Amerodectes Valim and Hernandes, 2010

Hernandes, Fabio Akashi, 2023, Feather mites (Acariformes: Astigmata) from the yellow-rumped cacique, Cacicus cela (Linnaeus, 1758) (Passeriformes: Icteridae) in Brazil, with description of four new species, Journal of Natural History 57 (2), pp. 257-284 : 263

publication ID

https://doi.org/ 10.1080/00222933.2023.2174459

DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7727246

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https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03AF9F75-0A13-006F-FE59-FA49FDA5FE78

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Plazi

scientific name

Amerodectes Valim and Hernandes, 2010
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Amerodectes Valim and Hernandes, 2010

Type species

Proctophyllodes (Pterodectes) gracilis Trouessart, 1885 , by original designation.

Amerodectes currently includes 40 described species from representatives of 10 passerine families (eight Oscines: Fringillidae View in CoL , Thraupidae View in CoL , Icteridae View in CoL , Mimidae View in CoL , Parulidae View in CoL , Passerellidae View in CoL , Troglodytidae View in CoL , Turdidae View in CoL ; and two Suboscines: Furnariidae View in CoL and Tyrannidae View in CoL ) ( Mironov and Galloway 2021). In Brazil, 12 Amerodectes species have been reported: A. bilineatus ( Berla, 1958) , A. geothlypis ( Berla, 1973) , A. gracilis ( Trouessart, 1885) , A. longifuscus Hernandes and Pedroso, 2016 , A. maculatus ( Černý, 1974) , A. molothrus ( Mironov, 2008) , A. nordestensis ( Berla, 1958) , A. paroariae ( Mironov, 2008) , A. storkani ( Černý, 1974) , A. tangarae ( Mironov, 2008) , A. thraupicola ( Černý, 1974) and A. turdinus ( Berla, 1959) ( Trouessart 1885; Berla 1958, 1959, 1973; Černy 1974; Valim and Hernandes 2006; Mironov et al. 2008; Valim and Hernandes 2008, 2010; Hernandes et al. 2016; Hernandes and Flechtmann 2020).

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