NOTES ON SYSTEMATICS OF THE FEATHER MITE GENUS TROUESSARTIA CANESTRINI, 1899 (ACARIFORMES: TROUESSARTIIDAE) WITH AN UPDATED WORLD CHECKLIST

Abstract

The paper provides major references to Trouessartia species described since Santana’s (1976) world revision of this genus, unified diagnoses of 11 currently recognized species groups (africana, appendiculata, capensis, crucifera, estrildae, minutipes, picumni, rosterii, stelgidopteryx, tenuipilata and viduae), and a world checklist of currently known species. The updated checklist includes 147 valid species and is supplemented with data on type hosts, distribution and references to most useful descriptions.