NEW SPECIES AND NEW RECORDS OF QUILL MITES (ACARI: SYRINGOPHILIDAE) INHABITING AFRICAN PASSERINES (AVES: PASSERIFORMES)

NEW SPECIES AND NEW RECORDS OF QUILL MITES (ACARI: SYRINGOPHILIDAE) INHABITING AFRICAN PASSERINES (AVES: PASSERIFORMES)

Three new species of the quill mites (Acari: Prostigmata: Syringophilidae) are described and illustrated from African passerines trapped in Bamenda Highlands (Cameroon): Syringophi-lopsis veselovsky sp. n. from Pycnonotus barbatus (Pycnonotidae); Neoaulonastus zosterops sp. n. from Zosterops senegal...

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Veröffentlicht in:Acta zoologica Academiae Scientiarum Hungaricae (Budapest, Hungary : 1994) Hungary : 1994), 2009-01, Vol.55 (2), p.123-137
Hauptverfasser: Skoracki, M, Antczak, M, Riegert, J, Fainova, D, Mikes, V
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Sprache:eng
Schlagworte:
Acari
Cisticola
Fringillidae
Passeriformes
Pycnonotidae
Pycnonotus
Syringophilidae
Zosteropidae
Zosterops
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Zusammenfassung:Three new species of the quill mites (Acari: Prostigmata: Syringophilidae) are described and illustrated from African passerines trapped in Bamenda Highlands (Cameroon): Syringophi-lopsis veselovsky sp. n. from Pycnonotus barbatus (Pycnonotidae); Neoaulonastus zosterops sp. n. from Zosterops senegalensis (Zosteropidae) and Picobia oritis sp. n. from Cyanomitra oritis (Nectarinidae). Additionally, two new host records are reported: Cisticola chubbi (Syl-viidae) for Aulobia cisticolae SKORACKI et SIKORA and Linurgus olivaceus (Fringillidae) for Syringophilopsis kirgizorum BOCHKOV, MIRONOV et KRAVTSOVA.
ISSN:1217-8837