title: Key to Species of the Genus Neocheyletiella (Acariformes: Cheyletidae), With Description of a New Species.
abstract: A new species of the genus Neocheyletiella Baker, 1949 (Acariformes: Cheyletidae) is described from the zebra finch, Taeniopygia guttata (Viellot, 1817) (Passeriformes: Estrildidae), from a laboratory colony at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA. The setal additions in the ontogeny of the new species, Neocheyletiella parvisetosa Mertins & Bochkov, and the main differential characters of all 17 known species of the genus Neocheyletiella are provided in tabular format. Keys to females and males of Neocheyletiella spp. also are given.
authors: Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service, Veterinary Services, Science, Technology, and Analysis Services, National Veterinary Services Laboratories, 1920 Dayton Avenue, Ames, IA 50010. james.w.mertins@aphis.usda.gov.
authors: James W
authors: JW
authors: Mertins
authors: Zoological Institute, Russian Academy of Sciences, Universitetskaya emb. 1, 199034 St. Petersburg, Russia. Museum of Zoology, University of Michigan, 1109 Geddes Ave., Ann Arbor, MI 48109.
authors: Andre V
authors: AV
authors: Bochkov
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D005260:Female; D046369:Finches / Q000469:parasitology; D008297:Male; D008925:Mites / Q000033:anatomy & histology / Q000145:classification*
keywords: Neocheyletiella; ectoparasite; passerine bird; systematics; zebra finch