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A revised diagnosis of the feather mite genus Magimelia Gaud, 1961 (Pterolichoidea: Pterolichidae: Magimeliinae) and the description of three new species

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Three new mite species of the genus Magimelia (Astigmata: Pterolichidae) are described from the plumage of various lapwings (Charadriidae: Vanellinae): M. breviloba n. sp. from Vanellus miles miles; M. thailandica n. sp. from V. indicus (type-host), V. duvaucelii and V. tricolor; and M. chilensis n. sp. from V. chilensis. An extended host range for M. dolichosikya Gaud, 1961 is given. A revised diagnosis of the genus and a key to known species are presented.

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  1. Department of Animal Morphology, Adam Mickiewicz University, 28 Czerwca 1956/198, 61-485, Poznań, Poland

    Jacek Dabert

  2. Zoological Institute, Russian Academy of Sciences, 199034, Saint Petersburg, Russia

    Serge V. Mironov

  3. Institute of Nature Conservation and Environmental Education, University of Vechta, D-49377, Vechta, Germany

    Rainer Ehrnsberger

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Dabert, J., Mironov, S.V. & Ehrnsberger, R. A revised diagnosis of the feather mite genus Magimelia Gaud, 1961 (Pterolichoidea: Pterolichidae: Magimeliinae) and the description of three new species. Syst Parasitol 53, 69–79 (2002). https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1019957822743

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