Proctophyllodes Robin, 1877

Eren, Gökhan, Öztürk, Mehmet, Mironov, Sergey V., Nisbet, Hatice Özlem & Açici, Mustafa, 2023, New records of feather mites (Sarcoptiformes: Astigmata) from some birds in Türkiye, Acarological Studies 5 (2), pp. 58-68 : 60

Genus Proctophyllodes Robin, 1877

Remarks. The genus Proctophyllodes with 184 described species is most species-rich genus among all feather mite families ( Mironov, 2012; 2019; Pedroso and Hernandes, 2021). Mites of this genus are mainly associated with birds of the order Passeriformes , with a few species from birds of the orders Apodiformes , Charadriiformes and Piciformes (Atyeo and Braasch, 1966; Mironov and Hallan, 2022). In studies previously conducted in Türkiye, ten species of this genus, Proctophyllodes cetti Badek, Mironov and Dabert, 2008 , P. clavatus Fritsch, 1961 , P. doleophyes Gaud, 1957 , P. lusciniae Burdejnaja and Kivganov, 2009a , P. mesocaulus Mac-Fira and Cristea, 1968 , P. rubeculinus (Koch, 1941) , P. scolopacinus Vitzthum, 1929 , P. stylifer (Buckholz 1869) , P. sylviae Gaud, 1957 and P. troncatus Mégnin, 1877 , have been reported so far ( Eren and AÇıcı, 2022).