Two genera of parasitic cheyletid mites, Smileycheles Fain, 1979 (monotypic) and Thryonomycheyla Fain, 1972 (two species), are synonymized with the genus Sciurocheyla Volgin, 1969. An emended diagnosis of the genus Sciurocheyla is provided. Sciurocheyla squamosa (Domrow & Baker, 1963), type species of the genus, and Sciurocheyla camerounensis (Fain, 1979), new combination, are redescribed. Females, males, teleo- and protonymphs of Sciurocheyla funisciurus, new species, collected from Funisciurus pyrrohopus F. Cuvier in tropical Africa are described and illustrated.
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1 May 2004
Systematics of the Genus Sciurocheyla (Acari: Cheyletidae), Parasites of Tropical Squirrels (Rodentia: Sciuridae)
Andre V. Bochkov,
Barry M. Oconnor
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Cheyletidae
ectoparasites
new species
Sciuridae
Sciurocheyla