A NEW FEATHER MITE GENUS OF THE FAMILY ALLOPTIDAE (ASTIGMATA: ANALGOIDEA) FROM PELICANS (PELECANIFORMES: PELECANIDAE)

About authors:

Sergey V. Mironov, e-mail

Zoological Institute, Russian Academy of Sciences, Saint Petersburg, Russia

Pérez T. M., nstituto de Biologia, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Ciudad Universitaria, Delegación Coyoacán 04510, México, D.F., México

Acknowledgments:

The taxonomic part of the present study was supported by the Russian Foundation for Basic Research grant 00-04-49323.

Annotation:

A new feather mite genus Megalloptes gen. п. (Analgoidea, Alloptidae) and two new species of this genus are described. The genus belongs to the generic group Alloptes, the most evolved group within the subfamily Alloptinae. Representatives of the genus Megalloptes gen.n. are associated exclusively with the pelicans (Aves, Pelecaniformes, Pelecanidae). The genus includes the following species: Megalloptestriphyllurussp.fi. from Pelecanus onocrotalus (type host) and P. rufescens; M. major sp.n. from P. occidentalis.

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