Two new feather mites (Acari: Astigmata) from the Turkey Vulture (Ciconiiformes: Cathartidae) in Canada

Canadian Entomologist

Volumn 135, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 655-667

  Mironov, Sergei V ^a   Galloway, Terry D ^b  

^a ZOOLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (Russian Federation)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACARI; ANALGOIDEA; ANCYRALGES CATHARTINUS; ASTIGMATA; AVES; CATHARTACARUS AURAE; CATHARTES; CATHARTES AURA; CATHARTIDAE; CICONIIFORMES; FALCONIFORMES; INVERTEBRATA; MELEAGRIS GALLOPAVO;

EID: 0345447652     PISSN: 0008347X     EISSN: 19183240     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4039/n03-002     Document Type: Article

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