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: Han, Yeong-Deok, Mironov, Sergey V., Kim, Jeong-Hoon, Min, Gi-Sik
Format: Text
Language:English
Published: Pensoft Publishers 2021
Subjects:
Research Article
Barton
Barton Peninsula
King George Island
Saunders
Antarc*
Antarctica
Mite
Online Access:http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8505394/
https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.1061.71212
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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) antarcticussp. nov. (Alloptidae) from Stercorariusmaccormicki Saunders (Stercorariidae), and Ingrassiachionissp. nov. (Xolalgidae) from Chionisalbus (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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