Mites of the family Syringophilidae (Acariformes: Cheyletoidea) parasitizing waxbills of the genus Estrilda (Passeriformes: Estrildidae)

2019 ◽  
Vol 24 (9) ◽  
pp. 1799-1808
Author(s):  
Maciej Skoracki ◽  
Martin Hromada ◽  
Petra Prevuznakova ◽  
Wanyoike Wamiti
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Host Species ◽  
New Host ◽  
Quill Mites ◽  
The Family ◽  
Sub Saharan ◽  
First Time ◽  
A New Species ◽  
New Host Species

Quill mites (Acariformes: Prostigmata: Syringophilidae) parasitizing waxbills of genus Estrilda Swainson (Aves: Passeriformes: Estrildidae) from the Sub-Saharan region are studied for the first time. Among them, a new species, Syringophiloidus estrildus sp. nov., is described and new host species for Neosyringophilopsis lonchurus Skoracki, 2008, Neoaulonastus oryzivorus (Skoracki, 2011) comb. nov., and Picobia lonchurae Skoracki et al., 2016 are recorded. In our study, we examined 120 specimens belonging to seven of the 16 (44%) species of the genus Estrilda. The prevalence of infestation by syringophilid species varied from 3.7 to 25%. The host and habitat (feather type) specificity are discussed. 

Quill mites of the subfamily Picobiinae (Acari: Syringophilidae) associated with woodpeckers (Aves: Piciformes: Picidae)

2014 ◽  
Vol 59 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Maciej Skoracki ◽  
Markus Unsoeld ◽  
Katarzyna Kavetska ◽  
Katarzyna Kaszewska
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Host Species ◽  
Tabular Form ◽  
New Host ◽  
Quill Mites ◽  
Type Host ◽  
C Elegans ◽  
The Family ◽  
Three New Species ◽  
New Host Species

AbstractThe paper contains a review of quill mites of the subfamily Picobiinae (Acari: Prostigmata: Syringophilidae) associated with woodpeckers (Aves: Piciformes: Picidae). Three new species are described: Picobia mentalis Skoracki et Unsoeld sp. nov. from Picus mentalis Temminck, Neopicobia ea Skoracki et Unsoeld sp. nov. from Celeus flavus (St. Mueller) (type host), C. elegans (St. Mueller), C. torquatus (Boddaert), and Neopicobia freya Skoracki et Unsoeld sp. nov. from Dryocopus galeatus (Temminck) (type host) and Piculus rubiginosus (Swainson). Additionally, six new host species for Picobia heeri Haller, 1878 and 12 new host species for Picobia dryobatis (Fritsch, 1956) are reported. A complete list of the picobiines parasitising birds of the family Picidae is presented in the tabular form.

Quill mites (Acari: Syringophilidae) associated with galliform birds (Aves: Galliformes)

Zootaxa ◽  
2011 ◽  
Vol 2966 (1) ◽  
pp. 13 ◽  
Author(s):  
MACIEJ SKORACKI ◽  
BOZENA SIKORA
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Host Species ◽  
Alectoris Rufa ◽  
Check List ◽  
New Host ◽  
Lagopus Lagopus ◽  
Quill Mites ◽  
New Diagnosis ◽  
New Host Species

A review of the syringophilid mites (Acari: Prostigmata: Cheyletoidea: Syringophilidae) parasitizing galliform birds is given. Four new species are described: Kalamotrypetes cracidus sp. nov. ex Penelope sp. from Guyana and Ortalis canicollis (Wagler) (Cracidae) from Paraguay; Galliphilopsis colinus sp. nov. ex Colinus cristatus (Linnaeus) from Surinam and C. leucopogon (Lesson) (Odontophoridae) from Colombia; G. szeptyckii sp. nov. ex Coturnix pectoralis Gould from Australia, C. chinensis (Linnaeus) from Indonesia and C. coturnix (Linnaeus) (Phasianidae) from Japan; Columbiphilus odontophoridus sp. nov. ex Colinus leucopogon (Lesson) from Colombia and C. cristatus (Linnaeus) from Surinam. The species K. pavodaptes Casto is transferred to the genus Mironovia Chirov and Kravtsova, and a new diagnosis for the quill mites of the genus Kalamotrypetes Casto is established. New host species are reported: Lagopus lagopus (Linnaeus) from Norway for Mironovia lagopus Bochkov and Skirnisson; Gallus sonneratii Temminck from India for Columbiphilus polonica Skoracki et al., and Alectoris rufa from France for C. alectoris Fain et al. Additionally, a complete check-list and a key to all genera and species of quill mites associated with galliform birds is proposed.

