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Issue: Vol. 3027 No. 1: 15 Sep. 2011
Type: Articles
Published: 2011-09-15
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3027.1.4
Page range: 29-38
Abstract views: 44
PDF downloaded: 2

Quill mites (Acari: Syringophilidae) from mimid birds (Aves: Mimidae)

Department of Animal Morphology, Adam Mickiewicz University, Faculty of Biology, Umultowska 89, 61–614 Poznan, Poland
Department of Animal Morphology, Adam Mickiewicz University, Faculty of Biology, Umultowska 89, 61–614 Poznan, Poland
Department of Animal Morphology, Adam Mickiewicz University, Faculty of Biology, Umultowska 89, 61–614 Poznan, Poland
Acari Syringophilidae quill mites ectoparasites birds Mimidae

Abstract

Two new species of syringophilid mites parasitizing birds from the family Mimidae are described: Syringophilopsis mimidus sp. nov. ex Margarops fuscatus (Vieillot) from Central America and Rafapicobia toxostoma sp. nov. ex Toxostoma curvirostre (Swainson) from USA. Additionally, Torotrogla mima Kethley, 1970 is redescribed based on the material ex Mimus triurus (Vieillot) from Argentina and M. patagonicus (Lafresnaye and Orbigny) from South Africa.

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