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: Received: 13 July 2024 / Approved: 15 July 2024 / Online: 16 July 2024 (09:47:26 CEST)
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Marcisova, I.; Skoracki, M.; Patan, M.; Hromada, M.; Sikora, B. Quill Mites of the Subfamily Syringophilinae (Acariformes: Syringophilidae) Parasitising Starlings (Passeriformes: Sturnidae). Preprints2024, 2024071273. https://doi.org/10.20944/preprints202407.1273.v1
Marcisova, I.; Skoracki, M.; Patan, M.; Hromada, M.; Sikora, B. Quill Mites of the Subfamily Syringophilinae (Acariformes: Syringophilidae) Parasitising Starlings (Passeriformes: Sturnidae). Preprints 2024, 2024071273. https://doi.org/10.20944/preprints202407.1273.v1
Marcisova, I.; Skoracki, M.; Patan, M.; Hromada, M.; Sikora, B. Quill Mites of the Subfamily Syringophilinae (Acariformes: Syringophilidae) Parasitising Starlings (Passeriformes: Sturnidae). Preprints2024, 2024071273. https://doi.org/10.20944/preprints202407.1273.v1
APA Style
Marcisova, I., Skoracki, M., Patan, M., Hromada, M., & Sikora, B. (2024). Quill Mites of the Subfamily Syringophilinae (Acariformes: Syringophilidae) Parasitising Starlings (Passeriformes: Sturnidae). Preprints. https://doi.org/10.20944/preprints202407.1273.v1
Chicago/Turabian Style
Marcisova, I., Martin Hromada and Bozena Sikora. 2024 "Quill Mites of the Subfamily Syringophilinae (Acariformes: Syringophilidae) Parasitising Starlings (Passeriformes: Sturnidae)" Preprints. https://doi.org/10.20944/preprints202407.1273.v1
Abstract
Quill mites of the family Syringophilidae are widely distributed parasites of birds inhabiting the interior of feather quills. In this paper, we provide detailed information on the host spectrum and distribution for six previously described species of syringophilines associated with starlings with new host and locality records. Additionally, we describe three new species, Aulonastus indonesianus Marcisova, Skoracki and Patan sp. n. from the Common Hill Myna Gracula religiosa Linnaeus in Indonesia (Java) and the White-necked Myna Streptocitta albicollis (Vieillot) in Indonesia (Celebes), Aulonastus anais Skoracki and Patan sp. n. from the Golden Myna Mino anais (Lesson) in Papua New Guinea, and Syringophiloidus poeopterus Skoracki and Patan sp. n. from the Abbott's Starling Poeoptera femoralis (Richmond) in Tanzania. Finally, we explore the host-parasite interactions within the system comprising starlings and syringophiline mites.
Keywords
Acari; birds; ectoparasites; new species; Sturnidae; Syringophilidae; taxonomy
Subject
Biology and Life Sciences, Parasitology
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