Redescriptions of four species of the feather mite genus Pterodectes Robin, 1877 (Acari: Proctophyllodidae: Pterodectinae) described by Herbert F. Berla

Fundação Oswaldo Cruz. Instituto Oswaldo Cruz. Departamento de Entomologia. Laboratório de Ixodides. Rio de Janeiro, RJ. Brasil.
Universidade Estadual Paulista. Departamento de Zoologia e Botânica. Programa de Pós-Graduação em Biologia Animal. São José do Rio Preto, SP, Brasil.

Abstract in Portuguese

Four species of the feather mite genus Pterodectes Robin, 1877, originally described by H. F. Berla, an early Brazilian acarologist, from various South American passerines are re-described: Pterodectes bilineatus; P. nordestensis; P. turdinus and P. geothlypis.

Keywords in Portuguese

Ácaro da pena
Astigmata
Proctophyllodidae
Sistemática
Brasil

Keywords

Feather mite
Astigmata
Proctophyllodidae
Systematics
Brazil

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KMK Scientific Press Ltd

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VALIM, Michel P.; HERNANDES, F. A. Redesciptions of four species of the feather mite genus Pterodectes Robin, 1877 (Acari: Proctophyllodidae: Pterodectinae) described by Herbert F. Berla. Acarina, v. 14, n. 1, p. 41-55, 2006.

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0132-8077

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