A new feather mite species of the genus Mycterialges Gaud & Atyeo, 1981 (Acari, Xolalgidae) from the Oriental Stork, Ciconia boyciana (Ciconiiformes, Ciconiidae) in Korea

By

Shim, Jeong
Han, Yeong-Deok
Kim, Sukyung
Ha,  Dongsoo
Shin, Yongun
Soo Hyung, Eo

Type

Article

Date of Publication

2024

Original Publication

ZooKeys

Volume

1192

Pages

179--196

Subjects

Analgoidea , Astigmata , COI , ectosymbionts , Ingrassiinae , systematics , taxonomy

Contributed by

Pensoft Publishers

Language

English

Published by

Sofia, Bulgaria Pensoft Publishers

Identifiers

DOI: https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.1192.115749

 

Abstract

A new feather mite species,Mycterialges boycianaesp. nov.(Xolalgidae), was identified from the Oriental Stork,Ciconia boycianaSwinhoe, 1873, in Korea. Males ofM. boycianaesp. nov.are distinguished fromMycterialges mesomorphusGaud & Atyeo, 1981, in having a single triangular prodorsal shield, sinuous margins of the opisthosoma located between setaee2 andh2 on the hysteronotal shield, an oval-shaped epiandrum without posterior extensions, a shorter tibia + tarsus IV than femoragenu IV, and an absent ambulacral disc of leg IV. Females differ in having a prodorsal shield with a posterior margin that is blunt-angular, and a concave posterior margin of the hysteronotal shield with posterior extensions. This study presents the first record of the feather mite genusMycterialgesin birds of the genusCiconia(Ciconiidae). Additionally, we determined the phylogenetic relationship among Ingrassiinae using the mitochondrial cytochromecoxidase subunit (COI).