Skoracki Maciej
Department of Animal Morphology, Faculty of Biology, Adam Mickiewicz University, ul. Umultowska 89, 61-614 Poznań, Poland
Ann Parasitol. 2016;62(4):349-350. doi: 10.17420/ap6204.72.
Metacheyletia degenerata Fain and Bochkov, 2003 (Acariformes: Cheyletidae) is recorded for the first time from the quills of the European Bee-eater Merops apiaster L., 1758 (Coraciformes: Meropidae). It is also the first record of Metacheyletia found on coraciiform birds. Moreover, the following localities: Macedonia, Italy, Azerbaijan, Russia and Tanzania, are new for M. degenerata.
2003年,法因和博奇科夫描述的退化变盲螨(Metacheyletia degenerata Fain and Bochkov, 2003)(真螨目:螯螨科)首次在欧洲蜂虎(Merops apiaster L., 1758)(佛法僧目:蜂虎科)的羽毛上被发现。这也是在佛法僧目鸟类身上发现变盲螨属的首次记录。此外,马其顿、意大利、阿塞拜疆、俄罗斯和坦桑尼亚这些地点,对于退化变盲螨来说是新发现的分布地。