| id | 12981 (last modified: 25.4.2017) |
| title | A review of feather mites of the genus Scutomegninia (Analgoidea, Avenzoariidae) living on cormorants |
| year | 1990 |
| paper | Parazitologiya (St. Petersburg) [Паразитология] |
| edition | 24 [1] |
| page | 43-55 |
| language | Russian |
| checked | paper |
| abstract | A new diagnosis of the genus Scutomegninia Dubinin, 1951 is given. The genus is divided into two subgenera, Scutomegninia sp.str. and Ibidomegninia subgen.n. Three new species are described as follows: Scutomegninia (S.) chathamensis sp.n. from chatham cormorant Phalacrocorax featherstoni Buller, S. (S.)microfalcifera sp.n. from double-crested cormorant P. auritus cincinatus (Brandt), S. (S.) pygmaea sp.n. from little cormorant P. pygmaeus (Pallas). The new name S. (S.) subantarctica nom.n. is proposed to the species, described by Atyeo and Peterson (1967, 1970) as "S. phalacrocoracis (Dub. et Dub.)" from blue-eyed cormorant P. atriceps King. The key to all Scutomegninia species recorded up to now from cormorants is given. The species of Scutomegninia s.str. are restricted to cormorants (Phalacrocoracidae) and the species of Ibidomegninia are restricted to ibises (Threskiornithidae). Basing on the host distribution of the Bonnetellinae feather mite subfamily on Pelecaniformes and Ciconiiformes, it is supposed that the cormorants are the primary hosts of the genus Scutomegnnia and the ibises are the secondary ones. |
| URL | https://www.zin.ru/journals/parazitologiya/content/1990/prz_1990_1_7_Mironov.pdfGo to site |
| author | Mironov, Serguei Valentinovich |