Two new feather mites of the genus Trochilodectes Park & Atyeo (Astigmata: Proctophyllodidae) from hummingbirds in Colombia (Apodiformes: Trochilidae)

Fabio Akashi Hernandes; Gabriel Jaime Castaño-Villa; Juan David Carvajal Agudelo; Fredy Arvey Rivera-Páez

doi:10.11158/saa.26.8.7

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Fabio Akashi Hernandes,^* Gabriel Jaime Castaño-Villa, Juan David Carvajal Agudelo, Fredy Arvey Rivera-Páez

^*Corresponding author: abakashi@gmail.com

Abstract

Two new species of the feather mite genus Trochilodectes Park & Atyeo (Acariformes: Proctophyllodidae) are described from hummingbirds (Apodiformes: Trochilidae) in Colombia: T. capitocaudatus sp. nov. from Ocreatus underwoodii (Lesson, 1832) and T. andinus sp. nov. from Phaethornis guy (Lesson, 1833). A key to all presently known species of the genus Trochilodectes is presented.

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Fabio Akashi Hernandes, Gabriel Jaime Castaño-Villa, Juan David Carvajal Agudelo, and Fredy Arvey Rivera-Páez "Two new feather mites of the genus Trochilodectes Park & Atyeo (Astigmata: Proctophyllodidae) from hummingbirds in Colombia (Apodiformes: Trochilidae)," Systematic and Applied Acarology 26(8), 1495-1507, (9 August 2021). https://doi.org/10.11158/saa.26.8.7

Received: 28 May 2021; Accepted: 20 July 2021; Published: 9 August 2021

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