Journal of the Royal Society of New Zealand abstracts
Nymphicilichus perezae gen. nov., sp. nov., a new feather mite (Astigmata: Pterolichidae) from the cockatiel, Nymphicus hollandicus (Psittaciformes: Cacatuidae)
S. V. Mironov1 and T. D. Galloway2
1
Zoological Institute, Russian Academy of Sciences, Universitetskaya emb. 1, Saint-Petersburg, 199034, Russia. email: acari@zin.ru
2
Department of Entomology, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada R3T 2N2. email: gallowy@ms.umanitoba.ca
Abstract Nymphicilichus perezae
gen. nov., sp. nov. is described from the cockatiel, Nymphicus hollandicus
(Psittaciformes: Cacatuidae), from New Zealand. The cockatiel is native to Australia, and this host record is from what was almost certainly an escaped captive bird. The genus Psittophagus
is transferred from Falculiferidae to Pterolichidae based on the absence of an epigynium and the presence of a Y-shaped oviporus.
Keywords
Acari; Pterolichoidea; Pterolichidae; taxonomy; New Zealand; Australia
R00056 Received 2 November 2000; accepted 3 May 2001
© Journal of The Royal Society of New Zealand,
Volume 32, Number 1, March 2002, pp 1–6
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