Mironovia pavodaptes ( Casto, 1980 )

Skoracki, Maciej & Sikora, Bozena, 2011, Quill mites (Acari: Syringophilidae) associated with galliform birds (Aves: Galliformes), Zootaxa 2966, pp. 13-30 : 19

publication ID

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.278233

DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5296691

persistent identifier

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scientific name

Mironovia pavodaptes ( Casto, 1980 )
status

comb. nov.

Mironovia pavodaptes ( Casto, 1980) View in CoL comb. nov.

Kalamotrypetes pavodaptes Casto, 1980: 237 View in CoL , figs. 3–4.

Type host: Meleagris gallopavo Linnaeus (Phasianidae) . Type locality: USA.

This species was originally described as Kalamotrypetes pavodaptes Casto collected ex Meleagris pavodaptes (Meleagridae) from Texas ( USA) ( Casto 1980). All characters of this species perfectly correspond to that of Mironovia (see genus Kalamotrypetes ).

Casto, S. D. (1980) A new genus of syringophilid mites from galliform birds in Texas. Texas Journal of Science, 32, 233 - 240.

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Arachnida

Order

Trombidiformes

Family

Syringophilidae

Genus

Mironovia