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. 2016 Mar 7:(571):59-79.
doi: 10.3897/zookeys.571.7724. eCollection 2016.

Two new species of the genus Trouessartia (Acari, Trouessartiidae) from laughingthrushes (Passeriformes, Leiothrichidae)

Ioana Cristina Constantinescu  1 , Ioana Cobzaru  2 , D Khlur B Mukhim  3 , Costică Adam  1
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Two new species of the genus Trouessartia (Acari, Trouessartiidae) from laughingthrushes (Passeriformes, Leiothrichidae)

Ioana Cristina Constantinescu et al. Zookeys. .

Abstract

Two new feather mite species of the genus Trouessartia Canestrini are described from laughingthrushes (Passeriformes: Leiothrichidae) captured in Meghalaya (India): Trouessartia cyanouropterae sp. n. from Actinodura cyanouroptera (Hodgson) and Trouessartia alcippeae sp. n. from Alcippe nipalensis (Hodgson). It is the first time when species of the genus Trouessartia are described from leiothrichids.

Keywords: Acari; Trouessartiidae; new species; systematics.

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Figure 1.
Figure 1.
Trouessartia cyanouropterae sp. n., male holotype: dorsal view of idiosoma.
Figure 2.
Figure 2.
Trouessartia cyanouropterae sp. n., male holotype: ventral view of idiosoma.
Figure 3.
Figure 3.
Trouessartia cyanouropterae sp. n., A–D details of male legs, dorsal view: A 9 leg I B leg II C leg III D leg IV E ventral view of male genital apparatus; Abbreviations: ea–epiandrum; gp–genital papillae; pm–parameres.
Figure 4.
Figure 4.
Trouessartia cyanouropterae sp. n., female paratype: dorsal view of idiosoma.
Figure 5.
Figure 5.
Trouessartia cyanouropterae sp. n., female paratype: ventral view of idiosoma.
Figure 6.
Figure 6.
Trouessartia cyanouropterae sp. n., A–D details of female legs, dorsal view: A leg I B leg II C leg III D leg IV E spermatheca of female; Abbreviations: hs–head of spermatheca; pd–primary spermaduct; sd–secondary spermaduct.
Figure 7.
Figure 7.
Trouessartia alcippeae sp. n., male holotype: dorsal view of idiosoma.
Figure 8.
Figure 8.
Trouessartia alcippeae sp. n., male holotype: ventral view of idiosoma.
Figure 9.
Figure 9.
Trouessartia alcippeae sp. n., A–D details of male legs, dorsal view: A leg I B leg II C leg III D leg IV E ventral view of male genital apparatus; Abbreviations: ea–epiandrum; gp–genital papillae; pm–parameres.
Figure 10.
Figure 10.
Trouessartia alcippeae sp. n., female paratype: dorsal view of idiosoma.
Figure 11.
Figure 11.
Trouessartia alcippeae sp. n., female paratype: ventral view of idiosoma.
Figure 12.
Figure 12.
Trouessartia alcippeae sp. n., A–D details of female legs, dorsal view: A leg I B leg II C leg III D leg IV E spermatheca of female; Abbreviations: hs–head of spermatheca; pd–primary spermaduct; sd–secondary spermaduct.
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