Three feather mite species of the genus Brephosceles Hull, 1934 (Alloptidae: Alloptinae) were found on the European storm petrel, Hydrobates pelagicus (Procellariiformes: Hydrobatidae), in the Mediterranean Sea and North-east Atlantic Ocean. Brephosceles holoplax sp. n. is described as a new species; B. pelagicus (Vitzthum, 1921) and B. longirostris (Vitzthum, 1921) comb. n. formerly known only from females are redescribed from both sexes. The latter species has been transferred from the genus Alloptes Canestrini, 1879. All descriptions are supported by DNA barcode data.
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15 June 2022
Feather mites of the genus Brephosceles Hull, 1934 (Acariformes: Alloptidae) from the European storm petrel Hydrobates pelagicus (Procellariiformes: Hydrobatidae)
Sergey V. Mironov,
Jacob González-Solís,
Andrei D. Mihalca,
Laura M. Stefan
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Systematic and Applied Acarology
Vol. 27 • No. 7
July 2022
Vol. 27 • No. 7
July 2022
Analgoidea
DNA barcode
ectosymbionts
Procellariiformes
seabirds
taxonomy