A new feather mite species of the genus Proterothrix Gaud, 1968 (Acarina, Proctophyllodidae) from the Large Niltava, Niltava grandis (Passeriformes, Muscicapidae) – an integrative description

By

Cristina, Constantinescu
Oana Paula, Popa
Popa, Luis
Ioana, Cobzaru
Khlur, Mukhim
Costică, Adam

Type

Article

Date of Publication

2017

Original Publication

ZooKeys

Volume

661

Pages

1-14

Subjects

feather mite , new species , Proterothrix , Pterodectinae , taxonomy

Contributed by

Pensoft Publishers

Language

English

Published by

Sofia, Bulgaria Pensoft Publishers

Identifiers

DOI: https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.661.11793

 

Abstract

A new species of the feather mite genus Proterothrix (Proctophyllodidae: Pterodectinae) is described from the Large NiltavaNiltava grandis (Blyth) (Passeriformes, Muscicapidae) in northeast India (Meghalaya, Jaintia Hills, Shnongrim village). Proterothrix chachulae Constantinescu, sp. n. differs from all known species of the genus by having in males the aedeagus with bilobate tip. The morphological description is supplemented with molecular characterisation of a fragment f near the 5' terminus of the mitochondrial COI gene.