Mites of the genus Torotrogla (Prostigmata: Syringophilidae) from North American passerines.
Five new quill mite species of the genus Torotrogla Kethley, 1970 (Acari: Syringophilidae) are described from North American passerines: T. aphelocoma sp.n. from Aphelocoma californica (Corvidae) and T. cardinalis sp.n. from Cardinalis cardinalis (Cardinalidae) in Texas; and T. coccothraustes sp.n. from Coccothraustes vespertinus (Fringillidae), T. cyanocitta sp.n. from Cyanocitta stelleri (Corvidae), and T. piranga sp.n. from Piranga ludoviciana (Thraupidae) in California. A key to females of all known Torotrogla spp. and a table with their host associations and distributions are given.
Zoological Institute, Russian Academy of Sciences, Universitetskaya emb. 1, 199034 St. Petersburg, Russia.
Andre V
AV
Bochkov
Maureen E
ME
Flannery
Greg S
GS
Spicer
D000818:Animals; D005260:Female; D006790:Host-Parasite Interactions; D008297:Male; D008925:Mites / Q000033:anatomy & histology / Q000145:classification* / Q000502:physiology; D009656:North America; D046109:Passeriformes / Q000469:parasitology*