| patterns of knemidokoptes jamaicensis (acari: knemidokoptidae) infestations among eight new avian hosts in the dominican republic. | the ectoparasitic mite knemidokoptes jamaicensis turk burrows into the cornified epithelium of the legs and feet of passeriform birds and has been reported from 12 species of north american birds. here we establish new host and distribution records for k. jamaicensis from eight species of birds from three habitats in the dominican republic. these species include hispaniolan pewee (contopus hispaniolensis bryant), northern mockingbird (mimus polyglottos l.), cape may warbler (dendoica tigrina gme ... | 2001 | 11372970 |