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 10830293 Chauliacia securigera (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 Chauliacia includes six 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, C. securigera has been reported on the common swift Apus apus , the white-rumped swift A. caffer , the Horus swift A. horus , the Pacific swift A. pacificus , the pallid swift A. pallidus , the plain swift A. unicolor , and the African palm swift Cypsiurus parvus ( Kwanyuen, 1973 ; Peterson et al., 1980). In the present study, three eustathiid species detected on A. apus , are new records for feather mite fauna in Türkiye .