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Cacatualges microdiscus Dabert, Badek and Skoracki 2007

Description

Cacatualges microdiscus Dabert, Badek and Skoracki, 2007

(Figs. 25, 26)

Cacatualges microdiscus Dabert et al. 2007: 262 –265, Figs. 8–11, 12 A–F.

Material examined. Male holotype, 1 male and 2 female paratypes (AMU 01744) from Cacatua galerita (Lathan) (Cacatuidae), New Guinea, Astrolabe Bay, 1900, coll. B. Hagen. 1 female (AMU O1745) from C. sulphurea (Gmelin), Timor, 28 July 1911, coll. C.B. Hanuel.

Depository. AMU.

This species was recorded so far from two species of cockatoos, Cacatua galerita (type host) in New Guinea and C. sulphurea in Timor (Dabert et al. 2007).

Notes

Published as part of Mironov, Sergey V., Ehrnsberger, Rainer & Dabert, Jacek, 2017, Feather mites of the genera Dubininia and Cacatualges (Acari: Xolalgidae) associated with parrots (Aves: Psittaciformes) of the Old World, pp. 451-490 in Zootaxa 4272 (4) on page 484, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4272.4.1, http://zenodo.org/record/800966

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Additional details

Biodiversity

Event date
1911-07-28
Family
Xolalgidae
Genus
Cacatualges
Kingdom
Animalia
Order
Astigmata
Phylum
Arthropoda
Scientific name authorship
Dabert, Badek and Skoracki
Species
microdiscus
Taxon rank
species
Type status
holotype
Verbatim event date
1911-07-28
Taxonomic concept label
Cacatualges microdiscus Dabert, 2007 sec. Mironov, Ehrnsberger & Dabert, 2017

References

  • Dabert, J., Badek, A. & Skoracki, M. (2007) New feather mite species (Acari, Astigmata) from the Sulphur-crested Cockatoo Cacatua galerita and Yellow-crested Cockatoo C. sulphurea (Psittaciformes, Cacatuidae). Acta Parasitologica, 52 (3), 250 - 267.