Crotophagisyringophilus n. g. (Acari: Syringophilidae), a new genus of parasitic quill mites.
Crotophagisyringophilus io n. g., n. sp. is described from the quills of Crotophaga ani Linnaeus (Cuculiformes: Cuculidae) in Argentina and Bolivia. This new genus is closely related to Megasyringophilus Fain, Bochkov & Mironov, 2000, but differs from it by the presence of a longitudinally divided propodonotal shield, fused apodemes I and II, and a setal pattern of the propodonotal region arranged 2-1-1-1-1.
Skoracki
Maciej
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Department of Animal Morphology, A. Mickiewicz University, Umultowska 89, 61 614, Poznan, Poland. skoracki@amu.edu.pl
D000818:Animals; D001715:Bird Diseases / Q000469:parasitology*; D001717:Birds; D005241:Feathers / Q000469:parasitology*; D005260:Female; D008924:Mite Infestations / Q000469:parasitology / Q000662:veterinary*; D008925:Mites / Q000033:anatomy & histology* / Q000145:classification*