Byersalges Atyeo and Winchell

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 : 36

Genus Byersalges Atyeo and Winchell

Byersalges talpacoti ( Č erný, 1975)

Hosts and distribution. This species was described ex Columbina talpacoti (Temminck) (as Columbigallina talpacoti ) ( Columbiformes : Columbidae ) from Surinam (Weg naar Zee) ( Č erný 1975). Later on, it was recollected from the same host from Guadaloupe and Guyana ( Gaud & Barré 1988), and Surinam, Colombia, Trinidad, Nicaragua, Hondura, El Salvador, ex C. passerina (Linnaeus) from the USA (Florida) and Brazil, ex C. minuta (Linnaeus) from Colombia, ex C. picui (Temminck) from Argentina, ex C. squammata (Lesson) (as Scardafella squammata ) from Brazil, ex Claravis pretiosa (Ferrari-Pérez) from Colombia and Bolivia, ex Uropelia campestris (Spix) from Brazil ( Atyeo & Winchell 1984), and from the type host from Brazil (Rio de Janeiro) ( Valim et al. 2004).