Zygochelifer Atyeo

Barreto, Mauricio, Burbano, María E., Proctor, Heather C., Mironov, Serge V. & Wauthy, Georges, 2012, Feather mites (Acariformes: Psoroptidia) from Colombia: Preliminary list with new records 3516, Zootaxa 3516, pp. 1-68 : 15

Genus Zygochelifer Atyeo

Zygochelifer flammeus Atyeo, 1984

Hosts and distribution. This species was described from Netta erythrophthalma (Weid-Neuwied) ( Anseriformes : Anatidae ) from Colombia (Dept. Valle del Cauca, Cali) with additional records ex Aythya collaris (Donovan) from the USA (Missouri), ex A. nyroca (Güldenstädt) from India, ex A. australis (Eyton) from Indonesia (West Irian, Celebes), ex Tadorna tadorna (Linnaeus) from Russia (Stalingrad oblast) and Sardinia (Caglaria) (Atyeo 1984). Later on, this mite was recollected ex A. fuligula (Linnaeus) and A. marila (Linnaeus) from Russia (Yakutia, Kamchatka) (Vajsukova & Mironov 1991; Vajsukova & Gerasimov 1992).