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A new species of the feather mite genus Dermonoton (Acariformes: Kramerellidae) from the Blakiston’s fish owl (Strigiformes: Strigidae) in the Russian Far East

Year: 2025

Type: article

Abstract: A new feather mite species, Dermonoton avdeyuki sp. n. (Pterolichoidea: Kramerellidae), is described from the Blakiston’s fish owl, Ketupa blakistoni (Seebohm), in the Kuril Islands of the Russian Far East. Of six previously known species, the new species is closest to D. longiventer (Mégnin and Trouessart, 1884). It differs from D. longiventer in having setae c3 shorter than trochanters III in both sexes, the terminal cleft approximately as wide as the opisthosomal lobes and setae 4b posterior to the level of epimerites III tips in males, and the posterior margin of opisthosoma widely rounded in females. World checklist, host associations and distribution of Dermonoton species are provided.

Source: Acarina

DOI: 10.21684/0132-8077-2025-33-2-101-110

Author: S. V. Mironov

Institutions: Russian Academy of Sciences, Zoological Institute

Language: English

Topic: Study of Mite Species

Subfield: Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics

Field: Agricultural and Biological Sciences

Domain: Life Sciences

Open Access status: bronze

Funders: Ministry of Science and Higher Education of the Russian Federation, Russian Academy of Sciences

Award: G8159474244