Report of a Feather Mite Species (Acariformes: Astigmata) from the Oriental White Stork, Ciconia boyciana (Ciconiiformes: Ciconiidae), Belonging to the Japanese Native Population

In Japan, the native population of the Oriental White Stork Ciconia boyciana Swinhoe, 1873 had been extinct in 1986, when the last captured stork died in a breeding facility. Later on, some wild or bred storks from Russia and mainland China (clear origin unknown) were transported to Japan, and their...

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Main Authors: Tsukasa Waki, Isao Nishiumi, Satoshi Shimano
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Japanese Society of Systematic Zoology 2023-10-01
Series:Species Diversity
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