A new species of nasal mite genus Ptilonyssus(Mesostigmata: Rhinonyssidae) from Parus majorand the first record of Rhinoecius brikinboricusfrom Asio otusin Denmark

Haarder, Simon; Dimov, Ivan

doi:10.22073/pja.v14i1.85958

A new species of nasal mite genus Ptilonyssus(Mesostigmata: Rhinonyssidae) from Parus majorand the first record of Rhinoecius brikinboricusfrom Asio otusin Denmark

Authors

Simon Haarder ¹

Ivan Dimov ²

¹ University of Copenhagen

² Laboratory of Parasitology, Zoological Institute, Russian Academy of Science, Universitetskaya embankment 1, Saint Petersburg, 199034, Russia

10.22073/pja.v14i1.85958

Abstract

Ptilonyssus holmhanseni n. sp. is described and illustrated from a traffic-killed great tit (Parus major) in Eastern Denmark (Lejre) in April 2023. In addition, Rhinoecius brikinboricus Butenko, 1976, collected from a long-eared owl (Asio otus), is reported for the first time in Denmark and Western Europe.

Keywords

Birds

great tit

long-eared owl

nasal mites

Paridae

Strigidae