Timalinyssus Mironov, 2001

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Genus Timalinyssus Mironov, 2001

The genus Timalinyssus encompasses five species of large-sized feather mites that can be found on birds from the family Leiothrichidae (Passeriformes) from Asia ( China, Taiwan and Vietnam). The type species is Timalinyssus oliferae ( Mironov, 1990) (= Mouchetia oliferae ) from Leiothrix argentauris Hodgson. Initial diagnostic characters given to the genus (Mironov 2001) proved to be insufficient as new species were subsequently described ( Wang & Wang 2008; Mironov & Proctor 2011). In a more complete diagnosis of the genus Mironov & Proctor (2011) described the distinctive feature differentiating it from the closely related genus Mouchetia , namely the structure of tarsus III in male. In contrast to males of Mouchetia , in Timalinyssus , tarsus III is usually elongated and curved, with a claw-like or bidentate apical process and the dorsal surface of this segment bearing a smooth or indented longitudinal crest. Females of Timalinyssus differ from those of the genus Mouchetia because their hysteronotal shield is not narrowed in the anterior half.