Tyrannidectes vireonis ( Hernandes & Pedroso, 2016 )

Tyrannidectes vireonis ( Hernandes & Pedroso, 2016)

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Amerodectes vireonis Hernandes & Pedroso 2016: 307 View Cited Treatment in Hernandes et al. 2016.

Tyrannidectes vireonis : Mironov & Galloway 2021: 27.

Material examined. 4 males, 13 females ex Vireo gracilirostris Sharpe, 1890 ( Passeriformes : Vireonidae ), BRAZIL, Pernambuco, Sancho Beach, Fernando de Noronha, -3.855044, -32.441128, 17.VIII.2023, coll. C. Licarião,

#D168333; 4 females, same data , #D168332; 9 females, same data , #D168331; 9 males and 18 females, 2 nymphs, same data , #D1683340; 2 females, same data , #D168330.

Remarks. This species was described from the red-eyed vireo, Vireo olivaceus (Linnaeus, 1766) ( Passeriformes : Vireonidae ), from Paraná and São Paulo states, Brazil. It was originally described in the genus Amerodectes Valim & Hernandes, 2010 ; further, Mironov & Galloway (2021) transferred it to Tyrannidectes Mironov, 2008 based on morphological characters of males and females, most noticeably, the presence of a pair of angular extensions on the opisthoventral shield posterior to the level of setae ps 3 in males. This species is remarkable, being the only species of this genus having the prodorsal shield of males transversely split at the level of the scapular setae se and si. The Noronha vireo is herein reported as a new host of this mite species.