Platyacarus Kudon

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 : 18

Genus Platyacarus Kudon

Platyacarus psilocoronius Kudon, 1982

Hosts and distribution. This species was described ex Dendrocincla fuliginosa fuliginosa (Vieillot) ( Passeriformes : Furnariidae ) from Brazil (Amazonas), with additional records ex Dendrocincla melura olivascens (Zimmer) from Ecuador, ex Dendrocolaptes c. certhia (Boddaert) from Brazil; ex Dendrocolaptes hoffmannsi Hellmayr from Brazil, ex Dendrocolaptes p. platyrostris Spix from Brazil, ex Xiphorhynchus e. elegans (Pelzeln) from Brazil, ex X. erythropygius aequatorialis (Berlepsch and Taczanouski) from Colombia, ex X. guttatus eytoni (Sluter) from Brazil, ex X. guttatus guttatoides (Lafresnaye) from Venezuela, ex X. l. lachrymosus (Lawrence) from Panama, ex Dendrornis kienerii DesMurs (as Xiphorhynchus necopinus ) from Brazil, ex Xiphorhynchus o. obsoletus (Lichtenstein) from Brazil, ex Dendroplex p. picus (Gmelin) (as Xiphorhynchus p. picus) from Brazil, ex Xiphorhynchus spixii (Lesson) from French Guiana (Cayenne), and ex Certhiasomus stictolaemus secundus (Hellmayr) (as Deconychura stictolaema secunda ) with out locality ( Kudon 1982a; Kudon 1982b). This mite has never been recollected since the original description.

Platyacarus sp.

Material examined. Ex Grallaria rufula Lafresnaye ( Passeriformes : Grallariidae ): 2 males, Dept. Caldas: Villamaría, Bosque del Oso, Hacienda Corinto, 3560 m, 13 July 1980, coll. J.E. Orejuela & G. Cataño, UV No. 4396.