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Issue: Vol. 691 No. 1: 21 Oct. 2004
Type: Articles
Published: 2004-10-21
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.691.1.1
Page range: 1–6
Abstract views: 44
PDF downloaded: 6

Quill mites (Acari: Syringophilidae) from Aegithalos caudatus (Passeriformes: Aegithalidae)

Department of Animal Morphology, Adam Mickiewicz University, 28 Czerwca 1956/ 198, 61-485 Poznan, Poland
University of Opole, Department of Biosystematics, Laboratory of Vertebrate Zoology, Oleska 22, 45-052 Opole, Poland
Acari quill mites Syringophilidae ectoparasites Aegithalos caudatus

Abstract

Three species of syringophilid mites (Acari: Syringophilidae) were collected from quills of Aegithalos caudatus (Passeriformes: Aegithalidae) in Poland, Picobia caudati sp. n. from body feathers, Dissonus scirpaceus Skoracki, 1999 from rectrices, and Syringophilopsis aegithali Bochkov et al., 2001 from secondaries.

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