Feather mites (Acariformes, Astigmata) from marine birds of the Barton Peninsula (King George Island, Antarctica), with descriptions of two new species

We report on the first investigation of feather mites associated with birds living on the Barton Peninsula (King George Island, Antarctica). We found seven feather mite species of the superfamily Analgoidea from four host species. Two new species are described from two charadriiform hosts: Alloptes...

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Bibliographic Details
Published in:ZooKeys
Main Authors: Yeong-Deok Han, Sergey V. Mironov, Jeong-Hoon Kim, Gi-Sik Min
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:English
Published: Pensoft Publishers 2021
Subjects:
Zoology
QL1-991
Barton
Barton Peninsula
Chionis
King George Island
Saunders
Antarc*
Antarctica
antarcticus
Chionis albus
Stercorarius maccormicki
Mite
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.1061.71212
https://doaj.org/article/aa5803c40f284d2b9ed8f68766b08688
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Summary:We report on the first investigation of feather mites associated with birds living on the Barton Peninsula (King George Island, Antarctica). We found seven feather mite species of the superfamily Analgoidea from four host species. Two new species are described from two charadriiform hosts: Alloptes (Sternalloptes) antarcticus sp. nov. (Alloptidae) from Stercorarius maccormicki Saunders (Stercorariidae), and Ingrassia chionis sp. nov. (Xolalgidae) from Chionis albus (Gmelin) (Chionidae). Additionally, we provide partial sequences of the mitochondrial cytochrome c oxidase subunit I (COI), which was utilized as a DNA barcode, for all seven feather mite species.

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