title: A revised diagnosis of the feather mite genus Magimelia Gaud, 1961 (Pterolichoidea: Pterolichidae: Magimeliinae) and the description of three new species.
abstract: Three new mite species of the genus Magimelia (Astigmata: Pterolichidae) are described from the plumage of various lapwings (Charadriidae: Vanellinae): M. breviloba n. sp. from Vanellus miles miles; M. thailandica n. sp. from V. indicus (type-host), V. duvaucelii and V. tricolor; and M. chilensis n. sp. from V. chilensis. An extended host range for M. dolichosikya Gaud, 1961 is given. A revised diagnosis of the genus and a key to known species are presented.
authors.affiliation: Department of Animal Morphology, Adam Mickiewicz University, 28 Czerwca 1956/198, 61-485 Poznań, Poland.
authors.forename: Jacek
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Dabert
authors.forename: Serge V
authors.initials: SV
authors.lastname: Mironov
authors.forename: Rainer
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Ehrnsberger
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001717:Birds / Q000469:parasitology*; D005241:Feathers / Q000469:parasitology; D005260:Female; D008297:Male; D008925:Mites / Q000033:anatomy & histology* / Q000145:classification*; D009144:Museums; D009626:Terminology as Topic