Observations on the pyroglyphidae (Acari: Astigmata) with description of a new genus and species from Cygnus melanocoryphus (Molina) (Aves: Anatidae)

Cygnocoptes prasadi n. g., n. sp. (Acari: Astigmata: Pyroglyphidae) is described from a South American swan, C gnus inelanocotyphus (Aves: Anatidae).