Scutomegninia Dubinin

Genus Scutomegninia Dubinin

Scutomegninia ajajana ( Novaes and Carvalho, 1952)

Hosts and distribution. This species was described ex Platalea ajaja Linnaeus ( Pelecaniformes : Threskiornithidae ) from Brazil (Para) ( Novaes & Carvalho 1952). It was recorded from the same host in Cuba ( Č erný 1967), USA ( Texas), and Colombia (Dept. Magdalena, El Difícil) ( Mironov 2000).

Scutomegninia microfalcifera Mironov, 1990

Hosts and distribution. This species was originally described ex Phalacrocorax auritus cincinatus (Brandt) ( Suliformes : Phalacrocoracidae ) from Canada, ex Ph. a. auritus (Lesson) and Ph. a. floridanus (Audubon) from USA (Missisippi and Florida, respectively) ( Mironov 1990). It was also recorded ex Ph. brasilianus brasilianus (Gmelin) ( Ph. olivaceus in the original paper) from USA ( Texas) and Colombia (Dept. Bolívar, Simití) ( Mironov 2000).

Scutomegninia phimosi Mironov, 2000

Hosts and distribution. This species was described ex Phimosus infuscatus berlepschi Hellmayr ( Pelecaniformes : Threskiornithidae ) from Colombia (Dept. Magdalena, El Difícil) ( Mironov 2000).

Scutomegninia theristici Mironov, 2000

Hosts and distribution. This species was described ex Theristicus caudatus caudatus (Boddaert) ( Pelecaniformes : Threskiornithidae ) from Colombia (Dept. Magdalena, Camperucho; Dept. Valle del Cauca, Cali, Río Pance), Brazil (Para), ex T. c. hyperorius Todd from Bolivia ( Santa Cruz), and ex T. melanopis melanopis (Gmelin) from Argentina ( Río Negro) ( Mironov 2000).

Genus * Zachvatkinia Dubinin

Zachvatkinia caspica Mironov, 1989

Material examined. Ex Thalasseus maximus (Boddaert) ( Charadriiformes : Laridae ): 3 males and 7 females, Dept. Valle del Cauca: Buenaventura, Limones, 6 November 1986, coll. L.G. Naranjo, UV No. 4776. New host record.

Hosts and distribution. This species was described ex Hydropogne caspia (Pallas) and Gelochelidon nilotica (Gmelin) ( Charadriiformes : Laridae ) from Russia ( Mironov 1989). Later on, this mite was found on the first host in the USA ( Oregon) and ex Larus californicus Lawrence from the USA ( Washington) ( Bridge 2002).

Zachvatkinia larica Mironov, 1989

Material examined. Ex Leucophaeus atricilla (Linnaeus) ( Charadriiformes : Laridae ): 1 male and 2 females, Dept. Valle del Cauca, Buenaventura, Punta Soldado, 2 October 1980, coll. F. Borrero & Y. Herrán, UV No. 4649. New host record.

Hosts and distribution. This species was described ex Chroicocephalus ridibundus (Linnaeus) ( Charadriiformes : Laridae ) from Russia (Volga delta and Transbaikalia), with additional records from this country ex Larus crassirostris Vieillot (Primorie) , L. canus Linnaeus (Primorie) , L. argentatus antelius Iredale ( Novosibirsk Province), L. a. vegae Palmén (Transbaikalia), L. fuscus Linnaeus ( Kaliningrad and Leningrad Provinces), L. glaucoides Meyer (Novaya Zemlia) , L. hyperboreus Gunnerus (Vrangel Island), Ichthyaetus ichthyaetus (Pallas) (Volga delta), I. melanocephalus (Temminck) from Ukaine (Crimea), Chroicocephalus genei Brême (south of the Caspian sea), Saundersilarus saundersi (Swinhoe) (Primorie) , Hydrocoloeus minutus (Pallas) ( Novosibirsk Province), Rissa tridactyla (Linnaeus) (Vrangel Island), Ri. brevirostris (Bruch) (Taimyr Peninsula), Rhodostethia rosea (MacGillivray) (Vrangel Island), Xema sabini (Sabine) (Vrangel Island), and from the USA ( California) ex Larus delawarensis Ord , L. occidentalis Audobon , and L. heermanni Cassin ( Mironov 1989) .

Zachvatkinia oceanodromae Mironov, 1989

Material examined. Ex Oceanodroma tethys (Bonaparte) ( Procellariiformes : Hydrobatidae ): 2 females, Dept. Cauca: Guapi, Gorgona Island, 13 July 1979, coll. P. Silverstone & G. Cantillo, UV No. 4068. New host record.

Hosts and distribution. This species was described ex Oceanodroma melania melania (Bonaparte) ( Procellariiformes : Hydrobatidae ) and O. furcata (Gmelin) from Russia ( Mironov 1989).