Diversity and taxonomy of feather mites (Arachnida: Acari: Astigmata) on Passeriformes (Aves) in Brazil

• Grant number: 11/20805-8
• Support Opportunities: Scholarships in Brazil - BIOTA - Young Researchers
• Start date: October 01, 2011
• End date: September 30, 2015
• Field of knowledge: Biological Sciences - Zoology - Taxonomy of Recent Groups
• Principal Investigator: Fábio Rau Akashi Hernandes
• Grantee: Fábio Rau Akashi Hernandes
• Host Institution: Instituto de Biociências (IB). Universidade Estadual Paulista (UNESP). Campus de Rio Claro. Rio Claro , SP, Brazil
• Associated research grant: 11/50145-0 - Diversity and taxonomy of feather mites (Arachnida: Acari: Astigmata) on birds of Brazil, AP.BTA.JP

Scientific publications

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(References retrieved automatically from Web of Science and SciELO through information on FAPESP grants and their corresponding numbers as mentioned in the publications by the authors)

HERNANDES, FABIO A.; OCONNOR, BARRY M.. A review of the genus Anisodiscus Gaud & Mouchet (Acari, Proctophyllodidae) from Madagascar sunbirds (Passeriformes: Nectariniidae), with observations on male genital morphology. International Journal of Acarology, v. 39, n. 5, p. 423-434, JUL 31 2013. (11/50145-0, 11/20805-8)

HERNANDES, FABIO AKASHI; VALIM, MICHEL P.. A new species of the genus Trouessartia Canestrini (Acari: Trouessartiidae) from Neotropical passerines (Aves: Tyrannidae). International Journal of Acarology, v. 41, n. 5, p. 382-388, JUL 4 2015. (11/50145-0, 12/06951-4, 11/11420-5, 11/20805-8)

HERNANDES, FABIO A.; VALIM, MICHEL P.. The genus Nanopterodectes Mironov, 2009 (Acari, Proctophyllodidae), with descriptions of three new species from antbirds (Passeriformes: Thamnophilidae) in Brazil. Systematic Parasitology, v. 83, n. 3, p. 227-242, NOV 2012. (11/50145-0, 12/06951-4, 11/11420-5, 11/20805-8)

GONCALVES-SOUZA, THIAGO; GIUPPONI, ALESSANDRO P. L.; HERNANDES, FABLO A.. A rare finding of mites (Arachnida: Acari: Leeuwenhoekiidae) parasitising a whip spider (Arachnida: Amblypygi: Charinidae). FOLIA PARASITOLOGICA, v. 61, n. 2, p. 182-184, APR 2014. (11/20805-8, 11/50145-0)

HERNANDES, FABIO AKASHI; OCONNOR, BARRY M.. Cystoidosoma hermaphroditus sp n., the first representative of the quill mite family Ascouracaridae (Acari: Astigmata: Pterolichoidea) from an owl (Aves: Strigiformes). FOLIA PARASITOLOGICA, v. 62, JUL 22 2015. (11/50145-0, 11/20805-8)

SILVA, H. M.; HERNANDES, F. A.; PICHORIM, M.. Ácaros de pena (Acari: Astigmata) associados com aves em um fragmento de Mata Atlântica no Nordeste do Brasil. Brazilian Journal of Biology, v. 75, n. 3, p. 726-735, AUG 2015. (11/50145-0, 11/20805-8)

HERNANDES, FABIO AKASHI. A new genus and species of pterodectine feather mite (Acari: Proctophyllodidae) from Tod-Tyrants in Brazil (Passeriformes: Tyrannidae). ACTA PARASITOLOGICA, v. 58, n. 3, p. 309-316, SEP 2013. (11/50145-0, 11/20805-8)

HERNANDES, FABIO AKASHI; VALIM, MICHEL P.. A new species of the genus Trouessartia Canestrini (Acari: Trouessartiidae) from Neotropical passerines (Aves: Tyrannidae). INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF ACAROLOGY, v. 41, n. 5, p. 7-pg., 2015-07-04. (11/50145-0, 12/06951-4, 11/20805-8, 11/11420-5)

