TY - JOUR JF - Acarologia T1 - On some new or little known species of parasitic Cheyletidae (Acari: Prostigmata) VL - 42 IS - 2 SP - 145 EP - 160 PY - 2001 SN - 0044-586X SN - 2107-7207 PB - Les Amis d'Acarologia AU - Fain, A. AU - Bochkov, A.V. UR - https://www1.montpellier.inrae.fr/CBGP/acarologia/article.php?id=100 DA - 2002-06-28 KW - Acari KW - Cheyletidae KW - parasites KW - vertebrates AB - Seven new species of parasitic Cheyletidae (Acari: Prostigmata) most of them originating from the Afrotropical region are described: Thryonomycheyla angolensis sp. nov. ex Thryonomys sp. (Rodentia: Thryonomyidae), from Angola; Ornithocheyletia columbigallinae sp. nov. ex Columbigallina sp. (Columbiformes: Columbidae), from Brazil; O. orioli sp. nov. ex Oriolus oriolus (Passeriformes: Oriolidae), from Rwanda; O. wauthyi sp. nov. ex Lamprocolius sp. (Passeriformes: Sturnidae), from Rwanda; Neocheyletiella queleae sp. nov. ex Quelea quelea (Passeriformes: Ploceidae), from Rwanda; N. athene sp. nov. ex Athene brama (Strigiformes: Strigidae), from India and N. lonchurae sp. n. ex Lonchura tricolor (Passeriformes: Estrildidae), from Rwanda. In addition, Apodicheles apus Fain, 1979, recorded from Rwanda, ex Apus caffer (Apodiformes: Apodidae) is redescribed and depicted here for the first time. ER -