Name - Amerodectes

Life Sciences Identifier (LSID)

urn:lsid:organismnames.com:name:4539338 [metadata]

Variants and Synonyms

• Amerodectes Valim & Hernandes 2010

Reported Taxonomic Ranks

Genus

Reported Taxonomic Hierarchies

Recent Publications

• Five new feather mites of the subfamily Pterodectinae (Acariformes: Astigmata: Proctophyllodidae) from passerines and hummingbirds (Aves) of Brazil.
• New feather mites of the genus Amerodectes Valim and Hernandes (Acariformes: Proctophyllodidae) from passerines (Aves: Passeriformes) in Georgia, USA.
• Cophylogenetic assessment of New World warblers (Parulidae) and their symbiotic feather mites (Proctophyllodidae).
• Feather mite abundance varies but symbiotic nature of mite-host relationship does not differ between two ecologically dissimilar warblers.
• Parasites of the Shiny Cowbird, Molothrus bonariensis, and the Austral Blackbird, Curaeus curaeus, (Passeriformes: Icteridae) in Chile.

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