New species of the genus Picobia (Cheyletoidea: Syringophilidae) parasitizing tyrannid birds (Passeriformes: Tyrannidae)

ELIZA GLOWSKA; CHRISTOPHER M. MILENSKY

doi:10.11646/zootaxa.3821.3.6

Issue: Vol. 3821 No. 3: 23 Jun. 2014

Type: Article

Published: 2014-06-23

DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3821.3.6

Page range: 373–383

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**New species of the genus Picobia (Cheyletoidea: Syringophilidae) parasitizing tyrannid birds (Passeriformes: Tyrannidae)**

ELIZA GLOWSKA⁺⁻
CHRISTOPHER M. MILENSKY⁺⁻

Department of Animal Morphology, Adam Mickiewicz University, Faculty of Biology, Umultowska 89, 61–614 Poznan, Poland

Smithsonian Institution, Division of Birds, PO Box 37012, MRC 116, Washington, DC 20013-7012

Quill mites Syringophilidae tyrannid birds systematics ectoparasites

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Abstract

Three new quill mite species of the genus Picobia Haller (Cheyletoidea: Syringophilidae) are described from 6 host species of the family Tyrannidae (Passeriformes), P. ochoi sp. nov. from Tolmomyias sulphurescens (Spix) (Guyana), P. schmidti sp. nov. from Lophotriccus pileatus (Tschudi) (type host) (Peru) and Hemitriccus margaritaceiventer (Orbigny & Lafresnaye) (Guyana), and P. myiopagi sp. nov. from Myiopagis gaimardii (Orbigny) (type host) (Guyana), M. subplacens (Sclater) (Peru) and Elaenia ruficeps Pelzeln (Guyana).