Systematics of the ectoparasitic quill mites of the genus Aulobia Kethley, 1970 (Acari: Syringophilidae) with the description of a new species Author Skoracki, Maciej Author Hendricks, Sarah A. Author Spicer, Greg S. text Zootaxa 2010 2399 31 41 journal article 10.5281/zenodo.194018 5d6b4402-4ee6-4ffa-807a-42c10f72fe98 1175-5326 194018 Aulobia sylviettae ( Fain, Bochkov et Mironov, 2000 ) comb. nov. Syringophilopsis sylviettae Fain et al ., 2000 : 57 , Figs 79–82. Remarks. The species Syringophilopsis sylviettae Fain et al ., 2000 was described originally from Sylvietta whytti johnstoni Shelley ( Passeriformes : Sylviidae ) based on material from Rwanda ( Fain et al . 2000 ). Based on the original description and figures, this species has all characters that perfectly correspond to those of Aulobia , e.g. the hypostomal apex is ornamented by finger-like protuberances; the propodonotal shield is rectangular in the shape and with smooth surface; the unpaired hysteronotal shield is situated around bases of setae d2 and e ; and the apodemes of legs I are parallel and not fused to apodemes II. Mites of the genus Syringophilopsis have the hypostomal apex ornamented by variously sized and shaped protuberances but never by finger-like projections; the propodonotal shield is more or less cleft on the anterior and lateral margins and covered by sculptured ornamentation; the hysteronotal shield is absent or represented by a pair of sclerites situated around the bases of setae d2 ; and apodemes I are divergent and fused to apodemes II. Therefore, we reassign S. sylviettae to the genus Aulobia .