Three new records of feather mite species (Acari: Astigmata) for Bulgaria

Abstract

Five feather mite species were collected from the bird species Columba palumbus L., 1758 (Columbiformes), Emberiza calandra L., 1758, Hippolais icterina (Vieillot, 1817) and Acrocephalus melanopogon (Temminck, 1823) (Passeriformes). Analges nitzschi Haller, 1878, Ingrassiella melanopogoni Constantinescu, 2013 and Proctophyllodes icterina Zullo & Manilla, 1992 (Analgoidea) are new feather mite species for the acarofauna of Bulgaria.

Keywords

• feather mites
• analgoidea
• pterolichoidea
• bulgaria