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New feather mites of the Nycteridocaulus generic group (Acariformes: Proctophyllodidae) from passerines (Passeriformes) in Panama

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Three new feather mite species of the Nycteridocaulus generic group (Proctophyllodidae: Proctophyllodinae) are described from passerines in Panama: Atrichophyllodes myrmotherulae sp. n. from the Slaty Antwren, Myrmotherula schisticolor (Lawrence) (Thamnophilidae), Nycteridocaulus apanaskevichi sp. n. from the Grey-breasted Wood Wren, Henicorhina leucophrys (Tschudi) (Troglodytidae), and N. empidonicus sp. n. from the Yellowish Flycatcher Empidonax flavescens Lawrence (Tyrannidae). Nycteridocaulus apanaskevichi, presenting the second record of the genus from a host of oscine passerines, differs from N. guaratubensis Hernandes, 2014 in having the anterolateral extensions of the prodorsal shield rounded and the hysteronotal shield lacking any ornamentation. Males of N. empidonicus differ from N. myiobius Mironov, 2017 in having the supranal concavity open posteriorly and tarsus IV with rounded apical process; and females are distinguished by macrosetae h2 having long filiform apices. Males of A. myrmotherulae most clearly differ from A. mentalis Hernandes et al. 2007 in having the terminal lamellae rectangular and tarsus IV with triangular ventral process, and females are distinguished in having a noticeably longer idiosoma, 400–430 μm long. Comments on systematics and host associations of the genera Atrichophyllodes and Nycteridocaulus are provided.

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Acknowledgements

We thank L. Domínguez (Gorgas Memorial Institute for Health Studies, Panama City, Panama), and S. Torres (University of Panama, Panama City, Panama) for their major help in capturing animals and collecting ectoparasites during our field trip in 2016.

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The study was supported by the Russian Foundation for Basic Research (RFBR, No. 20-04-00500) for SM. The field investigation was funded by the Universidad Autónoma de Chiriquí (UNACHI, No. 184-CN-01-A095-04-2013) for SB.

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  2. Departamento de Investigación en Entomología Médica, Instituto Conmemorativo Gorgas de Estudios de la Salud, Calle 36 Este, Panama, Panama

    Sergio Bermúdez

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Mironov, S.V., Bermúdez, S. New feather mites of the Nycteridocaulus generic group (Acariformes: Proctophyllodidae) from passerines (Passeriformes) in Panama. Syst Parasitol 98, 189–206 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11230-021-09971-7

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