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Issue: Vol. 4565 No. 2: 8 Mar. 2019
Type: Article
Published: 2019-03-08
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4565.2.3
Page range: 190–200
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Quill mites of the family Syringophilidae (Acariformes: Prostigmata) associated with Cockatoos (Psittaciformes: Cacatuidae)

Department of Animal Morphology, Faculty of Biology, Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznan, Umultowska 89, 61–614 Poznan, Poland
Department of Animal Morphology, Faculty of Biology, Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznan, Umultowska 89, 61–614 Poznan, Poland Laboratory and Museum of Evolutionary Ecology, Department of Ecology, Faculty of Humanities and Natural Sciences, University of Presov, 17 Novembra 1, 080 01 Presov, Slovakia
Laboratory and Museum of Evolutionary Ecology, Department of Ecology, Faculty of Humanities and Natural Sciences, University of Presov, 17 Novembra 1, 080 01 Presov, Slovakia Faculty of Biological Sciences, University of Zielona Gora, Prof. Z. Szafrana 1, 65–516 Zielona Gora, Poland
Acari Cacatuidae ectoparasites quill mites parrots

Abstract

Quill mites of the family Syringophilidae (Acariformes: Prostigmata: Cheyletoidea) parasitizing cockatoos (Psittaciformes: Cacatuidae) are reviewed. Three new species are described: Neoaulobia cacatui sp. nov. from the Yellow-tailed Black-Cockatoo Calyptorhynchus funereus (type host) in Australia and the Palm Cockatoo Probosciger aterrimus in Papua New Guinea, Lawrencipicobia calyptorhyncha sp. nov. from the Glossy Black-cockatoo Calyptorhynchus lathami in Australia, and Lawrencipicobia sulphurea sp. nov. from the Yellow-crested cockatoo Cacatua sulphurea in Indonesia (West Timor).

 

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