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Annals of the Entomological Society of America 98(1):13-17. 2005
doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.1603/0013-8746(2005)098[0013:ANSOTF]2.0.CO;2

A New Species of the Feather Mite Genus Pterotrogus Gaud (Analgoidea: Pteronyssidae) from the Ivory-billed Woodpecker Campephilus principalis L. (Aves: Piciformes)

S. V. Mironov^a, J. Dabert^b, R. Ehrnsberger^c

^aZoological Institute, Russian Academy of Sciences, Universitetskaya embankment 1, 199034 Saint Petersburg, Russia( acari@zin.ru)

^bDepartment of Animal Morphology, A. Mickiewicz University, 28 Czerwca 1956/198, Poznań 61–484, Poland

^cInstitute of Nature Conservation and Environmental Education, University of Vechta, Driverstrasse 22, D-49377 Vechta, Germany

Abstract

A new feather mite species, Pterotrogus principalis sp. n., is described from the wing plumage of the ivory-billed woodpecker, Campephilus principalis L. This is the first record of a feather mite species from this bird, which was distributed in southeastern North America and Cuba, but is considered to be recently extinct.

Received: April 13, 2004; Accepted: July 15, 2004

Keywords: feather mites, Pterotrogus, new species, Campephilus principalis

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Figs. 1–4. Pterotrogus principalis sp. n., male. (1) Dorsal view. (2) Ventral view. (3). Tarsus III, dorsal view. (4) Tarsus IV, dorsal view. Signatures for idiosomal setae: c1, c2, c3, cp—segment C setae, d1, d2—segment D setae, e1, e2—segment E setae, f2—segment F setae, g—genital setae, h1–h3—segment H setae, ps1–ps3—setae of pseudanal segment, se, si—scapular setae, vi—internal vertical setae, 1a, 3a, 3b, 4a—coxal setae. Signatures for leg setae and solenidia: d, e, f—dorsoapical setae of tarsi I-IV, kT—ventral seta of tibiae III, IV, r—paraxial ventral seta of tarsi III, IV, s-ventroapical setae of tarsus III, w—ventral seta of tarsi III, IV, —dorsoapical solenidion of tibiae I–IV

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Figs 5–7. Pterotrogus principalis sp. n., female. (5) Dorsal view. (6) Ventral view. (7) Head of spermatheca. SD, secondary spermaducts

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