Feather mites (Astigmata: Psoroptidia) parasitising the rock ptarmigan Lagopus muta (Montin) (Aves: Galliformes) in Iceland |
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| Authors: | Sergey V. Mironov Karl Skirnisson Solrun Th. Thorarinsdottir Olafur K. Nielsen |
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| Affiliation: | (1) Zoological Institute, Russian Academy of Sciences, Universitetskaya quay 1, Saint Petersburg, 199034, Russia;(2) Laboratory of Parasitology, Institute for Experimental Pathology, Keldur, University of Iceland, 112 Reykjavik, Iceland;(3) The Icelandic Institute of Natural History, Hlemmur 3, P.O. Box 5320, 125 Reykjavik, Iceland |
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| Abstract: | Four new species of feather mites are described from the Icelandic rock ptarmigan Lagopus muta islandorum (Faber) in Iceland. These are Metamicrolichus islandicus n. sp., Myialges borealis n. sp. (Epidermoptidae), Strelkoviacarus holoaspis n. sp. (Analgidae) and Tetraolichus lagopi n. sp. (Pterolichidae). This is the first report on feather mites associated with the Icelandic rock ptarmigan. Brief comments on the systematics and biology of corresponding feather mite genera are given. For two species, originally described in Pterolichus Robin, 1868 (Pterolichidae), new combinations are proposed, i.e. Tetraolichus gaudi (Černy, 1971) n. comb. and T. microdiscus (Trouessart, 1887) n. comb. |
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