New and interesting records of quill mites (Acari: Prostigmata: Syringophilidae) of passerine birds of southwestern Ukraine Author Pidhorna, Svitlana Ya. . Odessa I. I. Mechnikov National University, Odessa, Ukraine; E-mails: spb 1981 @ ukr. net, chernichko _ katarina @ ukr. net, kivganov @ onu. edu. ua, vatrach @ gmail. com, delijka @ ukr. net Author Chernychko, Kateryna J. . Odessa I. I. Mechnikov National University, Odessa, Ukraine; E-mails: spb 1981 @ ukr. net, chernichko _ katarina @ ukr. net, kivganov @ onu. edu. ua, vatrach @ gmail. com, delijka @ ukr. net Author Kivganov, Dmytro A. . Odessa I. I. Mechnikov National University, Odessa, Ukraine; E-mails: spb 1981 @ ukr. net, chernichko _ katarina @ ukr. net, kivganov @ onu. edu. ua, vatrach @ gmail. com, delijka @ ukr. net Author Trach, Viacheslav A. . Odessa I. I. Mechnikov National University, Odessa, Ukraine; E-mails: spb 1981 @ ukr. net, chernichko _ katarina @ ukr. net, kivganov @ onu. edu. ua, vatrach @ gmail. com, delijka @ ukr. net &. Ukrainian I. I. Mechnikov Anti-Plague Research Institute of the Ministry of Health of Ukraine, Odessa, Ukraine Author Deli, Olga F. . Odessa I. I. Mechnikov National University, Odessa, Ukraine; E-mails: spb 1981 @ ukr. net, chernichko _ katarina @ ukr. net, kivganov @ onu. edu. ua, vatrach @ gmail. com, delijka @ ukr. net text Persian Journal of Acarology 2020 2020-07-15 9 3 213 223 journal article 10.22073/pja.v9i3.60299 2251-8169 4635212 Syringophilopsis hirundus Skoracki, 2004 Hosts and distribution – Swallow – Hirundo rustica ( type host) ( Hirundinidae ): England , Kazakhstan , Poland , Ukraine ( first record ) ( Skoracki 2004b , 2011; Glowska et al. 2015 ). Material examined – From Hirundo rustica , 28.04.2005 , 2 males , 10 females [1]. Differential diagnosis – This species is a representative of the elongatus species group characterized by terminal setae f1 and h1 long, and subequal to f2 and h 2 in females. Syringophilopsis hirundus differs from all congeners of elongatus group occurring in Palaearctic by the following combination of characters: genital setae are short and several times (4–5 times) shorter than setae ag2 ; setae vi shorter than 160; hypostomal apex with 2 pairs of protuberances. Remarks – This is the first record of this species in Ukraine .