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Capitolichus Gaud & Atyeo 1975

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Genus Capitolichus Gaud & Atyeo, 1975

Type species: Capitolichus tetroplourus Gaud & Atyeo, 1975, by original designation.

The genus is currently composed of five species, including the new one described below, associated with New World barbets (Piciformes: Capitonidae), and suboscine passerines (Passeriformes: Cotingidae and Tyrannidae) (Gaud & Atyeo 1975, Alzuet et al. 1988): C. tetroplourus Gaud & Atyeo, 1975 from Eubucco bourcierii (Lafresnaye, 1845), C. biemarginatus (Mégnin & Trouessart, 1884) from Capito auratus (Dumont, 1805) (Capitonidae), C. pyroderi (Mégnin & Trouessart, 1884) from Pyroderus scutatus (Shaw, 1792) (Cotingidae), and C. pitangus Alzuet et al., 1988 from Pitangus sulphuratus bolivianus (Lafresnaye, 1852) (Tyrannidae). The new species described herein is the first one of this genus from a host of the family Picidae (Piciformes).

Notes

Published as part of Hernandes, Fabio A., 2020, A review of the feather mite family Gabuciniidae Gaud & Atyeo (Acariformes Astigmata: Pterolichoidea) of Brazil, with descriptions of eleven new species, pp. 1-53 in Zootaxa 4747 (1) on page 16, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4747.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/3693336

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Biodiversity

Scientific name authorship
Gaud & Atyeo
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Order
Sarcoptiformes
Family
Gabuciniidae
Genus
Capitolichus
Taxon rank
genus
Taxonomic concept label
Capitolichus Gaud, 1975 sec. Hernandes, 2020

References

  • Gaud, J. & Atyeo, W. T. (1975) Gabuciniidae, famille nouvelle de Sarcoptiformes plumicoles. Acarologia, 16, 522 - 561.
  • Alzuet, A. D. B., Chicchino, A. C. & Abrahamovich, A. H. (1988) Consideraciones taxonomicas y relaciones hospedatorias de los generos Coraciacarus Dubinin 1956, Piciformobia Gaud y Atyeo 1975 y Capitolichus Gaud y Atyeo 1975 (Acari, Astigmata, Gabuciniidae), com descripcion de tres nuevas especies. Revista de la Asociacion de Ciencias Naturales del Litoral, 19 (1), 49 - 67. https: // doi. org / 10.14409 / natura. v 1 i 19.3550
  • Megnin, P. & Trouessart, E. L. (1884) Les sarcoptides plumicoles. Revision du groupe des Analgesinae, et description des especes et genres nouveux de la collection du Musee d'Angers (Suite 1). Journal de Micrographie, 8, 257 - 266 + 331 - 338.