New feather mites of the family Pterolichidae (Acari: Pterolichoidea) from parrots (Aves: Psittaciformes) in Australia |
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| Authors: | Serge V Mironov Jacek Dabert Heather C Proctor |
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| Affiliation: | Zoological Institute, Russian Academy of Sciences, 199034, Saint Petersburg, Russia.;Department of Animal Morphology, A. Mickiewicz University, 28 Czerwca 1956/198, Pozna´n, 61−485, Poland.;Australian School of Environmental Studies, Griffith University, Nathan, Qld 4111, Australia. |
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| Abstract: | Abstract Seven new feather mite species of the family Pterolichidae are described from various Australian parrots: Apexolichus lathami sp. n. from the swift parrot, Lathamus discolor (Shaw); Titanolichus platycerci sp. n. and Rhytidelasma punctata sp. n. from the pale-headed rosella, Platycercus adscitus (Latham); R. striata sp. n. from the Australian king-parrot, Alisterus scapularis (Lichtenstein); Lorilichus stenolobus sp. n. and Lorilichus curvilobus sp. n. from the rainbow lorikeet, Trichoglossus haematodus (Linnaeus); Psittophagus galahi sp. n. from the galah, Eolophus roseicapillus (Vieillot). We give a brief overview of taxonomic studies of pterolichid mites living on Psittaciformes, and discuss the main diagnostic characters of different generic groups of these mites. |
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| Keywords: | Astigmata Aves host−symbiote relationships |
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