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Issue: Vol. 129 No. 1: 10 Jan. 2003
Type: Article
Published: 2003-01-10
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.130.1.1
Page range: 1–10
Abstract views: 55
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Quill mites (Acari: Prostigmata: Syringophilidae) from African passeriform birds

Department of Animal Morphology, A. Mickiewicz University, 28 czerwca 1956 / 198, 61-485 Poznan, Poland
Department of Animal Morphology, A. Mickiewicz University, 28 czerwca 1956 / 198, 61-485 Poznan, Poland
Acari Syringophilidae quill mites Sylviidae Laniidae ectoparasites taxonomy

Abstract

Two new species of quill mites (Acari: Prostigmata: Syringophilidae) collected from passeriform birds from Africa are described and illustrated: Aulobia cisticolae sp. n. from the Red-faced Cisticola Cisticola erythrops (Hartlaub, 1857), the Singing Cisticola C. cantans (Heuglin, 1869) and the Whistling Cisticola C. lateralis (Fraser, 1843) (Sylviidae) and Syringophilopsis corvinae sp. n. from the Yellow-billed Shrike Corvinella corvina (Shaw, 1809) (Laniidae). Two new host species of the family Syrinophilidae are given.

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