TY  - JOUR
JF  - Acarologia
T1  - African species of the genus Thysanocercus Gaud, 1957 (Alloptidae, Thysanocercinae)
VL  - 28
IS  - 3
SP  - 265
EP  - 275
PY  - 1987
SN  - 0044-586X
SN  - 2107-7207
PB  - Les Amis d'Acarologia
AU  - Gaud, J.
AU  - Peterson, P.C.
UR  - https://www1.montpellier.inrae.fr/CBGP/acarologia/article.php?id=2588
DA  - 1987-10-30
KW  - feather mites
KW  - taxonomy
KW  - Thysanocercus
KW  - Africa
AB  - 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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