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Issue: Vol. 2399 No. 1: 15 Mar. 2010
Type: Articles
Published: 2010-03-15
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.2399.1.3
Page range: 31–41
Abstract views: 39
PDF downloaded: 2

Systematics of the ectoparasitic quill mites of the genus Aulobia Kethley, 1970 (Acari: Syringophilidae) with the description of a new species

Department of Animal Morphology, Faculty of Biology, Adam Mickiewicz University, Umultowska 89, 61–614 Poznan, Poland
Department of Biology, San Francisco State University, 1600 Holloway Ave., San Francisco, California, 94132, USA
Department of Biology, San Francisco State University, 1600 Holloway Ave., San Francisco, California, 94132, USA
Acari Syringophilidae Aulobia quill mites ectoparasites

Abstract

A new species of the genus Aulobia is described and figured: A. cardueli sp. nov. found inside the quill feathers of the Lesser Goldfinch Carduelis psaltria (Say) (Passeriformes: Fringillidae) from the USA. Additionally, A. dendroicae (Clark, 1964) is redescribed and Syringophilopsis sylviettae Fain et al., 2000 is transferred to the genus Aulobia. A key to all named species is given. Distribution and host association of mites of this genus are summarized in tabular form.

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