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
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Acarological Studies
2006
2023-07-31
5
2
58
68
journal article
10.47121/acarolstud.1244323
2667-5684
10830293
Eustathia cultrifera
(Robin, 1877)
Materials examined.
2 males
from flight feathers of the common swift,
Apus apus
(Linnaeus, 1758)
(
Apodiformes
:
Apodidae
),
Samsun
,
Türkiye
,
10 May 2022
, coll. M. Öztürk (as shown in
Fig. 3
).
Remarks. The genus
Eustathia
includes nine described species associated with birds of the order
Apodiformes
in the Old World (Europe, Africa, and Asia) and the New World (North America and South America). In the previous studies conducted in world,
Eustathia cultrifera
has been reported on the African black swift
Apus barbatus
, the common swift
Apus apus
, the little swift
A. affinis
, the white-rumped swift
A. cafferhas
, the Horus swift
A. horus
, the Pacific swift
A. pacificus
, and alpine swift
Tachymarptis
(
Apus
)
melba
been reported (
Kwanyuen, 1973
; Peterson et al., 1980).