Lorilichus, a new genus of feather mites (Acarina, Pterolichidae) from lories and lorikeets (Aves, Psittacidae)

✍ Scribed by Warren T. Atyeo; J. Gaud

• Book ID: 104614323
• Publisher: Springer Netherlands
• Year: 1991
• Tongue: English
• Weight: 595 KB
• Volume: 18
• Category: Article
• ISSN: 0165-5752
• DOI: 10.1007/bf00017667

✦ Synopsis

Lorilichus n. g. (Pterolichidae, Pterolichinae) is restricted to the Indo-Australian parrots of the family Loriidae. Assigned to this new genus are Pterolichus (Pseudalloptes) species described by Trouessart in 1884, namely, lobiger (type-species), delibativentris, discifer, cultriventris, emargiventris and securiventris. The first three named species are illustrated and two new species, parvifolius and grandifolius, are described: the five species are from Lorius domicellus (L.).