Two new feather mite species (Acari, pteronyssidae) from the white-barred piculet, picumnus cirratus (Aves, piciformes)

dc.contributor.authorHernandes, Fabio Akashi [UNESP]
dc.contributor.institutionUniversidade Estadual Paulista (Unesp)
dc.date.accessioned2014-05-27T11:27:22Z
dc.date.available2014-05-27T11:27:22Z
dc.date.issued2012-12-01
dc.description.abstractTwo new species of the feather mite family Pteronyssidae Oudemans, 1941 are described from the white-barred piculet, Picumnus cirratus Temminck from Brazil: Pterotrogus picumni sp. n. and Ramphastobius scutatus sp. n., representing the first mites described from this host. Pterotrogus picumni sp. n. can be readily distinguished from all previous species of the simplex group by having dorsal crest on femora I and II in both sexes. This is the first representative of the genus Pterotrogus Gaud, 1981 recorded on a host of the genus Picumnus Temminck. Ramphastobius scutatus sp. n. is unique among species of the genus by having in both sexes the prodorsal and scapular shields fused into a single propodonotal shield covering all prodorsum. An updated key to known species of the genus Ramphastobius Gaud, 1981 is presented. © Institute of Parasitology, Biology Centre ASCR.en
dc.description.affiliationDepartamento de Zoologia Universidade Estadual Paulista, Av. 24-A, 1515, Rio Claro, SP
dc.description.affiliationUnespDepartamento de Zoologia Universidade Estadual Paulista, Av. 24-A, 1515, Rio Claro, SP
dc.format.extent301-307
dc.identifierhttp://search.proquest.com/docview/1241012573?accountid=8112
dc.identifier.citationFolia Parasitologica, v. 59, n. 4, p. 301-307, 2012.
dc.identifier.issn0015-5683
dc.identifier.issn1803-6465
dc.identifier.scopus2-s2.0-84873720666
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/11449/73963
dc.language.isoeng
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dc.relation.ispartofjcr1.505
dc.relation.ispartofsjr0,661
dc.relation.ispartofsjr0,661
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dc.subjectBrazil
dc.subjectNeotropical region
dc.subjectNew species
dc.subjectPteronyssinae
dc.subjectPterotrogus
dc.subjectRamphastobius
dc.subjectTaxonomy
dc.subjectanimal
dc.subjectanimal disease
dc.subjectbird
dc.subjectbird disease
dc.subjectclassification
dc.subjectfeather
dc.subjectfemale
dc.subjecthistology
dc.subjectmale
dc.subjectmite
dc.subjectmite infestation
dc.subjectparasitology
dc.subjectAnimals
dc.subjectBird Diseases
dc.subjectBirds
dc.subjectFeathers
dc.subjectFemale
dc.subjectMale
dc.subjectMite Infestations
dc.subjectMites
dc.titleTwo new feather mite species (Acari, pteronyssidae) from the white-barred piculet, picumnus cirratus (Aves, piciformes)en
dc.typeArtigo
unesp.campusUniversidade Estadual Paulista (Unesp), Instituto de Biociências, Rio Claropt

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