Persian Journal of Acarology

The first record of Promyialges uncus(Acariformes: Epidermoptidae) on the louse fly Ornithomya chloropus(Diptera: Hippoboscidae) in the subpolar Ural

Authors

Aleksandr Matyukhin 1
Aleksandra Yatsuk 1
Gleb Nakul 2

1 1.A.N. Severtsov Institute of Ecology and Evolution, Russian Academy of Sciences, Leninskij prosp. 33, 119071, Moscow, Russia;E-mails: amatyukhin53@mail.ru, sasha_djedi@mail.ru

2 2.Institute of Biology Komi Scientific Center of the Ural Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Tomsk State University, Lenin Pr., 36, 634050, Tomsk, Russia;E-mail: nakul@ib.komisc.ru

https://doi.org/10.22073/pja.v10i4.69280
Abstract
The feather mite Promyalges uncus Vitzthum, 1934 is a permanent ectoparasite, all stages of which are located on the skin of its hosts. It has phoretic relations with louse flies (Diptera: Hippoboscidae) parasitizing birds. This mite inhabits a wide variety of Passeriformes. This species was found in North America and Europe. The only previous record of this mite in Russia was on the fly O. avicularia from the hooded crow Corvus cornix (Corvidae) in the Leningrad region. Our study reports P. uncus for the first in the subpolar Urals from Ornuthomya chloropus Bergroth, 1901.

Keywords

Feather mites
Syktyvkar
Diptera
Persian Journal of Acarology
Volume 10, Issue 4
Autumn 2021
Pages 507-511

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