Proctophyllodes microstylifer

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Analgoidea
Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Cladus: Protostomia Cladus: Ecdysozoa Cladus: Panarthropoda Phylum: Arthropoda Subphylum: Chelicerata Classis: Arachnida Subclassis: Acari Superordo: Acariformes Ordo: Sarcoptiformes Subordo: Psoroptidia Superfamilia: Analgoidea

Familia: Proctophyllodidae
Subfamilia: Proctophyllodinae
Genus: Proctophyllodes
Species: Proctophyllodes microstylifer

Name

• Proctophyllodes microstylifer Mironov, 2012: 143, figs. 6–10

Holotype: ZISP 4866, ♂, from Troglodytes troglodytes (Linnaeus, 1758) (Troglodytidae); 24 September 1979, coll. S.V. Mironov.

Type locality: Russia, Kaliningrad Province, Rybachy, N 55°05′, E 20°44′.

Etymology: The specific epithet is formed from mikrós (Gr., small) and P. stylifer to indicate its smaller size in relation to the latter species.

References

• Mironov, S.V., 2012: New species of the feather mite genus Proctophyllodes Robin 1877 (Acari: Analgoidea: Proctophyllodidae) from European Passerines (Aves: Passeriformes), with an updated checklist of the genus. Acarina, 20 (2): 130–158. PDF.