Two new species of the syringophilid quill mites (Acari: Prostigmata: Syringophilidae) parasitizing apodiform birds (Aves: Apodiformes)

Maciej Skoracki; Katarzyna Kaszewska; Katarzyna Kavetska

doi:10.11646/zootaxa.4052.5.7

Two new species of the syringophilid quill mites (Acari: Prostigmata: Syringophilidae) parasitizing apodiform birds (Aves: Apodiformes)

Zootaxa. 2015 Dec 7;4052(5):583-8. doi: 10.11646/zootaxa.4052.5.7.

Authors

Maciej Skoracki¹, Katarzyna Kaszewska², Katarzyna Kavetska³

Affiliations

¹ Department of Animal Morphology, Faculty of Biology, Adam Mickiewicz University, Umultowska 89, 61-614 Poznan, Poland; Email: skoracki@amu.edu.pl.
² Department of Animal Morphology, Faculty of Biology, Adam Mickiewicz University, Umultowska 89, 61-614 Poznan, Poland; Email: unknown.
³ Laboratory of Biology and Ecology of Parasites, West Pomeranian University of Technology, Doktora Judyma 20, 71-466 Szczecin, Poland; Email: unknown.

PMID: 26701456
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4052.5.7

Abstract

Two new syringophilid species (Acariformes: Syringophilidae) are described, Apodisyringiana hirundapi sp. nov. from Hirundapus caudacutus (Latham) from Japan and Syringophiloidus apus sp. nov. from Apus melba (Linnaeus) from Chile.

Publication types

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

MeSH terms

Animals
Bird Diseases / parasitology*
Birds
Chile
Female
Japan
Male
Mite Infestations / parasitology
Mite Infestations / veterinary*
Mites / anatomy & histology
Mites / classification*