Alloptidae

Ventral views of female (left) and male Oxyalges cardiurus, from OConnor (2009).

Belongs within: Analgoidea.

The Alloptidae are a group of ectoparasitic mites specialised for life on the flight and covert feathers of aquatic birds (Mironov 2007).

Synapomorphies (from Mironov 2007): Subhmeral seta c3 posterior to humeral seta cp. Central sclerite of ambulacral disc an inverted T or Y. Male with genital apodemes well developed. Female with opisthosoma bilobate; hysteronotal shield completely covering posterior end of opisthosoma.

<==Alloptidae
    |--+--+--Aramolichus foliatus Peterson & Atyeo 1968 M07
    |  |  `--Psilobrephosceles ortygometrae (Canestrini 1878) M07
    |  `--Brephosceles Hull 1934 M07, H98
    |       |  i. s.: B. haematopi Peterson 1971 H98
    |       |--+--B. forficiger (Megnin & Trouessart 1884) M07
    |       |  `--+--+--B. diomedei Atyeo & Peterson 1970 M07
    |       |     |  |--B. lanceolatus Peterson 1971 M07
    |       |     |  `--B. marginiventris (Trouessart 1899) B07
    |       |     `--+--Onychalloptes microphaeton (Trouessart 1885) M07
    |       |        `--+--B. decapus (Gaud 1953) M07
    |       |           `--B. pachyptilae Peterson 1971 M07
    |       `--+--+--B. geranoxenus Peterson 1968 M07
    |          |  `--+--Alloptoides aythinae (Dubinin 1951) M07
    |          |     `--+--B. anhimae Peterson 1971 M07
    |          |        `--B. lambda (Trouessart 1885) M07
    |          `--+--Homeobrephosceles M07
    |             |    |--H. discosurus (Trouessart 1886) M07
    |             |    `--H. orthothrix M07
    |             `--+--Dichobrephosceles actitidis (Canestrini 1878) M07
    |                `--+--B. charadrii Dubinin 1951 M07
    |                   `--+--B. chaubaudi Gaud 1968 M07
    |                      `--B. haematopi Peterson 1971 M07
    `--+--+--Oxyalginae M07
       |  |    |--Diomedalloptes pacificus (Peterson & Atyeo 1972) M07
       |  |    `--Oxyalges M07
       |  |         |--O. cardiurus Gaud & Atyeo 1966 M07
       |  |         `--O. incertus (Gaud 1952) M07
       |  `--+--Echinacarus [Echinacarinae] M07
       |     |    `--E. rubidus (Trouesart 1886) M07
       |     `--Microspalax Mégnin & Trouessart 1884 M07, H98 [Microspalacinae]
       |          |--M. ardennae Dubinin 1949 H98
       |          |--M. manicata (Mégnin & Trouessart 1884) [=Freyana manicata] H98
       |          `--M. puffini Dubinin 1949 M07
       `--+--Rhynchalloptes pyrgognathus Peterson & Atyeo 1977 M07
          `--+--+--Heterobrephosceles rapiformis Peterson & Atyeo 1977 M07
             |  `--+--Gaudium abbreviatum (Trouessart 1885) M07
             |     `--+--Ibidocolus sexangularis (Peterson & Atyeo 1977) M07
             |        `--+--+--Anisanchus ptilotus Peterson & Atyeo 1977 M07
             |           |  `--Tauralloptes cornutus Mironov 2002 M07
             |           `--+--Hyperpedalloptes titanopedes Dubinin 1955 M07
             |              `--Nealloptes Gaud & Mouchet 1957 M07, H98
             |                   |--N. corymbophorus (Trouessart & Neumann 1888) [=Alloptes corymbophorus] H98
             |                   `--N. petazophorus (Trouessart 1887) M07
             `--Alloptinae M07
                  |--Dinalloptes chelionatus Atyeo & Peterson 1966 M07
                  `--+--Alloptellus M07
                     |    |--A. coniventris (Trouesart 1887) M07
                     |    `--A. pelecanus Dubinin 1955 M07
                     `--+--Alloptes M07
                        |    |--A. aschizurus Gaud 1952 M07
                        |    |--A. cepphusi Dubinin 1952 M07
                        |    `--A. crassipes (Canestrini 1879) M07
                        |--+--Paradoxalloptes ibidorhynchae Mironov 1998 M07
                        |  `--+--Apodalloptes curtipes (Trouessart 1885) M07
                        |     `--Conuralloptes M07
                        |          |--C. chionis (Atyeo & Peterson 1967) M07
                        |          |--C. conurus (Trouessart 1885) M07
                        |          `--C. eurytrichus Gaud 1972 M07
                        `--+--Sternalloptes M07
                           |    |--S. bisetatus (Haller 1882) M07
                           |    |--S. mandei Gaud 1976 M07
                           |    `--S. stercorarii (Dubinin 1952) M07
                           `--+--+--Laminalloptes phaetontis (Fabricius 1775) M07
                              |  `--Megalloptes triphyllurus Mironov & Perez 1998 M07
                              `--+--+--Ceraturoptellus euryurus (Trouessart 1885) M07
                                 |  `--+--Ptyctalloptes claviger (Trouessart 1885) M07
                                 |     `--Spinicnemis reticulatus Mironov 2002 M07
                                 `--Plicatalloptes M07
                                      |--P. fregatae (Atyeo & Peterson 1992) M07
                                      |--P. plegadis Dubidin 1955 M07
                                      |--P. umbrettae (Gaud 1960) M07
                                      `--+--P. pelecani (Dubinin 1954) M07
                                         `--P. subcrassipes (Dubinin & Dubinina 1940) M07

*Type species of generic name indicated

REFERENCES

Halliday, R. B. 1998. Mites of Australia: A checklist and bibliography. CSIRO Publishing: Collingwood.

Mironov, S. V. 2007. Phylogeny of the feather mite family Alloptidae (Astigmata, Analgoidea) and coevolutionary trends with aquatic birds. In: Morales-Malacara, J. B., V. M. Behan-Pelletier, E. Ueckermann, T. M. Pérez, E. G. Estrada-Venegas & M. Badii (eds) Acarology XI: Proceedings of the International Congress pp. 617–633. Instituto de Biología and Faculdad de Ciencias, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Sociedad Latinoamericana de Acarología: México.

OConnor, B. M. 2009. Cohort Astigmatina. In: Krantz, G. W., & D. E. Walter (eds) A Manual of Acarology 3^rd ed. pp. 565–657. Texas Tech University Press.