Quill mites (Acariformes: Syringophilidae) associated with birds of Mexico

Zootaxa ◽  
2017 ◽  
Vol 4282 (1) ◽  
pp. 179 ◽  
Author(s):  
MACIEJ SKORACKI
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Mite Species ◽  
New Host ◽  
Quill Mites ◽  
Cinclus Mexicanus ◽  
The Family ◽  
Three New Species ◽  
First Time ◽  
Host Associations

The fauna of quill mites of the family Syringophilidae (Acariformes: Cheyletoidea) parasitizing birds in Mexico is surveyed. Three new species of the genus Syringophiloidus Kethley are described: S. amazilia sp. nov. from Amazilia candida (Bonaer & Mulsant) (Apodiformes: Trochilidae), S. cincli sp. nov. from Cinclus mexicanus Swainson (Passeriformes: Cinclidae), and S. sporophila sp. nov. from Sporophila torqueola (Bonaparte) (Passeriformes: Thraupidae). Additionally, six quill mite species are found for the first time in Mexico and several new host associations are recorded. The syringophilid fauna presently recorded in Mexico is summarized. 

New ectoparasitic mites of the family Syringophilidae (Acari: Prostigmata: Cheyletoidea) associated with birds from Argentina

Zootaxa ◽  
2002 ◽  
Vol 27 (1) ◽  
pp. 1 ◽  
Author(s):  
MIEJ SKORACKI ◽  
BOZENA SIKORA
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
South America ◽  
Host Species ◽  
New Host ◽  
The Family ◽  
Two New Species ◽  
New Host Species

Five species and one undetermined species, belonging to six genera of the Syringophilidae (Acari: Prostigmata), are recorded from Argentina (South America). Two new species are described and figured: Syringophiloidus tarnii sp. n. from the Huet-huet Pteroptochos tarni (Passeriformes: Rhinocryptidae) and Aulobia paraguaiae sp. n. from the Magellan Snipe Gallinago paraguaiae (Charadriiformes: Scolopacidae). Four new host species of the family Syringophilidae are given.

A new species and new host records of the quill mites (Acari: Syringophilidae) associated with sunbirds (Passeriformes: Nectariniidae)

2014 ◽  
Vol 59 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Miroslava Klimovičová ◽  
Radoslav Smoľák ◽  
Peter Njoroge ◽  
Martin Hromada
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Mite Species ◽  
New Host ◽  
Quill Mites ◽  
The Family ◽  
New Hosts ◽  
Ethiopian Region ◽  
A New Species ◽  
New Host Records

AbstractNeoaulonastus cinnyris sp. nov. (Acari: Prostigmata: Syringophilidae) parasitising Cinnyris mediocris (Passeriformes: Nectariniidae) from Tanzania is described. Additionally, Picobia oritis Skoracki et al. 2009 was recorded on four new hosts belonging to the family Nectariniidae from Ethiopian region: Cinnyris oustaleti (Bocage) from Angola, Cinnyris venustus (Shaw) from West Somalia, Cinnyris talatala Smith from Botswana and Zambia and Cinnyris erythrocercus (Hartlaub) from Uganda. All known quill mite species from family Nectariniidae are summarized in table.

