Selenonycha Kethley, 1970

Skoracki, Maciej, Dabert, Jacek & Schmäschke, Ronald, 2006, Observations on the quill mites (Acari: Syringophilidae) from charadriiform birds, Zootaxa 1156, pp. 51-64 : 63

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https://doi.org/ 10.5281/zenodo.172288

DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5630028

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scientific name

Selenonycha Kethley, 1970
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Genus Selenonycha Kethley, 1970 View in CoL

Type species: S. baltoda Kethley, 1970

This genus includes only S. baltoda Kethley, 1970 . This species was described from Charadrius wilsonia Ord (Charadriidae) from the USA ( Kethley 1970). Later on it was recollected from Charadrius placidus Gray from Russia ( Bochkov & Mironov 1998). Below we give five new host species for S. baltoda .

Material examined

Nine females and 4 males (Syr.95) from Pluvialis dominica (Müller) (Charadriidae) ; Paraguay, Departamento Alto Paraguay, West Bank of Rio Paraguay, Colonia Carmelo Peralta, 21 September 1988, coll. S. M. Goodman; 25 females, 3 males and 1 nymph (Syr.96) from Larus atricilla L. ( Laridae ); USA, Florida, Taylor Co., 28 mil SE Perry, 0 1 September 1970, coll. W. T. Atyeo; 7 females and 2 nymphs (Syr.97) from Larus genei Breme ( Laridae ); Egypt, Lake Manzala area, 0 4 January 1984, coll. S. M. Goodman, UMMZ 206583; 8 females and 1 male (Syr.98) from Larus californicus Lawrence (Laridae) ; USA, California, Mono Co., Mono Lake, 16 July 1983, coll. J. R. Jehl, UMMZ 206315; 2 females (Syr.99) from secondaries of Larus ridibundus L. ( Laridae ); Germany, Regis (in Saxony), 31 October 2002, coll. Synnatzschke; 2 females from the same host; Germany, Leipzig, 0 7 September 2002, coll. Synnatzschke.

Material deposition. From Pluvialis dominica : 5 females and 3 males at UAM, 2 females and 1 male at ZIN, 2 females at UMMZ; from Larus atricilla : 16 females, 2 males and 1 nymph at UAM, 4 females at ZIN, 2 females at ZSM, 3 females and 1 male at UMMZ; from Larus genei : 5 females and 2 nymphs at UAM, 2 females at UMMZ; from Larus californicus : 6 females and 1 male at UAM, 2 females at UMMZ; from Larus ridibundus : all specimens at UAM.

UMMZ

University of Michigan, Museum of Zoology

UAM

University of Alaska Museum

ZIN

Russian Academy of Sciences, Zoological Institute, Zoological Museum

ZSM

Bavarian State Collection of Zoology

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