Fig 106 (a). Ptilonyssus perisorei female dorsal habitus.
Fig 106 (b). Ptilonyssus perisorei female dorsum.
Fig 106 (c). Ptilonyssus perisorei female venter.
North American host records:
Corvidae:
Aphelocoma coerulescens, Florida Scrub-jay (Spicer 1978)
Cyanocitta stelleri, Stellar’s Jay (George 1961; Pence 1975)
Perisoreus canadensis, Gray Jay (George 1961; Pence 1975; Wilson and Haas 1980; Knee et al. 2008)
Diagnostic characteristics:
– two dorsal shields, podosomal and pygidial shields- posterior margin of podosomal shield is trilobed
– poorly defined sternal shield- subapical ventral setal pair on tarsus IV are relatively long strong spikes with a rounded terminus
– four 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 as long or almost as long as the longest mesolateral setae
– long seta with frayed tip dorsally on tarsus I apical margin
– paranal setae posterior to anal opening, and postanal seta absent
– pygidial shield is sometimes entire and sometimes in two fragments with subposterior setal pair on the fragments
References:
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.
Spicer, G.S. 1978. A new species and several new host records of avian nasal mites
(Acarina: Rhinonyssinae, Turbinoptinae). Journal of Parasitology, 64: 891-894.
Wilson, N., and Haas, G.E. 1980. Ectoparasites (Mallophaga, Diptera, Acari) from
Alaskan birds. Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington, 82: 541-552.
