Two new quill mites of the family Syringophilidae (Acari: Prostigmata) parasitising the tapaculos (Passeriformes: Rhinocryptidae) in South America
Author
Sikora, Bozena
Author
Kaszewska, Katarzyna
Author
Skoracki, Maciej
text
Zootaxa
2014
3895
3
419
426
journal article
10.11646/zootaxa.3895.3.6
493719f9-1a4b-4583-895a-411fc8615523
1175-5326
229725
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Genus
Syringophiloidus
Kethley
To date, this genus has included 38 species inhabiting quills of the wing and tail feathers (
Skoracki 2011
). Members of the genus
Syringophiloidus
are associated with birds of the orders:
Passeriformes
(35 species), Piciformes (1 species, found also on passerines), Trogoniformes (1 species) and Apodiformes (1 species) (
Skoracki
et al
. 2012
,
2013
;
Glowska
et al
. 2012
;
Glowska & Schmidt 2014
). Below we give a description of a new species which is the second representative of the genus
Syringophiloidus
parasitising birds of the family
Rhinocryptidae
.