A systematic review of the feather mite genus Hyperpedalloptes Dubinin (Acariformes: Alloptidae) from Old World ibises (Pelecaniformes: Threskiornithidae), with descriptions of previously unknown adult morphs

Author(s)

Hernandes, Fabio A. ^[1] ; Mironov, Sergey V. ^{[2, 3]}

Affiliation

^[1] Univ Estadual Paulista, Dept Zool, Ave 24-A, 1515, BR-13506900 Rio Claro, SP - Brazil

^[2] Russian Acad Sci, Zool Inst, Univ Skaya Embankment 1, St Petersburg 199034 - Russia

^[3] Tyumen State Univ, 6 Volodarskogo St, Tyumen 625003 - Russia

• Document type: Review article
• Source: SYSTEMATIC AND APPLIED ACAROLOGY; v. 22, n. 11, p. 1936-1958, NOV 2017.
• Web of Science Citations: 1

Abstract

Hyperpedalloptes Dubinin (Analgoidea: Alloptidae) is one of the most amazing feather mite genera due to the strong hypertrophy of legs I in males, displayed asymmetrically in some species. Each of the three known species occurs on a particular ibis species of the genus Threskiornis (Pelecaniformes: Threskiornithidae). Based on examination of type and additionally collected materials, we (re) describe previously known and newly found male morphs of Hyperpedalloptes species and describe for the first time a female of H. petazophorus (Trouessart). We found that H. titanopedes Dubinin has three discrete morphs of males; those with asymmetrically hypertrophied legs I are considered to be heteromorphs, while males with symmetrically hypertrophied legs I and males without leg hypertrophy correspond to mesomorphs and homeomorphs, respectively. The previously known morphs of H. petazophorus and H. corymbophorus (Trouessart \& Neumann) with symmetrically hypertrophied legs I are treated here as mesomorphic males. (AU)

• FAPESP's process: 11/50145-0 - Diversity and taxonomy of feather mites (Arachnida: Acari: Astigmata) on birds of Brazil
• Grantee: Fábio Rau Akashi Hernandes
• Support Opportunities: BIOTA-FAPESP Program - Young Investigators Grants