A new species of parasitic mites of the genus Syringophiloidus Kethley 1970 (Acari: Syringophilidae) from the barn swallow Hirundo rustica Linnaeus, 1758

M Skoracki; A P Møller; P Tryjanowski

doi:10.1051/parasite/2003101p17

A new species of parasitic mites of the genus Syringophiloidus Kethley 1970 (Acari: Syringophilidae) from the barn swallow Hirundo rustica Linnaeus, 1758

Parasite. 2003 Mar;10(1):17-20. doi: 10.1051/parasite/2003101p17.

Authors

M Skoracki¹, A P Møller, P Tryjanowski

Affiliation

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

PMID: 12669345
DOI: 10.1051/parasite/2003101p17

Abstract

A new quill mite species Syringophiloidus hirundinis (Acari: Syringophilidae) is described from the Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica. The species Syringophiloidus hirundinis had a prevalence of 17.1% in the two outermost tail feathers (N = 208 adult Barn Swallows) during the breeding season of the Barn Swallow host. Intensity of infestation was 9.7 adult mites per pair of infested tail feathers. The sex ratio was highly biased towards females, with only 7.5% of all individuals being males (20:3).

Publication types

Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

Animals
Bird Diseases / epidemiology
Bird Diseases / parasitology*
Feathers / parasitology
Female
Male
Mite Infestations / epidemiology
Mite Infestations / parasitology
Mite Infestations / veterinary*
Mites / anatomy & histology
Mites / classification*
Phylogeny
Prevalence
Sex Distribution
Songbirds / parasitology*