New host records for parasitic mites of the family Syringophilidae from accipitriform birds (Aves: Accipitriformes)

Mateusz Zmudzinski; Markus Unsoeld; Wayne Knee; Maciej Skoracki

doi:10.17420/ap6104.21

New host records for parasitic mites of the family Syringophilidae from accipitriform birds (Aves: Accipitriformes)

Ann Parasitol. 2015;61(4):291-3. doi: 10.17420/ap6104.21.

Authors

Mateusz Zmudzinski¹, Markus Unsoeld², Wayne Knee³, Maciej Skoracki¹

Affiliations

¹ Department of Animal Morphology, Faculty of Biology, Adam Mickiewicz University, Umultowska 89, 61-614 Poznań, Poland.
² Ornithological Section, Bavarian State Collection of Zoology, Muenchhausenstrasse 21, 81247 Munich, Germany.
³ Canadian National Collection of Insects, Arachnids and Nematodes, Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, 960 Carling Avenue, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada K1A 0C6.

PMID: 26878628
DOI: 10.17420/ap6104.21

Abstract

Four accipitriform bird species of the family Accipitridae are reported as new hosts for quill mites (Acari: Cheyletoidea: Syringophilidae): Megasyringophilus aquilus Skoracki, Lontkowski and Stawarczyk, 2010 was collected from Hieraaetus pennatus Gmelin, 1788 in France and Spain, and Buteo jamaicensis Gmelin, 1788 in Canada; Peristerophila accipitridicus Skoracki, Lontkowski and Stawarczyk, 2010 was collected from Circaetus gallicus Gmelin, 1788 in France, and Buteo lagopus Pontoppidan, 1763 in Germany.

MeSH terms

Animals
Bird Diseases / parasitology*
Birds
Feathers / parasitology
Female
Male
Mite Infestations / parasitology
Mite Infestations / veterinary*
Mites / classification*