Alloptes Conuralloptes Gaud, 1972

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 Conuralloptes Gaud, 1972

Notes.

The subgenus Alloptes Conurlloptes currently includes 23 species and is characterized by the following features ( Gaud 1972; Vasyukova and Mironov 1991): in both sexes, seta mG of genu II is short spine-like with widely rounded apex; in males, the opisthosoma is triangular, gradually narrowed posteriorly and without posterior enlargement, idiosomal setae h3 are absent, setae ps2 are strongly reduced (barely distinct); in females, opisthosoma with well-developed opisthosomal lobes, setae ps1 and f2 are present. This subgenus is known from birds of the families Chionidae , Pedionomidae , Recurvirostridae , and Scolopacidae in the order Charadriiformes ( Gaud 1972; Vasyukova and Mironov 1991; Mironov and Palma 2006).