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ABSTRACT:
SUBMITTER: Constantinescu IC
PROVIDER: S-EPMC4740835 | biostudies-other | 2016
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-other
ZooKeys 20160128 557
The article describes a new species of the feather mite family Pteronyssidae (Acarina: Psoroptidia) from the Gray Sibia Heterophasia gracilis (McClelland) (Passeriformes, Leiothrichidae) in India (Meghalaya, Jaintia Hills, Shnongrim village). Males of Timalinyssus wahlangi sp. n. differ from those of all Timalinyssus species by having the horseshoe-shaped epiandrum with a short anterior extension. Females of the new species differ from those of all previously known species of the genus in having ...[more]