Quill mites of the family Syringophilidae (Acariformes: Prostigmata) parasitizing coraciiform birds (Aves: Coraciiformes)

Zootaxa ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 4802 (1) ◽  
pp. 169-181
Author(s):  
MACIEJ SKORACKI ◽  
MARTIN HROMADA ◽  
BOZENA SIKORA
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Papua New Guinea ◽  
New Host ◽  
Quill Mites ◽  
The Family ◽  
Three New Species ◽  
First Time ◽  
Host Families ◽  
One New Species ◽  
Distributed Order

Three new species of the family Syringophilidae associated with birds of the pantropically distributed order Coraciiformes are described: two new species of the subfamily Picobiinae—Rafapicobia momoti sp. nov. ex the Rufous-capped Motmot Baryphthengus ruficapillus (Vieillot) (Momotidae) from Brazil, Rafapicobia brachypteraci sp. nov. ex the Rufous-headed Ground-Roller Atelornis crossleyi Sharpe (Brachypteraciidae) from Madagascar, and one new species of the subfamily Syringophilinae—Peristerophila coraciidus sp. nov. ex the Dollarbird Eurystomus orientalis (Linnaeus) (Coraciidae) from Papua New Guinea. Additionally, the Collared Kingfisher, Todiramphus chloris (Boddaert) (Alcedinidae), is recorded as a new host for Peristerophila meropis Skoracki et al., 2017. In all these host families, syringophilids are recorded for the first time. Moreover, our findings represent the first records of picobiines from coraciiform birds. Currently, the fauna of quill mites associated with coraciiforms includes six species grouped in the three genera: Rafapicobia Skoracki, 2011, Peristerophila Kethley, 1970, and Syringophilopsis Kethley, 1970. All these genera seem to be typically telluravian and have been also recorded from passeriform birds. 

scholarly journals Gregarines (Apicomplexa: Eugregarinorida) parasitizing the cave cricket Troglophilus (Orthoptera: Raphidophoridae) in the Slovenian karst

2021 ◽  
Vol 50 (2-3) ◽  
Author(s):  
Dušan Devetak ◽  
Tone Novak
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Host Species ◽  
Parasite Diversity ◽  
New Host ◽  
Faunal List ◽  
A New Species ◽  
New Host Species ◽  
Cave Cricket

The cave crickets Troglophilus neglectus Krauss, 1879 and T. cavicola (Kollar, 1833) originating from caves in Slovenia were surveyed for gregarines. Two gregarine species were identified. Gregarina troglophili (Golemansky & Lipa, 1991) occurred in both cave cricket species, T. cavicola being reported a new host species. Besides, a new species, Gregarina bernardae sp. n., in­fecting T. neglectus, was identified and described. The two spe­cies often infest the same T. neglectus individuals, but can be well distinguished upon the shape and morphometric indexes of both solitary gregarines and associations. The deutomerite in solitary gamonts of G. troglophili is orbicular to broadly el­liptoid, while in G. bernardae sp. n. it is oblong to dolioform. In associations, the primite deutomerite in G. troglophili is orbicu­lar to broadly elliptoid, while in G. bernardae sp. n. it is shal­lowly oblong to oblong. In contrast to broadly obovoid to finely obdeltoid satellite deutomerite in G. troglophili, it is narrowly dolioform or dolioform to narrowly obdeltoid in G. bernardae sp. n. Both species are new to the faunal list of Slovenia, and to the list of cave-dwelling species in the country. We direct the attention to the parasite diversity of cave-dwelling animals – a promising, but understudied topic that might considerably contribute to the diversity of the subterranean fauna.

