Quill mites (Acariformes: Syringophilidae) associated with birds of Mexico
Author
Skoracki, Maciej
text
Zootaxa
2017
4282
1
179
191
journal article
28718
10.11646/zootaxa.4282.1.11
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1175-5326
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Syringophilopsis icteri
Bochkov and Galloway, 2001
This species is known from three passerine hosts of the genus
Icterus
Brisson
,
I. galbula
(Linnaeus)
,
I. bullocki
(Swainson)
, and
I. spurius
(Linnaeus)
from
Canada
and
USA
(
Bochkov & Galloway 2001
; Skoracki
et al
. 2011, 2016). The present study provides a new host record and a new locality for this mite species.
FIGURE 5.
Syringophiloidus sporophila
sp. nov.
, female.
A,
dorsal view;
B,
ventral view.
Material
examined.
Seven
females and
2 males
from
Icterus pustulatus
(Wagler)
(
Passeriformes
:
Icteridae
),
MEXICO
:
Jalisco
,
Chamela Station
of
UNAM
,
19 May 2008
, coll.
S.V. Mironov
(SVM 08-0519-3/2); mite specimens deposited in
UNAM
,
UMMZ
and
AMU
.