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Issue: Vol. 3114 No. 1: 30 Nov. 2011
Type: Articles
Published: 2011-11-30
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3114.1.7
Page range: 63–68
Abstract views: 36
PDF downloaded: 1

Two new quill mite species (Acari, Cheyletoidea, Syringophilidae) parasitizing Dinemellia dinemelli (Rüppell) (Passeriformes, Ploceidae)

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

Abstract

In this paper we describe two new quill mite species, Krantziaulonastus yoyomi sp. nov. and Picobia dinemellia sp. nov. (Acari, Cheyletoidea, Syringophilidae), parasitizing the White-headed Buffalo Weaver Dinemellia dinemelli (Rüppell) (Passeriformes, Ploceidae). This host species represents a new avian family (Ploceidae) for the genera Picobia Haller and Krantziaulonastus Skoracki.

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