A New Genus and Species of Hypoderidae ( Acari : Astigmata ) from the Nest of an Owl ( a Yes : Strigiformes

Cystoidosoma hermaphroditus sp. n., the first representative of the quill mite family Ascouracaridae (Acari: Astigmata: Pterolichoidea) from an owl (Aves: Strigiformes).

The mite family Ascouracaridae Gaud et Atyeo, 1976 contains large-sized mites (mostly > 1 mm) which live inside the quills of birds of several orders. To date, no representative of this family has been found associated with the order Strigiformes (owls). In this paper, a new species of this family, Cystoidosoma hermaphroditus sp. n., is described from the tropical screech owl, Megascops choliba...

A new genus and two new species of pyroglyphinae (Acari, Astigmata, Pyroglyphidae) from South American birds.

New records of the genus and species Regenpolipus madrasensis (Acari: Heterostigmata: Podapolipidae), the ectoparasite of carabid beetles from Iran

پس از جمع‏آوری تعدادی سوسک با نام علمی Anthia sexguttata (Fab.) (Col.; Carabidae) در اطراف شهرستان تایباد واقع در استان خراسان رضوی، کلنی کنه‏های پارازیت خانواده‌ی Podapolipidae (Acari; Heterostigmata) که زیر بالپوش‏های یکی از سوسک‏های میزبان بود، به نام Regenpolipus madrasensis Husband & Ramaraju, 2006 شناسایی شد. این جنس و گونه برای اولین‌بار از ایران گزارش می‏شود.

The feather mites (Acari, Astigmata) of the Violet-capped Woodnymph, Thalurania glaucopis (Gmelin) (Aves, Trochilidae), with descriptions of three new species.

Six feather mites of the Violet-capped Woodnymph, Thalurania glaucopis are herein reported: Allodectes sejugaspis sp. n., A. thaluraniae sp. n., Trochilodectes brevipenis sp. n., Toxerodectes biscutatus Park & Atyeo (Proctophyllodidae), and two unidentified species from the families Analgidae (Protalginae, genus Protalges) and Ptyssalgidae (genus Ptyssalges). These are the first feather mites t...

Glaucalges tytonis sp. n. (Analgoidea, Xolalgidae) from the barn owl Tyto alba (Strigiformes, Tytonidae): compiling morphology with DNA barcode data for taxon descriptions in mites (Acari)

Typical (re)descriptions of feather mite species are based on characteristics of external morphology and of internal sclerotized structures visible in cleared specimens. We propose extending this standard by including sequence data of the cytochrome oxidase subunit I gene fragment (DNA barcode region chosen by the Consortium for the Barcode of Life). We describe a method of nondestructive DNA i...