Platyacarus sittasomi Hernandes, Valim and Mironov, 2007

Mironov, Sergey V., Literak, Ivan, Sychra, Oldrich & Capek, Miroslav, 2017, Feather mites of the subfamily Proctophyllodinae (Acari: Proctophyllodidae) from passerines (Aves: Passeriformes) in Costa Rica, Zootaxa 4297 (1), pp. 1-105 : 17

Platyacarus sittasomi Hernandes, Valim and Mironov, 2007

Platyacarus sittasomi Hernandes et al. 2007: 2675 , figs. 41–51.

Material examined. 5 males and 4 females ( ZISP 6415–6423 ) from Sittasomus griseicapillus (Vieillot, 1818) (Furnariidae) , COSTA RICA, Tapantí National Park, Sector Tapantí, Cordillera de Talamanca Mts. , 09°46'N, 83°47'W, 2 August 2009, collectors I. Literak, O. Sychra and M. Capek ; 10 males and 5 females ( ZISP 6166– 6181 ), same host, COSTA RICA, Rincón de la Vieja National Park , Cordillera de Guanacaste Mts., 10°46'N, 85°18'W, 800 m, 21 August 2009, collectors I. Literak, O. Sychra and M. Capek.

This species was previously known only from the type host, Sittasomus griseicapillus , in Brazil ( Hernandes et al. 2007). This is the first report of Platyacarus sittasomi from this host in Costa Rica.