A review of quill mites (Acari: Syringophilidae) parasitising Kenyan birds Author Klimovičová, Miroslava Author Mikula, Peter Author Kahure, Njoki Author Hromada, Martin text Zootaxa 2014 3857 4 571 580 journal article 10.11646/zootaxa.3857.4.6 973d30a4-78a7-4ba4-962e-e0b0a937c970 1175-5326 228556 371A8D32-7CD0-49EC-9E96-EE64E3DB4F76 Syringophiloidus seiuri ( Clark 1964 ) Syringophilus seiuri Clark 1964 : 82 , figs. 24–25. Syringophiloidus seiurus Kethley 1970 :50 . Syringophiloidus seiuri Bochkov and Galloway 2001 : 2025 , fig. 9. This species was described from Seiurus aurocapilla (Linnaeus) ( Passeriformes : Parulidae ) from USA . The same host was infected in USA and Canada (Manitoba) ( Clark 1964 ; Kethley 1970 ; Bochkov & Galloway 2001 ). S. seiuri was recorded on several following hosts: Helmitheros vermivorum (Gmelin) (Parulidae) in USA , Melospiza melodia (Wilson) (Emberizidae) in USA , M. lincolnii (Audubon) (Emberizidae) in USA , Quelea erythrops (Hartlaub) (Ploceidae) in Togo , Ploceus baglafecht (Daudin) (Ploceidae) in Congo , P. superciliosus (Shelley) in Togo and Oreothlypis ruficapilla (Wilson) (Parulidae) in California ( Bochkov et al. 2011 ; Clark 1964 ; Skoracki & Dabert 2002 ). Below we give a new host record from family Ploceidae . Material examined. 13 females and 2 males from Ploceus xanthops Hartlaub ( Passeriformes : Ploceidae ) ( new host), KENYA : Yimbo (Nyanza), 17 May 1969 , coll. unknown, (Reg. No. 22435). 7 females and 1 male are deposited in the AMU (Reg. No. AMU–SYR.471), 6 females and 1 male in the LMEE (Reg. No. LMEE /S/10).