Amerodectes spizellae Mironov and Chandler, 2017

Mironov, Sergey V. & Galloway, Terry D., 2021, Feather mites of the subfamily Pterodectinae (Acariformes: Proctophyllodidae) from passerines and kingfishers in Canada, Zootaxa 5016 (1), pp. 1-55 : 11

Amerodectes spizellae Mironov and Chandler, 2017

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Material examined. 12 males, 15 females from Spizella passerina (Bechstein, 1798) ( Passeriformes : Passerellidae ), (SM 1965), CANADA, Manitoba, Winnipeg, 13 May 2009, coll. T.D. Galloway and R. Duarte.

This species was described from the Chipping Sparrow, S. passerina , in Georgia, USA ( Mironov & Chandler 2017). In Canada, this mite is reported for the first time.

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FIGURE 4. Amerodectes species, ventral view of male opisthosoma. A—Amerodectes xanthocephali; B—A. spizellae, C—A. dumetellae, D—A. hribari.