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- Title
A new feather mite species of the genus Picalgoides Černý, 1974 (Astigmata: Psoroptoididae) from a passerine host in Costa Rica.
- Authors
Mironov, Sergey V.; Literák, Ivan; Sychra, Oldřich; Čapek, Miroslav
- Abstract
new feather mite species, Picalgoides giganteus n. sp. (Psoroptoididae: Pandalurinae), is described from the tawny-throated leaftosser Sclerurus mexicanus Sclater (Passeriformes: Furnariidae) in Costa Rica. Among the 10 species of Picalgoides Černý, 1974, including the new one, this is the third recorded from a passerine host; the remaining seven nominal species are associated with hosts of the order Piciformes. Brief data on the host-parasite associations of Picalgoides spp. are provided. Megninia megalixus Trouessart, 1885 from the short-tailed green magpie Cissa thalassina (Temminck) is transferred to Picalgoides as P. megalixus (Trouessart, 1885) n. comb.
- Subjects
COSTA Rica; FEATHER mites; FURNARIIDAE; PASSERIFORMES; HOST-parasite relationships
- Publication
Systematic Parasitology, 2011, Vol 79, Issue 1, p63
- ISSN
0165-5752
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1007/s11230-011-9293-z