A review of the feather mite family Gabuciniidae Gaud & Atyeo (Acariformes Astigmata: Pterolichoidea) of Brazil, with descriptions of eleven new species
Author
Hernandes, Fabio A.
text
Zootaxa
2020
2020-03-02
4747
1
1
53
journal article
10.11646/zootaxa.4747.1.1
7f8d997c-35ae-48dc-a874-53597ec2223b
1175-5326
3693336
245104C6-2183-4CF3-A7D6-20FEB0EC1378
Genus
Piciformobia
Gaud & Atyeo, 1975
Type
species:
Piciformobia tetracanthura
Gaud & Atyeo, 1975
, by original designation.
The genus
Piciformobia
is currently composed of six species, including the new one described below, occurring on birds of the families
Cuculidae
,
Galbulidae
and
Troglodytidae
in the New World (
Gaud & Atyeo 1975
,
Alzuet
et al
. 1988
,
Mironov
et al
. 2014
):
P. ani
(
Černý, 1975
)
from
Crotophaga ani
Linnaeus, 1758
,
P. guirae
Alzuet
et al
., 1988
from
Guira guira
(Gmelin, 1788)
(
Cuculiformes
:
Cuculidae
),
P. tetracanthura
Gaud & Atyeo, 1975
from
Galbula cyanescens
Deville, 1849
(
Galbuliformes
:
Galbulidae
),
P. henicorhinae
Mironov
et al
., 2014
from
Henicorhina leucosticta
(Cabanis, 1847)
, and
P. cinnycerthiae
Mironov
et al
., 2014
from
Cinnycerthia unirufa
(Lafresnaye, 1840)
(
Passeriformes
:
Troglodytidae
). The new mite described herein represents the second species of this genus living on the
Guira Cuckoo
,
G. guira
.