| abstract | A new genus, Distigmesikya, is established. The five new species are from larger New World parrots of the genera Ara and Anodorhynchus. The new species and their hosts are : D. setulata from Ara severa, Brazil, Colombia, Venezuela (type species) and Ara couloni from Peru ; D. proportionata from Ara manilata, Brazil, Guyana, Peru ; D. ramosa from Anodorhynchus hyacinthinus, Brazil ; D. hojjmannae from Ara militaris, México, Peru ; and D. blakei from Ara chloroptera, Columbia, Venèzuela and Ara macao from Panama, Surinam, Venezuela. |