2025/05/07 by Sergey V. Mironov, Hannah Stormer, H. C. Proctor · 1 voice
Agricultural and Biological Sciences · Immunology and Microbiology · #Insect and Pesticide Research #Study of Mite Species #Vector-borne infectious diseases
paper · doi:10.24349/f5zx-leve
openalex publication_date 2025/05/07 · openalex created_date 2025/05/08 · openalex updated_date 2026/06/11
The feather mite Ingrassia aequinoctialis (Trouessart, 1899) (Xolalgidae: Ingrassiinae), never previously illustrated, is redescribed based on recently collected specimens from the Red-tailed Tropicbird Phaethon rubricauda Boddaert, 1783 (Phaethontiformes: Phaethontidae). Additionally, we provide an updated checklist of species of the genus Ingrassia Oudemans, 1905 and three closely related ingrassiine genera, Leptosphyra Hull, 1934, Tectingrassia Gaud, 1972 and Vingrassia Vasyukova and Mironov, 1991, which together form the Ingrassia genus-group. Taxonomic characteristics of these four genera, their host associations and possible relationships are briefly discussed. The name Vingrassia latior (Trouessart, 1899) comb. n. is proposed for the mite species Megninia centropodos latior Trouessart, 1899 transferred herein to the genus Vingrassia.