New host association and locality record for Pellonyssus gorgasi Yunker and Radovsky, 1966 (Mesostigmata: Macronyssidae) in the state of São Paulo, Brazil

ABSTRACT

The genus Pellonyssus Clark and Yunker, 1956 comprises 14 species worldwide that are associates of birds. One of these species, Pellonyssus gorgasi Yunker and Radovsky, 1966, parasitizes hummingbirds in the Americas. This study represents a new host association with Eupetomena macroura (Apodiformes: Trochilidae) and the first occurrence of this mite in the state of São Paulo.

KEYWORDS:

• Nasal mites
• phoresy
• swallow-tailed hummingbird
• Trochilidae
• neotropical region

Acknowledgements

We thank Gabrielle Ribeiro de Andrade and Maria Cristina Ferreira do Rosário for technical contribution; Luiz Felipe Moretti Iniesta for help in making the distribution map; and Beatriz Mauricio, Laboratório de Biologia Celular, Instituto Butantan, for the technical assistance in preparing the scanning electron micrographs.

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No potential conflict of interest was reported by the authors.

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Funding

This work was supported by the Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Científico e Tecnológico under the Grant Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Científico e Tecnológico (CNPq) no. 377343/2015-3, CNPq no. 377342/2015-7, CNPq no. 454907/2014-1, and CNPq no. 377976/2014-8; Fundação de Amparo à Pesquisa do Estado de São Paulo under Grant Fundação de Amparo à Pesquisa do Estado de São Paulo (FAPESP) no. 2010/51875-9 and 2017/01416-7; this study was financed in part by the Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior – Brasil Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior (CAPES) – Finance Code 001.