| id | 43662 (last modified: 15.3.2017) |
| title | A new feather mite species of the genus Proterothrix Gaud, 1968 (Acarina, Proctophyllodidae) from the Large Niltava, Niltava grandis (Passeriformes, Muscicapidae) - an integrative description |
| year | 2017 |
| paper | ZooKeys |
| edition | 661 |
| page | 1-14 |
| language | English |
| checked | paper |
| abstract | A new species of the feather mite genus Proterothrix (Proctophyllodidae: Pterodectinae) is described from the Large Niltava Niltava grandis (Blyth) (Passeriformes, Muscicapidae) in northeast India (Meghalaya, Jaintia Hills, Shnongrim village). Proterothrix chachulae Constantinescu, sp. n. differs from all known species of the genus by having in males the aedeagus with bilobate tip. The morphological description is supplemented with molecular characterisation of a fragment f near the 5` terminus of the mitochondrial COI gene. |
| URL | http://zookeys.pensoft.net/articles.php?id=11793Go to site |
| author | Constantinescu, Ioana Cristina |
| coauthor | Popa, Oana Paula |
| coauthor | Popa, Luis Ovidiu |
| coauthor | Cobzaru, Ioana |
| coauthor | Mukhim, Khlur B. |
| coauthor | Adam, Costică |