Trochilodectes Park & Atyeo, 1971

Hernandes, Fabio Akashi, 2013, The feather mites (Acari, Astigmata) of the Violet-capped Woodnymph, Thalurania glaucopis (Gmelin) (Aves, Trochilidae), with descriptions of three new species, Zootaxa 3616 (6), pp. 563-577 : 571

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.3616.6.3
publication LSID	lsid:zoobank.org:pub:05C89903-B7A0-45BC-B316-931E789BDAFD
DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6151649
persistent identifier	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/05530039-2203-B86C-FF27-1246FC5FF813
treatment provided by	Plazi
scientific name	Trochilodectes Park & Atyeo, 1971
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Type-species: Proctophyllodes (Pterodectes) trochilidarum Trouessart, 1885

Mites of this genus occur only on hummingbirds ( Apodiformes , Trochilidae ). Setae ps 3 in males are inserted anterior to adanal suckers, and setae h2 are lanceolate and without terminal filament. The genus Trochilodectes comprises currently of ten species (Park & Atyeo 1974b; Černý 1974).

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Taxonomy

Kingdom	Animalia
Phylum	Arthropoda
Class	Arachnida
Order	Astigmata
SubOrder	Astigmata
Family	Proctophyllodidae

Kingdom	Animalia
Phylum	Arthropoda
Class	Arachnida
Order	Astigmata
SubOrder	Astigmata
Family	Proctophyllodidae
Genus	Proctophyllodes

Kingdom	Animalia
Phylum	Chordata
Class	Aves
Order	Apodiformes
SubOrder	Astigmata
Family	Proctophyllodidae

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