title: Two new feather mite species of the family Pteronyssidae (Acarina: Analgoidea) from Meghalaya (Northeast India).
abstract: Two new species of the feather mite family Pteronyssidae (Acariformes: Analgoidea) from passerines of the families Leiothrichidae and Pycnonotidae in India (Meghalaya, East Jaintia Hills District) are described: Timalinyssus actinodurae Constantinescu sp. nov. from Actinodura cyanouroptera (Hodgson) (Leiothrichidae) and Pteroherpus meghalayensis Constantinescu sp. nov. from Hemixos flavala Blyth (Pycnonotidae). Timalinyssus actinodurae differs from all of the other species of the genus due to a particular shape of the opisthosomal lobes in both sexes and having a strong sclerotised band in postero-median area of the hysteronotal shield in male. The male of Pteroherpus meghalayensis differs due to a very long genital apparatus and unusual length of the tips of epiandrum that extend the level of the genital apparatus.
authors.affiliation: "Grigore Antipa" National Museum of Natural History, Sos. Kiseleff no.1, 011341 Bucharest 1, Romania, Phone: 004 021 312 88 26, 004021 312 88 63, Fax: 004 021 312 88 63.; Email: cristinactinescu@yahoo.com.
authors.forename: Ioana Cristina
authors.initials: IC
authors.lastname: Constantinescu
authors.affiliation: "Grigore Antipa" National Museum of Natural History, Sos. Kiseleff no.1, 011341 Bucharest 1, Romania, Phone: 004 021 312 88 26, 004021 312 88 63, Fax: 004 021 312 88 63.; Email: cristinactinescu@yahoo.com.
authors.forename: Gabriel
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Chişamera
authors.affiliation: Zoology Department, Lady Keane College, 793001 Shillong, Meghalaya, India; Email: unknown.
authors.forename: Khlur B
authors.initials: KB
authors.lastname: Mukhim
authors.affiliation: "Grigore Antipa" National Museum of Natural History, Sos. Kiseleff no.1, 011341 Bucharest 1, Romania, Phone: 004 021 312 88 26, 004021 312 88 63, Fax: 004 021 312 88 63.; Email: unknown.
authors.forename: Costică
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Adam
mesh_terms: D000053:Acari / Q000033:anatomy & histology* / Q000145:classification*; D000818:Animals; D001717:Birds / Q000469:parasitology; D005260:Female; D007194:India; D008297:Male