J Med Entomol. 2014 May;51(3):529-46. doi: 10.1603/me13109.
Four new species of the feather mite family Proctophyllodidae are described from two species of the family Mimidae (Passeriformes): Proctophyllodes apanaskevichi sp. n. (Proctophyllodinae) and Amerodectes dumetellae sp. n. (Pterodectinae) from the Gray Catbird, Dumetella carolinensis (L., 1766), and Proctophyllodes gallowayi sp. n. (Proctophyllodinae) and Metapterodectes toxostomae sp. n. (Pterodectinae) from the Brown Thrasher, Toxostoma rufum (L., 1758). A. dumetellae and M. toxostomae represent the first records of mites of the subfamily Pterodectinae on mockingbirds.
四种新的 Proctophyllodidae 羽螨科物种被描述于拟鹂科(雀形目)的两个物种中:Proctophyllodes apanaskevichi sp. n.(Proctophyllodinae)和 Amerodectes dumetellae sp. n.(Pterodectinae)来自灰猫鸟,Dumetella carolinensis(L.,1766),以及 Proctophyllodes gallowayi sp. n.(Proctophyllodinae)和 Metapterodectes toxostomae sp. n.(Pterodectinae)来自褐噪鸫,Toxostoma rufum(L.,1758)。A. dumetellae 和 M. toxostomae 是拟鹂科羽螨亚科螨类的首次记录。