title: New species of the feather mite genus Protolichus Trouessart, 1884 (Astigmata, Pterolichidae) from lories and lorikeets (Aves: Psittaciformes).
abstract: Five new species of the feather mite genus Protolichus Trouessart, 1884 (Astigmata, Pterolichidae) are described from parrots of the subfamily Loriinae (Psittaciformes: Psittacidae): Protolichus ornatus sp. n. from Trichoglossus ornatus (Linnaeus, 1758), P. lorinus sp. n. from Lorius lory (Linnaeus, 1758), P. placentis sp. n. from Charmosyna placentis (Temminck, 1835), P. pulchellae sp. n. from C. pulchella (Gray GR, 1859), and P. rubiginosus sp. n. from T. rubiginosus (Bonaparte, 1850). Protolichus ornatus belongs to the brachiatus species group; the other new species belong to the crassior species group.
authors.affiliation: Zoological Institute, Russian Academy of Sciences, Universitetskaya quay 1, 199034, Saint Petersburg, Russia.; Email: astigmata@zin.ru.
authors.forename: Sergey V
authors.initials: SV
authors.lastname: Mironov
authors.affiliation: Institute of Didactics for Mathematics and Applied Science, University of Vechta, Driverstrasse 22, D-49377, Vechta, Germany.; Email: rainer.ehrnsberger@uni-vechta.de.
authors.forename: Rainer
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Ehrnsberger
authors.affiliation: Department of Animal Morphology, Faculty of Biology, A. Mickiewicz University, Umultowska 89, Poznań, 61-614, Poland.; Email: dabert@amu.edu.pl.
authors.forename: Jacek
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Dabert
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001315:Australia; D005260:Female; D008297:Male; D008925:Mites / Q000033:anatomy & histology* / Q000145:classification*; D011563:Psittaciformes / Q000469:parasitology*