A new species of the feather mite genus Titanolichus Gaud & Atyeo, 1996 (Acari: Astigmata: Pterolichidae) from the endangered orange-bellied parrot Neophema chrysogaster (Aves: Psittaciformes) from Australia |
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| Authors: | Jacek Dabert Sergey V Mironov Heather Proctor |
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| Affiliation: | Department of Animal Morphology, A. Mickiewicz University, Umultowska 89, Poznan, 61-614, Poland.; Zoological Institute, Russian Academy of Sciences, 199034, Saint Petersburg, Russia.; Department of Biological Sciences, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alta, Canada, T6G 2E9. |
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| Abstract: | Abstract Titanolichus seemani sp. n., a new species of the genus Titanolichus Gaud & Atyeo, 1996, is described from a museum skin of the endangered orange-bellied parrot Neophema chrysogaster (Latham) (Aves: Psittaciformes) from Australia. We also redescribe the type species Titanolichus chiragricus (Mégnin & Trouessart) from the ground parrot Pezoporus wallicus (Kerr), provide a key for all known species of Titanolichus and point out some problems in the systematics of this genus. |
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| Keywords: | Astigmata Aves feather mites parrots systematics Titanolichus |
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