Two new feather mites of the genus Neocalcealges Orwig (Analgoidea: Trouessartiidae) from the Sichuan province of China

Zi-Ying Wang; Heather Proctor

doi:10.11646/zootaxa.3946.4.5

Two new feather mites of the genus Neocalcealges Orwig (Analgoidea: Trouessartiidae) from the Sichuan province of China

Zootaxa. 2015 Apr 13;3946(4):567-76. doi: 10.11646/zootaxa.3946.4.5.

Authors

Zi-Ying Wang¹, Heather Proctor²

Affiliations

¹ Institute of Entomology, College of Plant Protection, Southwest University, Chongqing, China 400715.; Email: zhibaoy@swu.edu.cn.
² Department of Biological Sciences, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada T6G 2E9.; Email: hproctor@ualberta.ca.

PMID: 25947709
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3946.4.5

Abstract

Two new species of the feather mite genus Neocalcealges Orwig 1968 (Analgoidea: Trouessartiidae) are described from passerine birds (Passeriformes) from the Sichuan province of China: Neocalcealges davidi sp. nov. from Alcippe davidi Styan (Leiothrichidae) and N. chrysotis sp. nov. from Lioparus chrysotis (Blyth) (Paradoxornithidae). We provide a key to all described species of Neocalcealges.

Publication types

Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

Animals
China
Feathers / parasitology
Female
Male
Mites / anatomy & histology
Mites / classification*
Passeriformes / parasitology