Feather mites associated with eastern bluebirds (Sialia sialis L.) in Georgia, including the description of a new species of trouessartia (Analgoidea: Trouessartiidae)

Southeastern Naturalist

Volumn 9, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 605-623

  Carleton, Reneé E ^a   Proctor, Heather C ^b  

^a BERRY COLLEGE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACARI; ANALGOIDEA; AVES; PHTHIRAPTERA; PROCTOPHYLLODIDAE; SIALIA; SIALIA SIALIS; TROUESSARTIA; TROUESSARTIIDAE;

EID: 84858985452     PISSN: 15287092     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1656/058.009.0317     Document Type: Article

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