Quill mites (Acari: Syringophilidae) of the Palaearctic region 2840 Author Skoracki, Maciej text Zootaxa 2011 2011-04-29 2840 1 1 414 https://biotaxa.org/Zootaxa/article/view/zootaxa.2840.1.1 journal article 10.11646/zootaxa.2840.1.1 1175­5334 5289205 Genus Aulobia Kethley, 1970 Aulobia Kethley, 1970: 41 Type species: Syringophilus dendroicae Clark, 1964 by original designation. Diagnosis. FEMALE. Medium to large sized syringophilids, total body length 700–1030. Gnathosoma . Hypostomal apex with 1 pair of sausage-like median protuberances. Lateral hypostomal teeth absent. Peritremes Mshaped. Movable cheliceral digit dentate, each with 2 minute teeth. Stylophore rounded or slightly constricted posteriorly. Idiosoma . Six pairs of propodonotal setae present. Propodonotal shield entire, rectangular in shape, without pocket-like structures, bearing bases of setae vi , ve , si , c1 and se . Setal pattern of propodonotal region arranged 2–1–1–2 or 3–1–2, setae c1 and se situated at same transverse level. All body setae smooth. Hysteronotal shield present fused or not to pygidial shield. Setae d1 closer to d2 than to e2 . Each of pseudanal and genital setal series represented by 2 pairs. Aggenital series with 3 pairs of setae. Hysteronotal setae d1 , d2 and e2 long. Terminal setae f2 and h2 long, f1 and h1 short. Legs . Legs I–IV subequal in thickness and with full complement of setae. Antaxial and paraxial members of claw pair subequal in size and shape, without basal angle. Apodemes I parallel, not fused to apodemes II. MALE. Characters as in female except: medium sized mites, total body length 500–800; hypostomal apex without protuberances; stylophore rounded or slightly constricted posteriorly; setal pattern of propodonotal region arranged 2–1–1–1–1 or 3–1–1–1; setae c1 situated posterior to level of setae se ; hysteronotal setae d1 , d2 and e2 short; setae f2 short, h2 short or long; aggenital series with 2 pairs of setae; apodemes I divergent, not fused to apodemes II. Host range. Species of this genus are associated with passerine hosts of the familes Cisticolidae , Fringillidae , Nectariniidae , Parulidae Sylviidae , and Timaliidae . In the Palaearctic region, they inhabit birds of the families Fringillidae , Sylviidae , and Timaliidae ( Table 7 ). TABLE 7. Distribution of Aulobia spp. on hosts *—Palaearctic species; **—type host; p.p.—present paper.

Mite species	Host species	Host order and family	Distribution	References
A. anthreptes Skoracki and Glowska, 2008	Anthreptes malacensis (Scopoli)	Passeriformes : Nectariniidae	SE Asia	Skoracki & Glowska 2008b
A. cardueli Skoracki, Hendricks and Spicer, 2010 *	Carduelis psaltria (Say) **	Fringillidae	USA	Skoracki et al. 2010a
C. carduelis (Linnaeus)	Fringillidae	Poland	p.p.
C. spinus (Linnaeus)	Fringillidae	Russia	p.p.
Kazakhstan	Skoracki & Bochkov 2010
C. flamea (Linnaeus)	Fringillidae	Poland	p.p.
Slovakia	p.p.
C. citrinella (Pallas)	Fringillidae	Poland	p.p.
C. flavirostris (Linnaeus)	Fringillidae	Poland	p.p.
A. cisticolae Skoracki and Sikora, 2003	Cisticola erythrops (Hartlaub) **	Cisticolidae	Togo	Skoracki & Sikora 2003
C. cantans (Heuglin)	Cisticolidae	Congo	Skoracki & Sikora 2003
C. lateralis (Fraser)	Cisticolidae	Togo	Skoracki & Sikora 2003
C. chubbi Sharpe	Cisticolidae	Cameroon	Skoracki et al. 2009a
A. dendroicae Kethley, 1970	Dendroica coronata (Linnaeus) **	Parulidae	USA	Kethley 1970
D. nigrescens (Townsend)	Parulidae	USA	Skoracki et al. 2010a
A. erythroptera Skoracki and Dabert, 2001	Heliolais erythropterus (Jardine) **	Sylviidae	Togo	Skoracki & Dabert 2001a
A. leucostictus sp. nov. *	Leucosticte arctoa (Pallas)	Fringillidae	Europe	p.p.
A. nectariniae Skoracki and Glowska, 2008	Cinnyris jugularis (Linnaeus) **	Nectariniidae	New Guinea	Skoracki & Glowska 2008b
Leptocoma sericea (Lesson)	Nectariniidae	New Guinea	Skoracki & Glowska 2008b
A. stachyris (Bochkov et al. 2001) comb. nov. *	Stachyris pyrrhops Blyth	Timaliidae	Nepal	Bochkov et al. 2001; p.p.
A. sylviae Bochkov and Mironov, 1998 *	Sylvia curruca (Linnaeus)	Sylviidae	Russia	Bochkov & Mironov 1998
Jordan	Glowska et al. 2007
Poland	p.p.
Kazakhstan	Skoracki & Bochkov 2010
S. atricapilla (Linnaeus) **	Sylviidae	Russia	Bochkov & Mironov 1998
Poland	p.p.
France	p.p.
S. nisoria (Bechstein)	Sylviidae	Poland	p.p.
Croatia	p.p.
A. sylviettae ( Fain, Bochkov and Mironov, 2000 )	Sylvietta whytti Shelley	Sylviidae	Rwanda	Fain et al. 2000 ; Skoracki et al. 2010a
A. virens Skoracki and Dabert, 2001	Sylvietta flaviventris (Sharpe)	Sylviidae	Togo	Skoracki & Dabert 2001a

Habitat. Quills of secondary feathers. Species included. This genus includes 11 species known from Palaearctic, Nearctic, Ethiopian, Oriental , and Australian regions. At present, 4 species are known from the Palaearctic region: A. cardueli , A. leucostictus sp. nov. , A. stachyris comb. nov. and A. sylviae . Remark. Syringophilopsis faini Bochkov and Apanaskevich, 2001 syn. nov . is regarded as a junior synonym of A. sylviae Bochkov and Mironov, 1998 .