HERNANDES, FABIO AKASHI; PEDROSO, LUIZ GUSTAVO A.; MIRONOV, SERGEY V.. From cuckoos to chickens: a caught-in-the-act case of host shift in feather mites (Arachnida: Acari: Psoroptoididae). Parasitology Research, v. 113, n. 12, p. 7-pg., 2014-12-01. (11/50145-0, 11/20805-8)

HERNANDES, FABIO AKASHI; PEDROSO, LUIZ GUSTAVO A.; MIRONOV, SERGEY V.. From cuckoos to chickens: a caught-in-the-act case of host shift in feather mites (Arachnida: Acari: Psoroptoididae). Parasitology Research, v. 113, n. 12, p. 4355-4361, DEC 2014. (11/50145-0, 11/20805-8)

MIRONOV, SERGEY V.; HERNANDES, FABIO A.; VALIM, MICHEL P.. A new feather mite of the genus Pteronyssoides Hull, 1931 (Astigmata: Pteronyssidae) from thrushes (Passeriformes: Turdidae) in the New World. Systematic Parasitology, v. 93, n. 1, p. 83-89, JAN 2016. (11/50145-0, 12/06951-4, 11/11420-5, 11/20805-8)

HERNANDES, FABIO AKASHI; PEDROSO, LUIZ GUSTAVO A.; BOCHKOV, ANDRE V.. Carcinopodacarus polymorphus gen. n. et sp n. from Guira guira (Cuculiformes: Cuculidae) in Brazil: a first example of male polymorphism in the family Dermationidae (Acariformes: Analgoidea). FOLIA PARASITOLOGICA, v. 62, JAN 13 2015. (11/50145-0, 11/20805-8)

HERNANDES, FABIO AKASHI. Five new species of the feather mite genus Trouessartia Canestrini from South America (Acari: Trouessartiidae). Zootaxa, v. 3856, n. 1, p. 50-72, AUG 21 2014. (12/17225-2, 11/50145-0, 11/20805-8)

HERNANDES, FABIO AKASHI. The feather mites of nightjars (Aves: Caprimulgidae), with descriptions of two new species from Brazil (Acari: Xolalgidae, Gabuciniidae). FOLIA PARASITOLOGICA, v. 61, n. 2, p. 173-181, APR 2014. (11/20805-8, 11/50145-0)

HERNANDES, FABIO A.; VALIM, MICHEL P.. On the identity of two species of Proctophyllodidae (Acari: Astigmata: Analgoidea) described by Herbert F. Berla in Brazil, with a description of Lamellodectes gen. nov and a new species. Zootaxa, v. 3794, n. 1, p. 179-200, MAY 5 2014. (11/50145-0, 12/06951-4, 11/11420-5, 11/20805-8)

HERNANDES, FABIO AKASHI. Three new proctophyllodine feather mites (Acari: Proctophyllodidae) from passerines in Brazil (Aves: Passeriformes). Journal of Natural History, v. 48, n. 3-4, p. 185-202, JAN 25 2014. (11/50145-0, 11/20805-8)

HERNANDES, FABIO AKASHI. Two new feather mite species (Acari, Pteronyssidae) from the white-barred piculet, Picumnus cirratus (Ayes, Piciformes). FOLIA PARASITOLOGICA, v. 59, n. 4, p. 301-307, DEC 2012. (11/50145-0, 11/20805-8)

HERNANDES, FABIO AKASHI. The feather mites (Acari, Astigmata) of the Violet-capped Woodnymph, Thalurania glaucopis (Gmelin) (Aves, Trochilidae), with descriptions of three new species. Zootaxa, v. 3616, n. 6, p. 563-577, FEB 25 2013. (11/50145-0, 11/20805-8)

HERNANDES, FABIO A.; OCONNOR, BARRY M.. A review of the genus Anisodiscus Gaud & Mouchet (Acari, Proctophyllodidae) from Madagascar sunbirds (Passeriformes: Nectariniidae), with observations on male genital morphology. INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF ACAROLOGY, v. 39, n. 5, p. 12-pg., 2013-07-31. (11/50145-0, 11/20805-8)