Cacatualges microdiscus Dabert, Badek and Skoracki, 2007

Mironov, Sergey V., Ehrnsberger, Rainer & Dabert, Jacek, 2017, Feather mites of the genera Dubininia and Cacatualges (Acari: Xolalgidae) associated with parrots (Aves: Psittaciformes) of the Old World, Zootaxa 4272 (4), pp. 451-490 : 484

Cacatualges microdiscus Dabert, Badek and Skoracki, 2007

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Cacatualges microdiscus Dabert et al. 2007: 262 –265, Figs. 8–11 , 12 A–F.

Material examined. Male holotype, 1 male and 2 female paratypes (AMU 01744) from Cacatua galerita (Lathan) (Cacatuidae) , New Guinea, Astrolabe Bay , 1900, coll. B. Hagen . 1 female (AMU O1745) from C. sulphurea (Gmelin) , Timor , 28 July 1911, coll. C.B. Hanuel .

Depository. AMU.

This species was recorded so far from two species of cockatoos, Cacatua galerita (type host) in New Guinea and C. sulphurea in Timor (Dabert et al. 2007) .

Figures

FIGURE 8. Dubininia pezopori sp. n., legs of male. A – D—tibiae and tarsi I – IV, respectively.

FIGURE 9. Dubininia pezopori sp. n., female. A—dorsal view, B—ventral view.

FIGURE 10. Dubininia africana Gaud, 1980, male. A—dorsal view, B—ventral view.

FIGURE 11. Dubininia psittacina (Trouessart, 1885), male. A—dorsal view, B—ventral view.

FIGURE 12. Tibiae and tarsi of male. A – D— Dubininia psittacina (Trouessart, 1885), legs I – IV, respectively, E – H— D. africana Gaud, 1980, legs I – IV, respectively.

FIGURE 25. Cacatualges microdiscus Dabert, Badek and Skoracki, 2007, female. A—dorsal view, B—ventral view.

FIGURE 26. Cacatualges microdiscus Dabert, Badek and Skoracki, 2007, details of legs. A – D—tibiae and tarsi I – IV of male, respectively, E—tibia and tarsus I of female, F—leg III of female, G—tibia and tarsus IV of female.