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Abstract
Three new species of the feather mite subfamily Proctophyllodinae are described from passerines in Brazil: Nycteridocaulus guaratubensis sp. nov. from Phylloscartes kronei (Rhynchocyclidae), Mimicalges neopelmae sp. nov. from Neopelma pallescens (Pipridae) and Atrichophyllodes leucopterus sp. nov. from Pyriglena leucoptera (Thamnophilidae). The females of Mimicalges are described for the first time.
http://www.zoobank.org/urn:lsid:zoobank.org:pub:88E17B8B-CBFD-4B05-94B9-23FFCC34910
Acknowledgements
I appreciate the efforts of Honara M. Silva for collecting the mites from Neopelma pallescens; Arthur M. Montanhini, Yoshika Oniki and Edwin O. Willis for collecting the mites from Pyriglena leucoptera; Bianca L. Reinert, Marcos R. Bornschein, Carlos O.A. Gussoni, Daiane D. Sobotka and Leandro Corrêa for the field assistance in collecting the mites from Phylloscartes kronei. I also thank the three anonymous referees for their much appreciated suggestions to the manuscript. This study was supported by the FAPESP – São Paulo Research Foundation (2011/50145-0, 2011/20805-8).