论文信息 - New data on the species Metacheyletia degenerata Fain and Bochkov (Acariformes: Cheyletidae)

New data on the species Metacheyletia degenerata Fain and Bochkov (Acariformes: Cheyletidae)

Metacheyletia degenerata Fain and Bochkov, 2003 (Acariformes: Cheyletidae) is recorded for the first time from the quills of the European Bee-eater Merops apiaster L., 1758 (Coraciformes: Meropidae). It is also the first record of Metacheyletia found on coraciiform birds. Moreover, the following localities: Macedonia, Italy, Azerbaijan, Russia and Tanzania, are new for M. degenerata.

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