A TAXONOMIC NOTE ON THE FEATHER MITE PTEROLICHUS TYRRELLI TROUESSART, 1899 (ACARIFORMES: PTEROLICHIDAE)

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

Acknowledgments:

The study was supported by the Ministry of Science and Higher Education of the Russian Federation (State register № 122031100263-1).

Annotation:

Based on the study of type specimens of Pterolichus tyrrelli Trouessart, 1899—originally described from the Semipalmated Sandpiper, Calidris pusilla (Linnaeus, 1766) (Charadriiformes: Scolopacidae), collected in Canada—this species has been transferred to the genus Montchadskiana Dubinin, 1951 and provided with a valid name Montchadskiana (Aphyllochaeta) tyrrelli Trouessart, 1899 comb. n. (Pterolichidae: Magimeliinae). Additionally, Montchadskiana (Aphyllochaeta) dubinini Dabert and Ehrnsberger 1999 syn. n., described from the same host, is declared a junior synonym of M. (A.) tyrrelli.

DOI: 10.21684/0132-8077-2024-32-1-13-16

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