A new feather mite genus of the family Dermationidae (Acariformes: Analgoidea) from the European storm petrel Hydrobates pelagicus (Procellariiformes: Hydrobatidae) in Faroe Islands

Sergey V. Mironov; Simon  Haarder; Jens-Kjeld Jensen

doi:10.11158/saa.31.6.6

A new feather mite genus of the family Dermationidae (Acariformes: Analgoidea) from the European storm petrel Hydrobates pelagicus (Procellariiformes: Hydrobatidae) in Faroe Islands

Sergey V. Mironov
, Simon Haarder
, Jens-Kjeld Jensen

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Abstract

A new feather mite, Procellaricoptes hydrobati gen. n., sp. n. (Analgoidea: Dermationidae), is described from
the European storm petrel, Hydrobates pelagicus (Procellariiformes: Hydrobatidae), in the Faroe Islands,
Denmark. This is the first description of feather mite taxa of the family Dermationidae from an avian host of the
order Procellariiformes. The new genus Procellaricoptes gen. n. belongs to the Dermation genus-group and is
most close to the genus Neodermation Fain, 1964. It differs from Neodermation in having the idiosomal setae
d2 present in both sexes, roughly rectangular adanal shields in females and by the absence of apicoventral claw
like process on tarsi III in males. An updated world checklist of species of the family Dermationidae is provided

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	956-972
Number of pages	17
Journal	Systematic and Applied Acarology
Volume	31
Issue number	6
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.11158/saa.31.6.6
Publication status	Published - 2026
Externally published	Yes

Keywords

Astigmata
Dermationidae
Procellaricoptes
Systematics
Procellariiformes
Faroe Islands

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