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Two new species of the feather mite family Gabuciniidae (Acariformes: Pterolichoidea) from wrens (Passeriformes: Troglodytidae)

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Two new species of the feather mite family Gabucinidae (Acari: Astigmata) are described from birds of the family Troglodytidae (Passeriformes) from Central America: Piciformobia cinnycerthiae sp. nov. from Cinnycerthia unirufa (Lafresnaye) in Ecuador, and P. henicorhinae sp. nov. from Henicorhina leucosticte (Cabanis) in Costa Rica. These are the first records of mites of the genus Piciformobia Gaud et Atyeo, 1975 from passerine hosts. A renewed diagnosis of the genus Piciformobia and key to all known species are provided.

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  1. Zoological Institute, Russian Academy of Sciences, Universitetskaya embankment 1, Saint Petersburg, 199034, Russia

    Sergey V. Mironov

  2. Department of Biology and Wildlife Diseases, Faculty of Veterinary Hygiene and Ecology, University of Veterinary and Pharmaceutical Sciences Brno, Palackeho tr. 1-3, 612 42, Brno, Czech Republic

    Ivan Literak & Oldrich Sychra

  3. Institute of Vertebrate Biology, Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic, v. v. i., Kvetna 8, 603 65, Brno, Czech Republic

    Miroslav Capek

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Mironov, S.V., Literak, I., Sychra, O. et al. Two new species of the feather mite family Gabuciniidae (Acariformes: Pterolichoidea) from wrens (Passeriformes: Troglodytidae). Acta Parasit. 59, 568–579 (2014). https://doi.org/10.2478/s11686-014-0287-2

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