| abstract | A systematic review of tbe feather mite genus Pteroherpus Gaud, 1981 is given, including improved diagnoses of the genus and species-groups, a key to known species, and description of three new species. ln total, the genus currently includes 18 valid species arranged into four species-groups (diploplax, josephi, hoplophorus, and nicator) and one species inquerenda, Pteroherpus aciaepigynius Gaud, 1964. Pteroherpus oxyplax (Gaud & Mouchet, 1959) is synonymized with P. pallens (Berlese, 1886). New species are described from African passerines as follows: Pteroherpus chlorocichlae sp.n. from Chlorocichla simplex (Hartlaub, 1855) (Pycnonotidae), P. gabonensis sp. n. from Pycnonotus barbatus gabonensis Sharpe, 1871 (Pycnonotidae) and P. turdoides sp. n. from Turdoides jardineii (Smith A., 1836) (Timalidae). |