A new species of the feather mite genus Cotingodectes and a new genus of Pterodectinae (Astigmata: Proctophyllodidae)

Abstract

In this paper a second species of the feather mite genus Cotingodectes Valim and Hernandes, C. breviphallus n. sp., is described from Rupicola rupicola (Passeriformes, Cotingidae) in Brazil. A new genus, Berladectes, is erected to accommodate Dolichodectes neotropicus Hernandes and Valim. © 2009 Taylor & Francis.