title: A new species of pterodectine feather mites (Acarina, Analgoidea, Proctophyllodidae) from the Little Spiderhunter Arachnothera longirostra (Passeriformes, Nectariniidae) in Meghalaya, India.
abstract: The article describes a new species of the feather mite subfamily Pterodectinae from the Little Spiderhunter Arachnothera longirostra Temminck, 1826 (Passeriformes, Nectariniidae) in India. Pedanodectes angustilobus sp. n. differs from all known Pedanodectes species by having opisthosomal lobes short, at base wider than long, roughly rounded apically in males, and strongly elongated and narrowed lobar region with wide terminal appendages in females. A key to species of the genus Pedanodectes is presented.
authors.affiliation: "Grigore Antipa" National Museum of Natural History, Sos. Kiseleff no.1, 011341 Bucharest 1, Romania.
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.
authors.forename: Gabriel
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Chişamera
authors.affiliation: Zoology Department, Lady Keane College, 793001 Shillong, Meghalaya, India.
authors.forename: D Khlur B
authors.initials: DK
authors.lastname: Mukhim
authors.affiliation: "Grigore Antipa" National Museum of Natural History, Sos. Kiseleff no.1, 011341 Bucharest 1, Romania.
authors.forename: Costică
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Adam
keywords: Pedanodectes angustilobus; Pterodectinae; new species; systematics