TY  - JOUR
JF  - Acarologia
T1  - A new asymmetrical feather mite of the genus Michaelia trouessart, 1884 (Astigmata: Freyanidae) from the Neotropical Cormorant, Phalacrocorax brasilianus (Pelecaniformes)
VL  - 56
IS  - 1
SP  - 45
EP  - 61
PY  - 2016
SN  - 0044-586X
SN  - 2107-7207
PB  - Les Amis d'Acarologia
AU  - Hernandes, F.A.
AU  - Mironov, S.V.
AU  - Bauchan, G.R.
AU  - Ochoa, R.A.
UR  - https://doi.org/10.1051/acarologia/20162187
DO  - 10.1051/acarologia/20162187
DA  - 2016-03-04
ET  - 2016-03-04
KW  - Michaelia
KW  - feather mite
KW  - taxonomy
KW  - asymmetry
KW  - heteromorphy
KW  - low temperature scanning microscopy
KW  - LTSEM
AB  - Species of the feather mite genus Michaelia Trouessart, 1884 are notable for striking bilateral asymmetry in males, displayed in the structure of the anterior legs (both hetero- and homeomorphs) and the opisthosomal lobes (heteromorphs). A new species of this genus, Michaelia neotropica Hernandes and Mironov n. sp., is described from the Neotropical Cormorant Phalacrocorax brasilianus (Pelecaniformes: Phalacrocoracidae) from Brazil. It differs from M. urile (Dubinin, 1953) by having a narrower incision on the inner margins of the opisthosomal lobes anterior to setae h1, and relatively longer legs I with the ambulacrum reaching the midlevel of elongated tarsus II. A key to heteromorphic males of the genus Michaelia is provided.
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