2005/11/25 by S. V. Mironov, Sergey V. Mironov, H. C. Proctor
Agricultural and Biological Sciences · Immunology and Microbiology · #Acari #Biology #Bird parasitology and diseases #Ecology #Feather #Genus #Insect-Plant Interactions and Control #Mite #Study of Mite Species #Type species #Zoology
paper · doi:10.1080/00222930500126107
openalex publication_date 2005/11/25 · openalex created_date 2025/10/10 · openalex updated_date 2026/07/29
A new feather mite genus Hexacaudalges gen. n. (Psoroptoididae: Psoroptoidinae) is established based on the type species Megninia casuaricola Proctor, 2001 Proctor, H. C. 2001. Megninia casuaricola sp. n. (Acari: Analgidae), the first feather mite from a cassowary (Aves: Struthioniformes: Casuariidae).. Australian Journal of Entomology, 40: 335–341. [Crossref], [Web of Science ®] , [Google Scholar], which was originally described from the southern cassowary Casuarius casuarius (Struthioniformes: Casuariidae). Morphological peculiarities of this genus, its taxonomic position within the family Psoroptoididae and possible origin are discussed. We also present a clarification of setal nomenclature for this family of mites.