Passeroptes lioparis (lat.) Is a species of acariform ticks of the family Dermationidae ( Analgoidea ) from the order Astigmata . Found in Southeast Asia: China , Yunnan . Parasites on birds , such as the passerine Lioparus chrysotis (Blyth) ( Thick-billed tits , Paradoxornithidae , genus Lioparus ). The length of the females is 0.157-0.170 mm (width - 0.120-0.130), the length of males is 0.150-0.165 mm (width - 0.110-0.115). The species was first described in 2015 by Chinese acarologists (Ning Mu, Xi-Jun Kuang, Huai Liu & Zi-Ying Wang, Institute of Entomology, Southwest University , Chongqing , China ) [1] .
Lioparus chrysotis - Passeroptes lioparis tick host species
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Notes
- ↑ Ning Mu, Xi-Jun Kuang, Huai Liu & Zi-Ying Wang. Feather mites of the genus Passeroptes Fain (Acariformes: Dermationidae) from passerines (Aves: Passeriformes) of China (English) // Zootaxa : Journal. - Magnolia Press, 2015 .-- Vol. 3985 (1). - P. 53–68. - ISSN 1175-5334 . http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.3985.1.3
Literature
- Mironov, SV; Bochkov, AV; Fain, A. Phylogeny and evolution of parasitism in feather mites of the families Epidermoptidae and Dermationidae (Acari: Analgoidea) (Eng.) // Zoologischer Anzeiger: Journal. - 2005. - Vol. 243. - P. 155–179. doi: 10.1016 / j.jcz.2004.10.001
- Gaud, J. & Atyeo, WT 1996. Feather mites of the world (Acarina, Astigmata): the supraspecific taxa. - Annales du Musée Royal de l'Afrique Centrale Tervuren Belgique, Sciences Zoologiques. 277: Pt I, 1-193 (Pt. Ι, text), Pt II, 1-436 (Pt. II, illustrations)