Ptilonyssus nudus Berlese & Trouessart, 1889
Fig 110 (a). Ptilonyssus nudus female dorsal habitus.
Fig 110 (b). Ptilonyssus nudus female dorsum.
Fig 110 (c). Ptilonyssus nudus female venter.
North American host records:
Hirundinidae:
Hirundo rustica,
Barn Swallow
(Pence 1975)
Riparia riparia,
Sand Martin
(Pence 1975)
Paridae:
Parus atricapillus,
Black-capped
Chickadee (Pence 1975)
Passeridae:
Passer domesticus,
House Sparrow
(Porter and Strandtmann 1952; George 1961; Wilson
1964; Pence 1975; Knee et al. 2008)
Sturnidae:
Sturnus vulgaris,
Common Starling
(Pence 1975)
Diagnostic characteristics:
- two dorsal shields, podosomal and pygidial shields
- posterior margin of podosomal shield is rounded
- st1 st2 and st3 on the sternal shield
- subapical ventral setal pair on tarsus IV are relatively long strong spikes
- seven pairs of ventral opisthosomal setae
- three 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 less than half the
length of the longest mesolateral setae
- paranal setae posterior to anal opening, paranal and postanal setae are equal or
almost equal in length
References:
Berlese, A.,
and E.L. Trouessart.
1889.
Diagnoses d’acariens nouveaux ou peu connus. Bulletin de la
Societe de Sciences Naturelles de
l’Ouest de la France (Nantes), 2: 126-130.
George, J.E. 1961. The nasal mites of the genus Ptilonyssus (Acarina:
Rhinonyssidae)
occuring on some north american
passerifrom birds. Kansas Entomological
Society, 34: 105-132.
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).
Special Publications of the Museum Texas
Tech University, 8: 1-148.
Porter, J.C. and Strandtmann, R.W. 1952. Nasal mites of the English Sparrow.
The Texas
Journal of Science, 4: 393-399.
Wilson, N. 1964. New records and descriptions of Rhinonyssidae, mostly from
New
Guinea (Acarina: Mesostigmata). Pacific
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