Four new feather mite species of the genus Amerodectes Valim & Hernandes (Acariformes: Proctophyllodidae) from New World warblers (Passeriformes: Parulidae) in the USA
Abstract
Four new feather mite species of the genus Amerodectes Valim & Hernandes, 2010 (Proctophyllodidae: Pterodectinae) are described from New World warblers (Passeriformes: Parulidae) of USA: Amerodectes ischyros sp. nov. from Setophaga caerulescens (Gmelin, 1789), A. charitomenos sp. nov. from S. dominica (Linnaeus, 1766), A. protonotaria sp. nov. from Protonotaria citrea (Boddaert, 1783), and A. jonesborensis sp. nov. from Parkesia noveboracensis (Gmelin, 1789). Information on the DNA barcode sequence of these four species was also analyzed.
How to cite this document
Hernandes, Fabio Akashi; Matthews, Alix E.; Boves, Than J.. Four new feather mite species of the genus Amerodectes Valim & Hernandes (Acariformes: Proctophyllodidae) from New World warblers (Passeriformes: Parulidae) in the USA. Systematic And Applied Acarology. London: Systematic & Applied Acarology Soc London, Natural History Museum, v. 23, n. 5, p. 946-968, 2018. Available at: <http://hdl.handle.net/11449/164265>.
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English
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Department of Biological Sciences at Arkansas State University
Arkansas Audubon Society Trust
Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology at the University of Michigan
IACUC protocol from Arkansas State University
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