil
, which may refer to the same species.