Two new species of the genus Syringophilopsis Kethley, 1970 (Acari: Syringophilidae) parasitizing quills of true shrikes (Aves: Laniidae)

M Skoracki; P Tryjanowski; M Hromada

doi:10.1051/parasite/200209111

Two new species of the genus Syringophilopsis Kethley, 1970 (Acari: Syringophilidae) parasitizing quills of true shrikes (Aves: Laniidae)

Parasite. 2002 Mar;9(1):11-6. doi: 10.1051/parasite/200209111.

Authors

M Skoracki¹, P Tryjanowski, M Hromada

Affiliation

¹ Department of Animal Morphology, A. Mickiewicz University, 28 czerwca 1956/198, PL 61-485 Poznań, Poland. skoracki@main.amu.edu.pl

PMID: 11938690
DOI: 10.1051/parasite/200209111

Abstract

Two new species of syringophilid mites (Acari: Syringophilidae) are described from quills of true shrikes (Passeriformes: Laniidae): Syringophilopsis kristini sp. n. from Lesser Grey Shrike, Lanius minor, from Slovakia, and Syringophiopsis yosefi sp. n. from Lanius sp. from Cameroun.

MeSH terms

Animals
Bird Diseases / parasitology*
Cameroon
Feathers / parasitology*
Female
Male
Mite Infestations / parasitology
Mite Infestations / veterinary*
Mites / classification*
Mites / ultrastructure
Songbirds / parasitology*
Species Specificity