African species of the genus Thysanocercus Gaud, 1957 (Alloptidae, Thysanocercinae)
Gaud, J. and Peterson, P.C.
1987 - Volume: 28 Issue: 3 pages: 265-275
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The feather mite genus Thysanocercus, Gaud 1957 (Alloptidae, Thysanocercinae) is discussed with a redescription of the type species, T. cypseli (Canestrini and Berlese, 1881) collected from Apus apus. T. callithyrus, Gaud and Mouchet 1959, is synonomized with T. cypseli and five new african species are described and illustrated. The species include: T. affinis n. sp. from Apus affinis, T. brachyurus n. sp. from Neafrapus cassini, T. cerionotus n. sp. from Schoutedenapus myoptilus, T. parvulus n. sp. from Cypsiurus parvus and T. tanycnemus n. sp. from Zoonavena grandidieri. Keys to males and females are provided.
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1987-10-30
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1987 Gaud, J. and Peterson, P.C.
1987-10-30
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License
1987 Gaud, J. and Peterson, P.C.
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