Quill mites of the family Syringophilidae (Acariformes: Prostigmata) associated with Cockatoos (Psittaciformes: Cacatuidae)
Author
Marciniak, Natalia
Author
Skoracki, Maciej
Author
Hromada, Martin
text
Zootaxa
2019
2019-03-08
4565
2
190
200
journal article
28396
10.11646/zootaxa.4565.2.3
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1175-5326
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Genus
Neoaulobia
Fain, Bochkov and Mironov, 2000
Neoaulobia
Fain
et al
., 2000
: 40
.
Type
species:
Neoaulobia aratingae
Fain, Bochkov and Mironov, 2000
, by original designation.
To date, this genus has included seven species associated exclusively with parrots (
Fain
et al
. 2000
;
Bochkov & Perez 2002
;
Skoracki 2005
), with one species,
Neoaulobia krafti
Skoracki, 2005
, recorded from representative of the family
Cacatuidae
. Herein, we describe a new species,
Neoaulobia cacatui
sp. nov.
, collected from
Calyptorhynchus funereus
(Shaw)
from
Australia
and
Probosciger aterrimus
(Gmelin)
from
Papua New Guinea
.