Mironov Sergey V, Oconnor Barry M
Acta Parasitol. 2017 Mar 1;62(1):171-177. doi: 10.1515/ap-2017-0020.
A new feather mite species, Neodectes pilgrimi sp. n. (Proctophyllodidae: Pterodectinae), is described from three species of New Zealand wrens (Passeriformes: Acanthisittidae): Xenicus gilviventris Pelzeln, 1867 (type host), X. longipes (Gmelin, 1789) (extinct species), and Acanthisitta chloris (Sparrman, 1787). Based on known host associations of the genus Neodectes, it is hypothesized that Neodectes pilgrimi sp. n. has a secondary origin on New Zealand wrens and was probably transferred onto the ancestor of its hosts from honeyeaters (Passeriformes: Meliphagidae).
一种新的羽螨物种，即朝圣者新羽螨（Neodectes pilgrimi sp. n.）（长角羽螨科：翼羽螨亚科），是从三种新西兰鹪鹩（雀形目：刺鹩科）中发现并描述的：绿背刺鹩（Xenicus gilviventris Pelzeln，1867年）（模式宿主）、长脚刺鹩（X. longipes）（Gmelin，1789年）（已灭绝物种）和绿刺鹩（Acanthisitta chloris）（Sparrman，1787年）。基于新羽螨属已知的宿主关联，推测朝圣者新羽螨在新西兰鹪鹩上有二次起源，并且可能是从吸蜜鸟（雀形目：吸蜜鸟科）转移到其宿主的祖先身上的。
