A NEW SPECIES OF THE FEATHER MITE GENUS MOUCHETIA GAUD, 1961 (ASTIGMATA: PTERONYSSIDAE) FROM THE GREENCAP EREMOMELA EREMOMELA SCOTOPS (PASSERIFORMES: SYLVIIDAE) AND TAXONOMIC NOTES TO SPECIES OF THE GENUS

About authors:

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

Acknowledgments:

The authors thank Prof. Dr. W.T. Atyeo (Uni-versity of Georgia, Athens, USA), Dr. B.M. O’Connor (University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, USA), and Dr. H. André (Musée royal de l’Afrique centrale, Tervuren, Belgium) for loaning the mate-rial used in the present study, and Dr. H.C. Proctor (University of Alberta, Edmonton, Canada) for critically reviewing the manuscript.

This research is supported by a grant from the Belgian Scientific Policy to SVM.

Annotation:

Mouchetia eremomelae sp. n. is described from the Greencap Eremomela, Eremomela scotops Sun-devall, 1850 (Passeriformes: Sylviidae), from Mo-zambique. Brief taxonomic notes are given to five formerly known species of the genus Mouchetia Gaud, 1961. A key to all species is provided for the first time.

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