Four new feather mite species of the genus Proctophyllodes Robin (Astigmata: Proctophyllodidae) from China

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Zoological Systematics ›› 2014, Vol. 39 ›› Issue (2) : 248-258. DOI: 10.11865/zs20140206 CSTR:

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Four new feather mite species of the genus Proctophyllodes Robin (Astigmata: Proctophyllodidae) from China

Zi-Ying Wang; Jin-Jun Wang; Xiao-Hui Su

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Fournew species of the feather mite genus Proctophyllodes are described fromthe birds of the order Passeriformes in China: P. flexuosa sp. nov. from Eophona migratoria Hartert (Chongqing), P. brevis sp. nov. from Passer montanus (Linnaeus) (Anhui and Chongqing), P. garrula sp. nov. from Garrulax poecilorhynchus Gould (Anhui), P. canora sp. nov. from Garrulaxcanorus (Linnaeus) (Guizhou).

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Astigmata / feather mites / Proctophyllodes / new species / China.

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Zi-Ying Wang; Jin-Jun Wang; Xiao-Hui Su. Four new feather mite species of the genus Proctophyllodes Robin (Astigmata: Proctophyllodidae) from China. Zoological Systematics. 2014, 39(2): 248-258 https://doi.org/10.11865/zs20140206