| four new species of the feather mite genus vanginyssus mironov, 2001 (astigmata: pteronyssidae) from the vangas (passeriformes: vangidae) in madagascar. | four new feather mite species of vanginyssus mironov, 2001 are described from vangas (passeriformes: vangidae), an endemic passerine family from madagascar: vanginyssus euryceros n. sp. from the helmet vanga euryceros prevostii lesson, v. madagascarinus n. sp. from the blue vanga cyanolanius madagascarinus (linnaeus), v. mystacornis n. sp. from the crossley's babbler mystacornis crossleyi (grandidier) and v. orioliae n. sp. from the bernier's vanga oriolia bernieri geoffroy saint-hilaire. a key ... | 2006 | 16710803 |
| the phylogenetic affinities of crossley's babbler (mystacornis crossleyi): adding a new niche to the vanga radiation of madagascar. | crossley's babbler (mystacornis crossleyi) is a passerine endemic to madagascar. traditionally, it has been classified as a babbler (timaliidae), although affinities with warblers and vangas have been suggested. we investigated the phylogenetic affinities of crossley's babbler using sequence data from two nuclear introns (myoglobin intron 2 and beta-fibrinogen intron 5) and one mitochondrial gene (nd2). we present for the first time (to our knowledge) a molecular phylogeny that confidently place ... | 2008 | 18832056 |