title: Two new feather mites of the genus Neocalcealges Orwig (Analgoidea: Trouessartiidae) from the Sichuan province of China.
abstract: Two new species of the feather mite genus Neocalcealges Orwig 1968 (Analgoidea: Trouessartiidae) are described from passerine birds (Passeriformes) from the Sichuan province of China: Neocalcealges davidi sp. nov. from Alcippe davidi Styan (Leiothrichidae) and N. chrysotis sp. nov. from Lioparus chrysotis (Blyth) (Paradoxornithidae). We provide a key to all described species of Neocalcealges.
authors.affiliation: Institute of Entomology, College of Plant Protection, Southwest University, Chongqing, China 400715.; Email: zhibaoy@swu.edu.cn.
authors.forename: Zi-Ying
authors.initials: ZY
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.affiliation: Department of Biological Sciences, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada T6G 2E9.; Email: hproctor@ualberta.ca.
authors.forename: Heather
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Proctor
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D002681:China; D005241:Feathers / Q000469:parasitology; D005260:Female; D008297:Male; D008925:Mites / Q000033:anatomy & histology / Q000145:classification*; D046109:Passeriformes / Q000469:parasitology