Trouessartia bifurcata (Trouessart, 1884)

Kolarova, Nevena, 2021, Feather mites (Acari: Analgoidea) from the Moustached Warbler, Acrocephalus melanopogon (Passeriformes: Acrocephalidae) in Bulgaria, ZooNotes 2021 (179), pp. 1-4 : 2

Trouessartia bifurcata (Trouessart, 1884) ( Fig. 1A )

Material examined: Bulgaria, BES “Kalimok”, 07 August 2010, 3♂♂, 3♀♀, on the wing feathers of A. melanopogon, M. Ilieva leg.; 23 October 2010, 5♂♂, 7♀♀, from feathers of the head, back and the secondaries of A. melanopogon, M. Ilieva leg.; Durankulak Lake, 22 June 2012, 4♂♂, 4♀♀, on the wing feathers of A. melanopogon, M. Ilieva leg .

In the previous studies in our country, T. bifurcata was reported on feathers of the head and the secondaries from A. agricola ( Kolarova & Mitov 2008) .

Figures

Fig. 1. Trouessartia bifurcata (Trouessart, 1884), male (A), Trouessartia mironovi Constantinescu, 2013, male (B). Scale bars: 100 μm.