Shim, Jeong Hun;
Han, Yeong-Deok;
Kim, Sukyung;
Ha, Dongsoo;
Shin, Yongun;
Eo, Soo Hyung
A new feather mite species of the genus Mycterialges Gaud & Atyeo, 1981 (Acari, Xolalgidae) from the Oriental Stork, Ciconia boyciana (Ciconiiformes, Ciconiidae) in Korea
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Title:
A new feather mite species of the genus Mycterialges Gaud & Atyeo, 1981 (Acari, Xolalgidae) from the Oriental Stork, Ciconia boyciana (Ciconiiformes, Ciconiidae) in Korea
Contributor:
Shim, Jeong Hun;
Han, Yeong-Deok;
Kim, Sukyung;
Ha, Dongsoo;
Shin, Yongun;
Eo, Soo Hyung
Description:
<jats:p>A new feather mite species, <jats:italic>Mycterialges boycianae</jats:italic><jats:bold>sp. nov.</jats:bold> (Xolalgidae), was identified from the Oriental Stork, <jats:italic>Ciconia boyciana</jats:italic> Swinhoe, 1873, in Korea. Males of <jats:italic>M. boycianae</jats:italic><jats:bold>sp. nov.</jats:bold> are distinguished from <jats:italic>Mycterialges mesomorphus</jats:italic> Gaud & Atyeo, 1981, in having a single triangular prodorsal shield, sinuous margins of the opisthosoma located between setae <jats:italic>e</jats:italic>2 and <jats:italic>h</jats:italic>2 on the hysteronotal shield, an oval-shaped epiandrum without posterior extensions, a shorter tibia + tarsus IV than femoragenu IV, and an absent ambulacral disc of leg IV. Females differ in having a prodorsal shield with a posterior margin that is blunt-angular, and a concave posterior margin of the hysteronotal shield with posterior extensions. This study presents the first record of the feather mite genus <jats:italic>Mycterialges</jats:italic> in birds of the genus <jats:italic>Ciconia</jats:italic> (Ciconiidae). Additionally, we determined the phylogenetic relationship among Ingrassiinae using the mitochondrial cytochrome <jats:italic>c</jats:italic> oxidase subunit (COI).</jats:p>