A new species of pterodectine feather mites (Acarina, Analgoidea, Proctophyllodidae) from the Little Spiderhunter Arachnothera longirostra (Passeriformes, Nectariniidae) in Meghalaya, India

The article describes a new species of the feather mite subfamily Pterodectinae from the Little Spiderhunter Arachnothera longirostra Temminck, 1826 (Passeriformes, Nectariniidae) in India. Pedanodectes angustilobus sp. n. differs from all known Pedanodectes species by having opisthosomal lobes shor...

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Published in:ZooKeys 2014-01, Vol.425 (425), p.1-13
Main Authors: Constantinescu, Ioana Cristina, Chişamera, Gabriel, Mukhim, D Khlur B, Adam, Costică
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Appendages
Arachnothera longirostra
Identification keys
Nectariniidae
New species
Passeriformes
Spiders
Zoology
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Summary:The article describes a new species of the feather mite subfamily Pterodectinae from the Little Spiderhunter Arachnothera longirostra Temminck, 1826 (Passeriformes, Nectariniidae) in India. Pedanodectes angustilobus sp. n. differs from all known Pedanodectes species by having opisthosomal lobes short, at base wider than long, roughly rounded apically in males, and strongly elongated and narrowed lobar region with wide terminal appendages in females. A key to species of the genus Pedanodectes is presented.
ISSN:1313-2989
1313-2970
DOI:10.3897/zookeys.425.7587