Sarcoptiform feather mites (Freyanidae) parasitic on the magpie goose Anseranas semipalmata Latham
1974 - Volume: 16 Issue: 3 pages: 506-521
Keywords
Acari
Freyanidae
Dobyella
Freyanopsis
Pelecymerus
new genus
new species
Western Australia
avian hosts
Abstract
Sarcoptiformes plumicoles (Freyanidae) parasites de l oie pie Anseranas semipalmata Latham. Four genera of feather mites including five species are restricted to Anseranas semipalmata, the magpie goose of northern Australia and southern New Guinea. These taxa are (re)described and figured: Allojreyana n. g. for A. oxygonata n. sp.; Dobyella n. g. for D. longipalpa n. sp.; Freyanopsis Dubinin 1950 for F. decidilatatusetae Dubinin 1950 and F. periproctus n. sp.; Pelecymerus n. g. for P. tetragonus n. sp.
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