Alloptes Alloptes Canestrini, 1879

Han, Yeong-Deok, Mironov, Sergey V., Kim, Jeong-Hoon & Min, Gi-Sik, 2021, Feather mites (Acariformes, Astigmata) from marine birds of the Barton Peninsula (King George Island, Antarctica), with descriptions of two new species, ZooKeys 1061, pp. 109-130 : 109

Subgenus Alloptes Alloptes Canestrini, 1879

Notes.

The subgenus Alloptes Alloptes s. str. currently includes three species and is characterized by the following features ( Gaud 1952, 1972; Mironov 1996): in both sexes, seta mG of genu II is spiculiform; in males, the opisthosoma is roughly shaped as an equilateral triangle with terminal part strongly enlarged, setae h3 are present, setae ps2 are well developed (half as long as f2); in females, the opisthosoma is rounded, the opisthosomal lobes are not developed, idiosomal setae ps1 and f2 are present. Representatives of the subgenus are known from birds of the families Scolopacidae and Chionidae ( Gaud 1952, 1957, 1972; Vasyukova and Mironov 1991). Five Alloptes species described by Dubinin (1952) from auks ( Alcidae ) could also belong to this subgenus, because these mites have filiform genual setae mG II and females have the opisthosoma rounded or with strongly abbreviated lobes, but all these species need re-investigation.