New records of feather mites (Sarcoptiformes: Astigmata) from some birds in Türkiye Author Eren, Gökhan Artvin (BorkÇa) Directorate of Provincial Agriculture and Forestry, Republic of Türkiye Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry, Artvin, Türkiye gokhaneren54@gmail.com Author Öztürk, Mehmet Department of Parasitology, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Ondokuz MayIs University, Samsun, Türkiye Author Mironov, Sergey V. Zoological Institute, Russian Academy of Sciences, Universitetskaya Embankment 1, Saint Petersburg, Russia Author Nisbet, Hatice Özlem Department of Wild Animal Diseases, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Ondokuz MayIs University, Samsun, Türkiye Author Açici, Mustafa Department of Parasitology, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Ondokuz MayIs University, Samsun, Türkiye text Acarological Studies 2006 2023-07-31 5 2 58 68 journal article 10.47121/acarolstud.1244323 2667-5684 Genus Proctophyllodes Robin, 1877 Remarks. The genus Proctophyllodes with 184 described species is most species-rich genus among all feather mite families ( Mironov, 2012 ; 2019 ; Pedroso and Hernandes, 2021 ). Mites of this genus are mainly associated with birds of the order Passeriformes , with a few species from birds of the orders Apodiformes , Charadriiformes and Piciformes (Atyeo and Braasch, 1966; Mironov and Hallan, 2022 ). In studies previously conducted in Türkiye , ten species of this genus, Proctophyllodes cetti Badek, Mironov and Dabert, 2008 , P. clavatus Fritsch, 1961 , P. doleophyes Gaud, 1957 , P. lusciniae Burdejnaja and Kivganov, 2009a , P. mesocaulus Mac-Fira and Cristea, 1968 , P. rubeculinus (Koch, 1941) , P. scolopacinus Vitzthum, 1929 , P. stylifer (Buckholz 1869) , P. sylviae Gaud, 1957 and P. troncatus Mégnin, 1877 , have been reported so far ( Eren and AÇıcı, 2022 ).