TY  - JOUR
JF  - Acarologia
T1  - Two new species of the feather mite genus Dolichodectes (Acariformes: Proctophyllodidae) from flycatchers (Passeriformes: Muscicapidae) in South Africa
VL  - 66
IS  - 1
SP  - 171
EP  - 186
PY  - 2026
SN  - 0044-586X
SN  - 2107-7207
PB  - Les Amis d'Acarologia
AU  - Mironov, Sergey V.
UR  - https://doi.org/10.24349/qfvs-mo92
DO  - 10.24349/qfvs-mo92
DA  - 2026-03-17
ET  - 2026-03-17
KW  - Astigmata
KW  - Feather mites
KW  - Analgoidea
KW  - Dolichodectes
KW  - systematics
AB  - Two new feather mite species of the genus Dolichodectes Park & Atyeo, 1971 (Proctophyllodidae : Pterodectinae) are described from flycatchers in South Africa: Dolichodectes robertsi sp. n., from the White-browed Scrub Robin, Cercotichas leucophrys (Vieillot, 1817), and D. megalobus sp. n. from the Pale Flycatcher, Agricola pallidus (von Müller, 1851). Dolichodectes robertsi sp. n. is close to D. glyphonotus (Gaud & Mouchet, 1957) in having, in males, the opisthosomal lobes with the lateral margins moderately convex and the lobar apices rounded. The males of D. robertsi sp. n. are distinguished by the numerous dash-like lacunae on the hysteronotal shield and the aedeagus not extending to the terminal cleft, and the females have the prodorsal shield with pointed posterior corners and a distinct ovate enlargement near the head of spermatheca. Dolichodectes megalobus sp. n. is most similar to D. diplocercus (Gaud & Mouchet, 1957) in having the opisthosomal lobes strongly elongated, almost parallel-sided and with rounded apices, and the aedeagus not reaching the terminal cleft. The males of D. megalobus sp. n. are distinguished by the hysteronotal shield covered with numerous circular lacunae, the longer aedeagus (110–115 µm) and setae h3 (95–105 µm); and the females are characterized by the prodorsal shield lacking ornamentation, the lobar shield distinctly wider than long, and setae h2 shorter than the distance between their bases. 
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