Mites of the subfamily Harpirhynchinae (Acariformes: Harpirhynchidae) from North American birds.

ABSTRACT

Three new harpirhynchid species of the subfamily Harpirhynchinae (Acariformes Harpirhynchidae) are described from North American birds Harpyrhynchoides aegolius sp. n. from Aegolius acadicus (Strigiformes Strigidae), Harpyrhynchoides accipiter sp. n. from Accipiter striatus (Accipitriformes Accipitridae), and Neharpyrhynchus icterus sp. n. from Icterus galbula (Passeriformes Icteridae). Three species are recorded from new hosts from North America for the first time Harpyrhynchoides tracheatus (Fritsch, 1954) from Buteo lineatus (Accipitriformes Accipitridae), Harpyrhynchoides pectinifer (Lawrence, 1959) from Colaptes auratus (Piciformes Picidae), and Harpyrhynchoides rubeculinus (Cerný & Sixl, 1971) from Catharus ustulatus (Passeriformes Turdidae). Neharpyrhynchoides novoplumaris (Moss et al., 1968) previously recorded from Cardinalis cardinalis (Passeriformes Cardinalidae) from the United States is recollected from this host.