Acta Parasitologica, Vol. 51, No. 1, 2006, 65-72 Sergey V. Mironov(1)* and Georges Wauthy(2) - Three new species of the feather mite genus Pteroherpus Gaud, 1981 (Astigmata, Pteronyssidae) from the bulbuls
(Passeriformes, Pycnonotidae) in Africa
(1)Zoological Institute, Russian Academy of Sciences, Saint Petersburg, 199034, Russia; (2)Institut Royal des Sciences Naturelles
de Belgique, rue Vautier 29, B-1000, Bruxelles, Belgique
*Corresponding author: astigmata@zin.ru
ABSTRACT
Three new species of the feather mite genus Pteroherpus Gaud, 1981 are described from the bulbuls (Passeriformes,
Pycnonotidae) in Africa: Pteroherpus nicator sp. nov. from Nicator gularis Hartlaub et Finsch, 1870, P. pyrrhuri sp. nov. from
Pyrrhurus scandens (Swainson, 1837), and P. trinoton sp. nov. from Phyllastrephus terrestris Swainson, 1837.
KEY WORDS: Pteronyssidae, Pteroherpus, taxonomy, Pycnonotidae, Africa