A new quill mite species (Acari: Syringophilidae) parasitising tinamous (Aves: Tinamiformes)

作者:Skoracki Maciej*; Sikora Bozena; Ozminski Michal
来源:Systematic Parasitology, 2012, 81(2): 109-113.
DOI:10.1007/s11230-011-9329-4

摘要

Tinamiphilopsis ariconte n. sp., a syringophilid mite, is described from three tinamou species (Tinamidae), Rhynchotus rufescens (Temminck) and Nothura boraquira (Spix) in Paraguay and N. minor (Spix) in Brazil. These data indirectly support the hypothesis that the cheyletoid-like predatory ancestor of the Syringophilidae switched to parasitism before the divergence of the avian hosts into the two major clades Palaeognathae and Neognathae.

  • 出版日期2012-2