Aetacarus hirundo (Mégnin & Trouessart, 1884:335)
Taxonomy & Nomenclature
Synonyms: Pterolichus hirundo Mégnin & Trouessart, 1884:335 (basionym); Hieracolichus hirundo (Mégnin & Trouessart, 1884:335)
Transferred to the genus Hieracolichus by (Gaud & Atyeo, 1975:544) or (Philips 2000:221). Transferred to the genus Aetacarus by (Hernandes, 2020).
Conservation Status
Rediscovered
Distribution
Americas
Biology & Ecology
A parasite whose only reported host is the Harpy eagle (Harpia harpyja) (Hernandes, 2017; Moro et al., 2017, 2019).
Hypodigm
Media
References
Original scientific description:
Mégnin, P. and Trouessart, E. L. (1884). Les sarcoptides plumicoles. Révision du groupe des Analgesinae, et description des espèces et genres nouveux de la collection du Musée d’Angers (Suite 1). Journal de Micrographie 8: 331-338.
Other references:
Gaud, J. and Atyeo, W. T. (1975). Gabuciniidae, famille nouvelle de Sarcoptiformes plumicoles. Acarologia 16: 522-561.
Hernandes, Fabio Akashi. (2017). Rediscovery and redescription of Hieracolichus hirundo (Mégnin & Trouessart, 1884) (Astigmata: Gabuciniidae) from the Harpy Eagle Harpia harpyja (Linnaeus, 1758) (Accipitriformes: Accipitridae). Systematic & Applied Acarology 22(4): 509-517. [Abstract]
Hernandes, Fabio Akashi. (2022). A review of the feather mite family Gabuciniidae Gaud & Atyeo (Acariformes: Astigmata: Pterolichoidea) of Brazil, with descriptions of eleven new species. Zootaxa 4747(1): 1-53. https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4747.1.1
Mironov, Sergey V. et al. (2018). Captive individuals of endangered Philippine raptors maintain native feather mites (Acariformes: Pterolichoidea) species. International Journal for Parasitology: Parasites and Wildlife 7(2): 116-133. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijppaw.2018.03.002
Moro, Maria Marta Lima Alves, Saraiva Junior, M. R., Waquim, Eric Carvalho, Evangelista, Luanna Soares de Melo and Hernandes, Fabio Akashi. (2017). Occurence of Hieracolichus hirundo (Mégnin & Trouessart, 1884) (Astigmata: Gabuciniidae) in Harpia harpyja (Linnaeus, 1758) (Acciptriformes: Acciptridae) of the Zoobotanical Park of Teresina, Piauí. In: XXV Congresso Brasileiro de Parasitologia, 2017, Búzios/Rio de Janeiro.
Moro, Maria Marta Lima Alves, Waquim, Eric Carvalho, Evangelista, Luanna Soares de Melo and Hernandes, Fabio Akashi. (2019). Feather mites (Acari: Astigmata) of the Zoobotanical State Park in Teresina,
Brazil. Acarologia 59(4): 424-432. https://dx.doi.org/10.24349/acarologia/20194345
Philips, J. R. (2000). A review and checklist of the parasitic mites (Acarina) of the Falconiformes and Strigiformes. Journal of the Raptor Research 34(3): 210-231. [p. 221]
Radford, C. D. (1953). The mites (Acarina: Analgesidae) living on or in the feathers of birds. Parasitology 42: 199-230. https://doi.org/10.1017/S0031182000084468
Radford, C. D. (1958). The host-parasite relationships of the feather mites (Acarina: Analgesoidea). Revista Brasileira de Entomologia 8: 107-170.
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