A New Species of the Feather Mite Genus Pterotrogus Gaud (Analgoidea: Pteronyssidae) from the Ivory-billed Woodpecker Campephilus principalis L. (Aves: Piciformes)

S. V. Mironov; J. Dabert; R. Ehrnsberger

doi:10.1603/0013-8746(2005)098[0013:ANSOTF]2.0.CO;2

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S. V. Mironov,¹ J. Dabert,² R. Ehrnsberger³

¹Zoological Institute, Russian Academy of Sciences, Universitetskaya embankment 1, 199034 Saint Petersburg, Russia( ) acari@zin.ru
²Department of Animal Morphology, A. Mickiewicz University, 28 Czerwca 1956/198, Poznań 61–484, Poland
³Institute of Nature Conservation and Environmental Education, University of Vechta, Driverstrasse 22, D-49377 Vechta, Germany

Abstract

A new feather mite species, Pterotrogus principalis sp. n., is described from the wing plumage of the ivory-billed woodpecker, Campephilus principalis L. This is the first record of a feather mite species from this bird, which was distributed in southeastern North America and Cuba, but is considered to be recently extinct.

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S. V. Mironov, J. Dabert, and R. Ehrnsberger "A New Species of the Feather Mite Genus Pterotrogus Gaud (Analgoidea: Pteronyssidae) from the Ivory-billed Woodpecker Campephilus principalis L. (Aves: Piciformes)," Annals of the Entomological Society of America 98(1), 13-17, (1 January 2005). https://doi.org/10.1603/0013-8746(2005)098[0013:ANSOTF]2.0.CO;2

Received: 13 April 2004; Accepted: 1 July 2004; Published: 1 January 2005