A review of quill mites (Acari: Syringophilidae) parasitising Kenyan birds.

نویسندگان

  • Miroslava Klimovičová
  • Peter Mikula
  • Njoki Kahure
  • Martin Hromada
چکیده

Two new species of quill mites (Acari: Prostigmata: Syringophilidae) collected from passeriform and coraciiform birds from Kenya are described : Neoaulonastus apalis sp. nov. from Apalis porphyrolaema Reichenow and Neumann (Passeriformes: Cisticolidae) and Peristerophila upupi sp. nov. from Upupa epops Linnaeus (Coraciiformes: Upupidae). Additionally, 3 new host species: Cisticola hunteri Shelley, 1889; Acrocephalus baeticatus (Vieillot, 1817) and Ploceus xanthops (Hartlaub, 1862) from Kenya and two new localities are recorded for genera: Aulobia Kethley, 1970; Neoaulonastus Skoracki, 2004 and Syringophiloidus Kethley, 1970. The previous and the latest knowledge about syringophilid mites from Kenya is summarized in tabular form. 

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عنوان ژورنال:
  • Zootaxa

دوره 3857 4  شماره 

صفحات  -

تاریخ انتشار 2014