Ptilonyssus euroturdi Fain & Hyland, 1963
Fig 113 (a). Ptilonyssus euroturdi female dorsal habitus.
Fig 113 (b). Ptilonyssus euroturdi female dorsum.
Fig 113 (c). Ptilonyssus euroturdi female venter.
North American host records:
Mimidae:
Dumetella carolinensis,
Gray Catbird
(Pence 1972, 1975; Knee et al. 2008)
Turdidae:
Turdus migratorius,
American Robin
(Spicer 1987)
Catharus mustelinus,
Wood Thrush
(Pence 1972, 1975)
Diagnostic characteristics:
- two dorsal shields, podosomal and pygidial shields
- posterior margin of podosomal shield either medially straight with lateral lobes,
or trilobed
- st1 on with st2 and st3 off the sternal shield
- subapical ventral setal pair on tarsus IV are relatively long strong spikes
- six pairs of ventral opisthosomal setae
- six pairs of mesolateral setae
- at least two pairs of mesolateral setae twice as long as other mesolateral
setae
- 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 unequal in
length
References:
Fain, A., and K.E. Hyland. 1963. Deus nouveaux rhinonyssides communs aux faunes
d'Amerique du
Nord et de Belgique. Bulletin and
Annales de la Societe Royale d'Entomologie de Belgique,
99: 375-386.
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. 1972. The nasal mites of birds from Louisiana IV. The genus
Ptilonyssus
(Dermanyssidae: Rhinonyssinae) with a
description of two new species.
Journal of Parasitology, 58:
1162-1169.
Pence, D.B. 1975. Keys, species and host list, and bibliography for nasal
mites of
North American birds (Acarina:
Rhinonyssinae, Turbinoptinae,
Speleognathinae, and Cytoditidae).
Special Publications of the Museum Texas
Tech University, 8: 1-148.
Spicer, G.S. 1987. Prevalence and host-parasite list of some nasal mites
from birds (Acarina:
Rhinonyssidae, Speleognathidae).
Journal of Parasitology, 73: 259-264.