THE FIRST RECORDS OF MITES OF THE GENUS NEHARPYRHYNCHUS (ACARIFORMES: HARPIRHYNCHIDAE) FROM BIRDS IN PERU

Authors

  • Ivan Literák Department of Biology and Wildlife Diseases, Faculty of Veterinary Hygiene and Ecology, University of Veterinary and Pharmaceutical Sciences, Palackého 1-3, 612 42 Brno, Czech Republic. https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9885-6840
  • Andre V. Bochkov Zoological Institute, Russian Academy of Sciences, Universitetskaya Embankment 1, 199034 Saint Petersburg, Russia https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3894-6163
  • Jorge Cárdenas-Callirgos Laboratorio de Invertebrados, Museo de Historia Natural, Facultad de Ciencias Biológicas,Universidad Ricardo Palma, Av. Benavides 54440, Lima 33, Perú https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6235-6107
  • Miroslav Capek Institute of Vertebrate Biology, Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic, v. v. i., Kvetná 8, 603 65 Brno, Czech Republic. https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0189-1250

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.24039/rnh2012611001

Keywords:

Amazilia, birds, Ectoparasites, mites, Neharpyrhynchus, Thraupis.

Abstract

Two mite species of the genus Neharpyrhynchus (Acariformes: Harpirhynchidae) were recorded on wild birds in Peru: Neharpyrhynchus trochilinus from Amazilia lacteal, and A. chionogaster (both Apodiformes: Trochilidae) and Neharpyrhynchus tangara from Thraupis episcopus (Passeriformers: Thraupidae). Records from A. chionogaster and T. episcopus represent new hostparasite associations. Mites of this genus were found in Peru for the first time.

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Published

2012-02-24

How to Cite

Literák, I., Bochkov, A. V., Cárdenas-Callirgos, J., & Capek, M. (2012). THE FIRST RECORDS OF MITES OF THE GENUS NEHARPYRHYNCHUS (ACARIFORMES: HARPIRHYNCHIDAE) FROM BIRDS IN PERU. Neotropical Helminthology, 6(1), 109–114. https://doi.org/10.24039/rnh2012611001

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