Ptilonyssus troglodytis Fain, 1964
Fig 109 (a). Ptilonyssus troglodytis female dorsal habitus.
Fig 109 (b). Ptilonyssus troglodytis female dorsum.
Fig 109 (c). Ptilonyssus troglodytis female venter.
North American host records:
Troglodytidae:
Troglodytes troglodytes,
Winter Wren
(Knee et al. 2008)
Diagnostic characteristics:
- two dorsal shields, podosomal and pygidial shields
- pygidial shield in two fragments with subposterior setal pair on the
fragments
- posterior margin of podosomal shield medially straight with lateral lobes, shield
highly reduced
- st1 on sternal shield, st2 and st3 off shield
- subapical ventral setal pair on tarsus IV are relatively long strong spikes
- six pairs of ventral opisthosomal setae
- six pairs of mesolateral setae
- mesolateral setae all approximately equal in length, there are not two pairs
of setae that are twice as long as another setal pair
- subposterior
pair of dorsal podosomal setae are half as long as the longest mesolateral setae
- paranal setae level with anal opening, paranal and postanal setae are equal or almost
equal in length
References:
Fain, A. 1964. Les acariens parasites nasicoles des oiseaux de Belgique. IV.
Notes sur quelques Rhinonyssidae
avec description de deux especes
nouvelles.
Bulletin
and Annales de la Societe Royale d'Entomologie de
Belgique,
100:
55-61.
Knee, W., Proctor,
H., and Galloway, T. 2008. Survey of nasal mites (Rhinonyssidae,
Ereynetidae,
and Turbinoptidae) associated with birds in Alberta and
Manitoba, Canada. Canadian Entomologist,
140: 364-379.
Pence, D.B. 1975. Keys, species and host list, and bibliography for nasal mites
of
North American birds (Acarina:
Rhinonyssinae, Turbinoptinae,
Speleognathinae, and Cytoditidae).
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Tech University, 8: 1-148.