Key to Species of the Genus Neocheyletiella (Acariformes: Cheyletidae), with Description of a New Species

James W. Mertins; Andre V. Bochkov

doi:10.1603/ME14002

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James W. Mertins,^1,* Andre V. Bochkov^2,3

¹1Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service, Veterinary Services, Science, Technology, and Analysis
²3Zoological Institute, Russian Academy of Sciences, Universitetskaya emb. 1, 199034 St. Petersburg,
³4Museum of Zoology, University of Michigan, 1109 Geddes Ave., Ann Arbor, MI 48109.

^*Corresponding author, e-mail: James.W.Mertins@aphis.usda.gov.

Abstract

A new species of the genus Neocheyletiella Baker, 1949 (Acariformes: Cheyletidae) is described from the zebra finch, Taeniopygia guttata (Viellot, 1817) (Passeriformes: Estrildidae), from a laboratory colony at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA. The setal additions in the ontogeny of the new species, Neocheyletiella parvisetosa Mertins & Bochkov, and the main differential characters of all 17 known species of the genus Neocheyletiella are provided in tabular format. Keys to females and males of Neocheyletiella spp. also are given.

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James W. Mertins and Andre V. Bochkov "Key to Species of the Genus Neocheyletiella (Acariformes: Cheyletidae), with Description of a New Species," Journal of Medical Entomology 51(6), 1116-1121, (1 November 2014). https://doi.org/10.1603/ME14002

Received: 3 January 2014; Accepted: 1 August 2014; Published: 1 November 2014