Four new feather mite species of the genus Amerodectes Valim & Hernandes (Acariformes: Proctophyllodidae) from New World warblers (Passeriformes: Parulidae) in the USA

Fabio Akashi Hernandes; Alix E. Matthews; Than J. Boves

doi:10.11158/saa.23.5.12

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23 May 2018 Four new feather mite species of the genus Amerodectes Valim & Hernandes (Acariformes: Proctophyllodidae) from New World warblers (Passeriformes: Parulidae) in the USA

Fabio Akashi Hernandes, Alix E. Matthews, Than J. Boves

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Systematic and Applied Acarology, 23(5):946-968 (2018). https://doi.org/10.11158/saa.23.5.12

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Four new feather mite species of the genus Amerodectes Valim & Hernandes, 2010 (Proctophyllodidae: Pterodectinae) are described from New World warblers (Passeriformes: Parulidae) of USA: Amerodectes ischyros sp. nov. from Setophaga caerulescens (Gmelin, 1789), A. charitomenos sp. nov. from S. dominica (Linnaeus, 1766), A. protonotaria sp. nov. from Protonotaria citrea (Boddaert, 1783), and A. jonesborensis sp. nov. from Parkesia noveboracensis (Gmelin, 1789). Information on the DNA barcode sequence of these four species was also analyzed.

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Fabio Akashi Hernandes, Alix E. Matthews, and Than J. Boves "Four new feather mite species of the genus Amerodectes Valim & Hernandes (Acariformes: Proctophyllodidae) from New World warblers (Passeriformes: Parulidae) in the USA," Systematic and Applied Acarology 23(5), 946-968, (23 May 2018). https://doi.org/10.11158/saa.23.5.12

Received: 28 February 2018; Accepted: 3 May 2018; Published: 23 May 2018

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