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 cathari Mironov and Chandler, 2017 ( Fig. 14A ) Material examined . 2 males , 10 females from the Swainson’s Thrush, Catharus ustulatus (Nuttall, 1840) ( Passeriformes : Turdidae ), (SM 1069), CANADA , Manitoba , Winnipeg, 29 May 2003 , coll. T.D. Galloway; 15 males , 14 females , (SM 1073), same host snd collection data, except date, 13 May 2003 ; 16 males , 18 females from the Hermit Thrush, C. guttatus (Pallas, 1811) ( Passeriformes : Turdidae ), (SM 1245), CANADA , Manitoba , Winnipeg, 16 September 2003 , coll. T.D. Galloway; 22 males , 22 females from Gray-cheeked Thrush, C. minimus (Lafresnaye, 1848) ( Passeriformes : Turdidae ), (SM 1022), CANADA , Manitoba , Lyleton, March 1998 , coll. T.D. Galloway. This species was previously known only from C. ustulatus in Georgia , USA ( Mironov & Chandler 2017 ). In Canada , it is reported for the first time from the type host and two additional congeneric hosts, C. guttatus and C. minimus .