Amerodectes xanthocephali Mironov and Overstreet, 2015

Mironov, Sergey V. & Galloway, Terry D., 2021, Feather mites of the subfamily Pterodectinae (Acariformes: Proctophyllodidae) from passerines and kingfishers in Canada, Zootaxa 5016 (1), pp. 1-55 : 9

Amerodectes xanthocephali Mironov and Overstreet, 2015

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Material examined. 6 males, 14 females from Xanthocephalus xanthocephalus (Bonaparte, 1826) ( Passeriformes : Icteridae ), (SM 2048), CANADA, Manitoba, Winnipeg, 8 September 2010, coll. T.D. Galloway.

This species was described from the Yellow-headed Blackbird, X. xanthocephalus , in Oregon, USA ( Mironov & Overstreet 2015). In Canada, this mite is recorded for the first time.

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FIGURE 4. Amerodectes species, ventral view of male opisthosoma. A—Amerodectes xanthocephali; B—A. spizellae, C—A. dumetellae, D—A. hribari.