6 February 2023 Two new species of feather mites (Acari: Psoroptidia) from the Rusty-capped Fulvetta, Schoeniparus dubius (Passeriformes: Pellorneidae) in India
Ioana Cristina Constantinescu, Costică Adam, Gabriel Bogdan Chişamera, Viorel Gavril, Rozalia Motoc, D. Khlur B. Mukhim, Ioana Cobzaru
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Abstract

Two new species of feather mites are described from the Rusty-capped Fulvetta Schoeniparus dubius (Hume) (Passeriformes: Pellorneidae) in India (Meghalaya): Proterothrix manolelii Constantinescu sp. n. (Proctophyllodidae: Pterodectinae) and Trouessartia asiatica Constantinescu sp. n. (Trouessartiidae). Proterothrix manolelii belongs to the paradoxornis complex (wolffi species group) in having, in males, seta e of tarsus I lanceolate and the aedeagus long and whip-shaped. Among the other six species of the paradoxornis complex, this species appears to be closest to P. alcippeae Mironov, Literak, Hung & Capek, 2012 from the Rufous-throated Fulvetta, Schoeniparus rufogularis (Mandelli) (Passeriformes: Pellorneidae). Males of Proterothrix manolelii are distinguished from the latter in having the pentagonal structure formed by epimerites of propodosoma completely closed, the opisthosomal lobes almost three times longer than wide at base, and setae mGI and mGII lanceolate. Females of P. manolelii have the sternum about 1/3 of the total length of epimerites I, and the primary spermaduct is thickened only in distal 1/3. Trouessartia asiatica is the first species of the genus described from a bird host in the family Pellorneidae. Males of T. asiatica are clearly differentiated from related species described from birds in the family Leiotrichidae (T. cyanouropterae Constantinescu, 2016, T. alcippeae Constantinescu, 2016, and T. pauciseta Constantinescu, Chişamera, Motoc, Gustafsson, Zou, Chu and Adam, 2021), in the position and shape of the genital setae g, which are enlarged in basal 2/3rd and located far distantly from the base of genital apparatus, posterior to bases of setae 4a. Females of this species are clearly distinguished in the shape of the primary spermaduct, which is thickened along its entire length.

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Ioana Cristina Constantinescu, Costică Adam, Gabriel Bogdan Chişamera, Viorel Gavril, Rozalia Motoc, D. Khlur B. Mukhim, and Ioana Cobzaru "Two new species of feather mites (Acari: Psoroptidia) from the Rusty-capped Fulvetta, Schoeniparus dubius (Passeriformes: Pellorneidae) in India," Systematic and Applied Acarology 28(2), 269-288, (6 February 2023). https://doi.org/10.11158/saa.28.2.10
Received: 20 April 2022; Accepted: 30 December 2022; Published: 6 February 2023
KEYWORDS
Astigmata
description
Proctophyllodidae
systematics
taxonomy
Trouessartiidae
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