Neorhytidelasma Mironov and Pérez, 2003

Mironov, S. V., Dabert, J. & Ehrnsberger, R., 2005, Six new feather mite species (Acari: Astigmata) from the carolina parakeet Conuropsis carolinensis (Psittaciformes: Psittacidae), an extinct parrot of North America, Journal of Natural History 39 (24), pp. 2257-2278 : 2265

Neorhytidelasma Mironov and Pérez, 2003

The genus Neorhytidelasma belongs to the Rhytidelasma generic group, which with 33 species, nine genera takes second place in number of known taxa among three pterolichine generic groups associated with parrots ( Gaud and Atyeo 1996; Mironov and Pérez 2003; Mironov et al. 2003). As for the two previous genera, representatives of Neorhytidelasma are restricted to New World parrots. Based mainly on morphological features of males, Atyeo and co-authors ( Atyeo and Pérez 1988a, 1988b; Atyeo et al. 1988) recognized five species groups (cornigera, forficiventris, mesomexicana , tritiventris, ulocerca) among eight primarily described species and numerous collected but undescribed species of Neorhytidelasma . These studies have also shown that representatives from different species groups may coinhabit the same host species, occupying different locations in the flight feathers. A review and key to all previously known species were provided by Mironov and Pérez (2003).