Odontacarus audyi (Radford, 1946)

Material examined. Location A: 1 larva from Turdus cardis ( Passeriformes: Turdidae), 1 February 2010; 3 larvae from Niltava davidi ( Passeriformes: Muscicapidae), 4 February 2010; 6 larvae from Niltava davidi, 5 February 2010; 5 larvae from Larvivora sibilans ( Passeriformes: Muscicapidae), 5 February 2010. Location B: 12 larvae from Larvivora sibilans, 7 February 2010; 8 larvae from Pellorneum ruficeps ( Passeriformes: Pellorneidae), 7 February 2010; 1 larva from Hemixos flavala ( Passeriformes: Pycnonotidae), 7 February 2010; 14 larvae from Copsychus malabaricus ( Passeriformes: Muscicapidae), 8 February 2010.

Distribution and hosts. O. audyi is widely distributed in South-East Asia (India, Malaysia, Thailand) and infests various birds (Nadchatram 1963). This author found O. audyi on Clamator coromandus (Linnaeus) ( Cuculiformes: Cuculidae), Centropus sinensis (Stephens) ( Cuculiformes: Cuculidae), Pitta brachyura (Linnaeus) ( Passeriformes: Pittidae), Pellorneum ruficeps ( Passeriformes: Pellorneidae), Luscinia cyane (Pallas) ( Passeriformes: Muscicapidae), Saxicola ferreus Gray ( Passeriformes: Muscicapidae), Garrulax moniliger (Hodgson) ( Passeriformes: Leiothrichidae), Copsychus malabricus ( Passeriformes: Muscicapidae), Anthus hodgsoni Richmond ( Passeriformes: Motacillidae), Lanius collurioides Lesson ( Passeriformes: Laniidae), and Cyornis banyumas (Horsfield) ( Passeriformes: Muscicapidae). O. audyi is recorded in Vietnam for the first time. Turdus cardis, Niltava davidi and Larvivora sibilans are new hosts for this species.