title: Nasal mites of Tyrannidae (Aves) in Brazil.
abstract: A total of 81 Tyraniidae birds were examined, 80 Pitangus sulphuratus (Linnaeus, 1766) (Great kiscadee), and one Machetornis rixosa (Vieilot, 1819) (Cattle tyrant), for collection of nasal mites, which were identified as Ptilonyssus spinosus (Brooks & Strandtmann, 1960) and Sternostoma longisetosae (Hyland, 1961) (Rhinonyssidae). This finding characterises the first report of P. spinosus and S. longisetosae in P. sulphuratus, and the first record of P. spinosus in M. rixosa, and expands the geographic distribution of these species. It is the first occurrence of S. longisetosae in the Neotropics, and the first citation of P. spinosus in the state of Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil.
authors.affiliation: Laboratório de Parasitologia Animais Silvestres, Departamento de Microbiologia e Parasitologia ? DEMP, Instituto de Biologia ? IB, Universidade Federal do Pelotas ? UFPel, Capão do Leão, RS, Brazil.
authors.forename: M M
authors.initials: MM
authors.lastname: Mendes
authors.affiliation: Laboratório de Parasitologia Animais Silvestres, Departamento de Microbiologia e Parasitologia ? DEMP, Instituto de Biologia ? IB, Universidade Federal do Pelotas ? UFPel, Capão do Leão, RS, Brazil.
authors.forename: C S
authors.initials: CS
authors.lastname: Mascarenhas
authors.affiliation: Departamento de Clínica Médica Veterinária, Faculdade de Agronomia e Medicina Veterinária, Universidade Federal do Mato Grosso ? UFMT, Cuiabá, MT, Brazil.
authors.forename: A L
authors.initials: AL
authors.lastname: Sinkoc
authors.affiliation: Laboratório de Parasitologia Animais Silvestres, Departamento de Microbiologia e Parasitologia ? DEMP, Instituto de Biologia ? IB, Universidade Federal do Pelotas ? UFPel, Capão do Leão, RS, Brazil.
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Müller
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001938:Brazil; D005260:Female; D008297:Male; D008925:Mites / Q000145:classification*; D009296:Nasal Cavity / Q000469:parasitology*; D046109:Passeriformes / Q000145:classification / Q000469:parasitology*