TY  - JOUR
JF  - Acarologia
T1  - Three new feather mite species of the genus Proterothrix Gaud, 1968 (Analgoidea: Proctophyllodidae: Pterodectinae) from birds of paradise (Passeriformes: Paradisaeidae)
VL  - 64
IS  - 2
SP  - 661
EP  - 682
PY  - 2024
SN  - 0044-586X
SN  - 2107-7207
PB  - Les Amis d'Acarologia
AU  - Constantinescu, Ioana Cristina
AU  - Chișamera, Gabriel Bogdan
AU  - Motoc, Rozalia
AU  - Adam, Costică
UR  - https://doi.org/10.24349/bx89-qaob
DO  - 10.24349/bx89-qaob
DA  - 2024-05-16
ET  - 2024-05-16
KW  - feather mites
KW  - systematics
KW  - Analgoidea
KW  - birds of paradise
AB  - Three new feather mite species of the genus Proterothrix Gaud, 1968 (Proctophyllodidae: Pterodectinae) are described from birds of paradise (Corvida: Paradisaeidae): Proterothrix maior sp. n. and P. modestasimilis sp. n. from the Crinkle-collared Manucode, Manucodia chalybatus (Pennant, 1781), and P. papuensis from the Lesser Bird-of-paradise, Paradisaea minor Shaw, 1809. All three species belong to the wolffi species group, in having almost closed coxal fields III in males and parallel-sided terminal cleft in females.
ER -