A new genus and species of quill mites (Acari: Syringophilidae) from a king bird-of-paradise Cicinnurus regius (L.)

A new genus and species of quill mites (Acari: Syringophilidae) from a king bird-of-paradise Cicinnurus regius (L.)

Neoperisterophila regiusi n. g., n. sp. is described from the quills of Cicinnurus regius (L.) (Passeriformes: Paradisaeidae) from New Guinea. This new genus belongs to the Peristerophila generic group. It differs from other four genera of this group, Peristerophila Kethley, 1970, Psittaciphilus Fai...

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Veröffentlicht in:Systematic parasitology 2005-02, Vol.60 (2), p.155-158
1. Verfasser: Skoracki, Maciej
Format: Artikel
Sprache:eng
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Animals
Birds - parasitology
Cicinnurus regius
Female
Mites - anatomy & histology
Mites - classification
New Guinea
Paradisaeidae
Species Specificity
Syringophilidae
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Zusammenfassung:Neoperisterophila regiusi n. g., n. sp. is described from the quills of Cicinnurus regius (L.) (Passeriformes: Paradisaeidae) from New Guinea. This new genus belongs to the Peristerophila generic group. It differs from other four genera of this group, Peristerophila Kethley, 1970, Psittaciphilus Fain et al., 2000, Castosyringophilus Bochkov & Perez, 2002 and Terratosyringophilus Bochkov & Perez, 2002 by the absence of the propodosomal and hysterosomal shields in the females.
ISSN:0165-5752
1573-5192
DOI:10.1007/s11230-004-6344-8