New records of avian nasal mites (Acari : Rhinonyssidae) from Japan

Abstract

Four species of nasal mites belonging to the family Rhinonyssidae are reported from several species of birds in Japan. Newly recorded from Japan are Ptilonyssus dioptrornis Fain, 1956,from Muscicapa cyanomelana cyanomelana, Ptilonyssus enicuri Fain and Nadchatram, 1962,from Erithacus akahige akahige, Ptilonyssus emberizae Fain, 1956,from Emberiza spodocephala personata and E. sulphurata, Ptilonyssus pari Fain and Hyland, 1963,from Parus major minor, P. ater insularis and P. varius varius.