ORNITHOCHEYLETIA MIRONOVI SP.N. (ACARI: CHEYLETIDAE), A NEW SPECIES OF PARASITIC MITES OF THE BANK SWALLOW FROM KIRGHIZIA

About authors:

P. A. Chirov, Saratov State University, 410026 Saratov, Russia
Bochkov A. V. , Zoological Institute, Russian Academy of Sciences, Universitetskaya emb. 1, 199034 St. Petersburg, Russia. Museum of Zoology, University of Michigan, 1109 Geddes Ave., Ann Arbor, Michigan 48109, USA

Acknowledgments:

There search was partially supported by the grant from the Russian Foundation for Basic Research (№ 97-04-48977).

Annotation:

A new species of parasitic mites, Ornithochey-letia mironovi sp.n. (Acari: Cheyletidae) is described from bank swallow Riparia riparia (L.) ( Passeriformes: Hirundinidae) from Kirghizia.

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