Freyanopterolichus Dubinin, 1953

Waki, Tsukasa & Shimano, Satoshi, 2022, Redescription of two parasitic feather mites sampled from the last two Crested Ibises, Nipponia nippon (Temminck, 1835) (Pelecaniformes: Threskiornithidae) lived in Japan, Zootaxa 5116 (1), pp. 136-150 : 144

Genus Freyanopterolichus Dubinin, 1953

Type species: Freyanopterolichus nipponiae Dubinin, 1953 , by original designation.

The genus Freyanopterolichus currently includes 10 species occurring on ibises ( Threskiornithidae ), storks (Ciconiidae), hamerkops (Scopidae) and cranes (Gruidae) (Trouessart & Mégnin, 1885; Dubinin 1953; Gaud & Mouchet, 1959; Gaud 1982a, 1982b). Within the family, this genus is clearly characterized by the following combination of characters. In both sexes, two internal vertical setae vi are present, epimerites I are free, the prodorsal shield is wide triangular and encompasses both pairs of scapular setae, the ambulacral discs of legs I are larger than those of legs II; in females, macrosetae h2 and h3 are long whip-like and usually dilated in basal part, the epigynum is situated between the extremities of epimerites I, and the oviporus is moved anterior and situated between levels of trochanters II and III.