Feather mites of the genus Passeroptes Fain (Acariformes: Dermationidae) from passerines (Aves: Passeriformes) of China

Abstract

Five new species of the feather mite genus Passeroptes (Acariformes: Dermationidae) are recorded from birds of the order Passeriformes in China: P. lioparis sp. nov.from Chrysotus chrysotis (Blyth) (Paradoxornithidae); P. motacillae sp. nov.from Motacilla cinerea Tunstall (Motacillidae); P. cyanodermae sp. nov.from Cyanoderma ruficeps Blyth (Timaliidae); P. periparus sp. nov.from Periparus ater (Linnaeus) (Paridae); P. aegithalos sp. nov.from Aegithalos iouschistos bonvaloti (Oustalet) (Aegithalidae).