title: Three new species of the ectoparasitic mites of the genus Syringophiloidus Kethley, 1970 (Acari: Syringophilidae) from passeriform birds from Slovakia.
abstract: Three new quill mite species of the genus Syringophiloidus Kethley, 1970 (Acari: Syringophilidae) from Slovakia are described and figured: S. bombycillae sp. n. from the waxwing Bombycilla garrulus (L.) (Passeriformes: Bombycillidae), S. schoeniclus sp. n. from the reed bunting Emberiza schoeniclus L. (Passcriformes: Emberizidae) and S. montanus sp. n. from the tree sparrow Passer monlanus (L.) (Passeriformes: Ploceidae). A key to all known species of the genus Syringophiloidus is given.
authors.affiliation: Department of Animal Morphology, A. Mickiewicz University, 28 Czerwca 1956 r. nr 198, 61-485 Poznań, Poland. skoracki@main.amu.edu.pl
authors.forename: Maciej
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Skoracki
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D005241:Feathers / Q000469:parasitology; D005260:Female; D008297:Male; D008857:Microscopy, Interference / Q000662:veterinary; D008925:Mites / Q000033:anatomy & histology* / Q000145:classification; D018154:Slovakia; D020308:Songbirds / Q000469:parasitology*