First data on chigger mites (Acariformes: Trombiculidae) of Saudi Arabia, with a description of four new species

2019 ◽  
Vol 24 (10) ◽  
pp. 1937-1963
Author(s):  
Alexandr A Stekolnikov ◽  
Samia Q Al-Ghamdi ◽  
Abdulaziz N Alagaili ◽  
Benjamin L Makepeace
Keyword(s):  
Saudi Arabia ◽  
New Species ◽  
Host Species ◽  
African Continent ◽  
New Host ◽  
First Time ◽  
New Host Species

A collection of chigger mites from three species of rodents in the ꞌAsir Region of Saudi Arabia resulted in the finding of 19 species. Four new species are described: Schoutedenichia asirensis sp. nov., Schoutedenichia saudi sp. nov., Microtrombicula microscuta sp. nov., and Microtrombicula muhaylensis sp. nov. Fifteen species – Gahrliepia lawrencei Jadin and Vercammen-Grandjean, 1952, Schoengastiella wansoni Wolfs and Vercammen-Grandjean, Walchia parvula Schluger, Ascoschoengastia browni Taufflieb, Mouchet and Courtois, Helenicula lukshumiae Nadchatram and Traub, Schoutedenichia thracica Kolebinova, Schoutedenichia zarudnyi Kudryashova, Ericotrombidium caucasicum (Schluger), Ericotrombidium galliardi (Vercammen-Grandjean and Taufflieb), Ericotrombidium kazeruni (Kudryashova), Microtrombicula centropi (Vercammen-Grandjean), Microtrombicula hoogstraali (Radford), Microtrombicula hyracis (Vercammen-Grandjean), Microtrombicula traubi (Muljarskaja and Verdieva), and Pentidionis agamae (André) – are for the first time recorded in Saudi Arabia and on new host species. Six of them are for the first time recorded outside their type localities and five were only known previously from the African continent.

New species and records of the quill mites of the genus Peristerophila Kethley, 1970 (Acariformes: Syringophilidae) associated with pigeons and doves (Aves: Columbiformes)

Zootaxa ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 4878 (2) ◽  
pp. 349-361
Author(s):  
KATARZYNA KASZEWSKA ◽  
MACIEJ SKORACKI ◽  
JAKUB Z. KOSICKI ◽  
MARTIN HROMADA
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Host Species ◽  
New Host ◽  
Quill Mites ◽  
Two New Species ◽  
Mite Genus ◽  
New Host Species

The fauna of the quill mite genus Peristerophila Kethley, 1970 (Acariformes: Prostigmata: Syringophilidae) associated with pigeons and doves (Aves: Columbiformes) is reviewed. In our study, we examined 109 species of columbiform hosts of which 28 species belonging to nine genera were infested by Peristerophila mites. In the analyzed mite material, six species of this genus were found including two new species described herein: P. geopelis sp. nov. from Geopelia cuneata, G. placida, G. striata, as well as Ocyphaps lophotes and P. leucomela sp. nov. from Columba leucomela. Additionally, eighteen new host species and many new locality records for the previously described taxa are reported.

Review of KoreanLatibulus(Hymenoptera: Ichneumonidae: Cryptinae) and a key to the world species

2012 ◽  
Vol 144 (4) ◽  
pp. 509-525 ◽  
Author(s):  
Seung-Ho Oh ◽  
Seung-Lak An ◽  
Jong-Wook Lee
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Host Species ◽  
New Host ◽  
World Species ◽  
The World ◽  
Two New Species ◽  
Unidentified Species ◽  
First Time ◽  
New Host Species

AbstractThe Korean species of the genusLatibulusGistel (Hymenoptera: Ichneumonidae) are reviewed. Two new species and a key to nine species are presented:Latibulus argiolus(Rossi),Latibulus bilacunitusSheng and Xu,Latibulus flavopetiolusOh and Lee new species,Latibulus fulvusOh and Lee new species,Latibulus hokkaidensisLee and Oh,Latibulus lautus(Tosquinet),Latibulus liaoningensisShenget al.,Latibulus nigrinotum(Uchida), andLatibulus orientalisHorstmann. The genus is reported from Mongolia for the first time, based on the cocoon of an unidentified species.Polistes chinensis antennalisPérez andPolistes jadwigae jadwigaeDalla Torre (Hymenoptera: Vespidae) are reported as new host species for the genus andL. nigrinotum, respectively.

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