Trouessartia ripariae Mironov, 1983

Mironov, Sergey V. & Galloway, Terry D., 2019, Feather mites of the genus Trouessartia Canestrini (Acariformes: Trouessartiidae) from swallows (Passeriformes: Hirundinidae) in Canada, Zootaxa 4568 (1), pp. 1-39 : 31

Trouessartia ripariae Mironov, 1983

( Figs. 19 D–F, 21E–G)

Trouessartia ripariae Mironov, 1983: 366 , figs. 2c, 4; Gaud & Atyeo 1987: 378, figs. 1h, 2h, 4h, 5h.

Material examined. 8 males, 8 females (ZISP 7500–7515) from Riparia riparia (Linnaeus, 1758) ( Passeriformes : Hirundinidae ), CANADA, Manitoba, Oak Hammock Marsh, 2008, coll. T.D. Galloway and S.R. Repa.

Trouessartia ripariae is known exclusively from the sand martin, Riaparia riparia , throughout most of its range in both hemispheres. Originally this mite species was described from the European part of Russia ( Mironov 1983); further, it was recorded on this host in northern Africa ( Morocco, Ethiopia), eastern and South East Asia ( Japan, Malesia, Thailand) and in North America ( USA, Canada) ( Gaud & Atyeo 1987; Galloway et al. 2014).

Figures

FIGURE 19. Trouessartia species, details of males. Trouessartia quarta: A—ventral view of genital apparatus and opisthosoma, B—tibia and tarsus IV, C—setae si, c2, c3 and sRIII; T. ripariae: D—ventral view of genital apparatus and opisthosoma, E –tibia and tarsus IV, F—setae si, c2, c3 and sRIII.