TY - JOUR JF - Acarologia T1 - Acari of the genus Pteronyssoides (Avenzoariidae, Analgoidea) parasite of eurafrican swallows VL - 26 IS - 3 SP - 295 EP - 306 PY - 1985 SN - 0044-586X SN - 2107-7207 PB - Les Amis d'Acarologia AU - Gaud, J. AU - Atyeo, W.T. UR - https://www1.montpellier.inrae.fr/CBGP/acarologia/article.php?id=2662 DA - 1985-09-27 KW - Taxonomy KW - swallows KW - Eurafrica KW - feather mites AB - Six species of the feather mite genus Pteronyssoides, Hull have been collected from 27 of the 40 known species of eurafrican swallows. Three mite species are redescribed: P. nuntiaeveris (Beriese), P. obscurus (Berlese), P. ottuki Chirov and Mironov and three new species are described: P. dasyrhytidus, P. obscuroides, P. ptyctothyrus. The last mentioned species is restricted to the subfamily Pseudochelidoninae; the remaining species are known from the Hirundininae. Host associations are given for all mite species. Keys for males and females are provided. ER -