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Feather mites are among the most common and diverse ectosymbionts of birds, yet basic questions such as the nature of their relationship remain largely unanswered. One reason for feather mites being understudied is that their morphological identification is often virtually impossible when using female or young individuals. Even for adult male specimens this task is tedious and requires advanced taxonomic...
Cladistic reconstruction of phylogenetic relationships within the Pteroherpus generic group, consisting of the genera Dicrurobius, Micropteroherpus, Pteroherpus, and Vanginyssus, has been carried out, here, for the first time. This analysis was based on 46 morphological characters and 29 operational taxonomic units, including 21 species of the Pteroherpus group (ingroup), eight species representing...
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