A new genus and species of quill mites (Acari: Syringophilidae) from a king bird-of-paradise Cicinnurus regius (L.).
Neoperisterophila regiusi n. g., n. sp. is described from the quills of Cicinnurus regius (L.) (Passeriformes: Paradisaeidae) from New Guinea. This new genus belongs to the Peristerophila generic group. It differs from other four genera of this group, Peristerophila Kethley, 1970, Psittaciphilus Fain et al., 2000, Castosyringophilus Bochkov & Perez, 2002 and Terratosyringophilus Bochkov & Perez, 2002 by the absence of the propodosomal and hysterosomal shields in the females.
Skoracki
Maciej
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Department of Animal Morphology, A. Mickiewicz University, 28 Czerwca 1956/198, 61-485 Poznań, Poland.
D000818:Animals; D001717:Birds / Q000469:parasitology*; D005260:Female; D008925:Mites / Q000033:anatomy & histology* / Q000145:classification; D009512:New Guinea; D013045:Species Specificity