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

doi:10.11158/saa.27.7.2

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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, 27(7):1273-1294 (2022). https://doi.org/10.11158/saa.27.7.2

Abstract

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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Sergey V. Mironov, Jacob González-Solís, Andrei D. Mihalca, and Laura M. Stefan "Feather mites of the genus Brephosceles Hull, 1934 (Acariformes: Alloptidae) from the European storm petrel Hydrobates pelagicus (Procellariiformes: Hydrobatidae)," Systematic and Applied Acarology 27(7), 1273-1294, (15 June 2022). https://doi.org/10.11158/saa.27.7.2

Received: 4 December 2021; Accepted: 30 March 2022; Published: 15 June 2022

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