title: A new quill mite species (Acari: Syringophilidae) parasitising tinamous (Aves: Tinamiformes).
abstract: Tinamiphilopsis ariconte n. sp., a syringophilid mite, is described from three tinamou species (Tinamidae), Rhynchotus rufescens (Temminck) and Nothura                         boraquira (Spix) in Paraguay and N.                         minor (Spix) in Brazil. These data indirectly support the hypothesis that the cheyletoid-like predatory ancestor of the Syringophilidae switched to parasitism before the divergence of the avian hosts into the two major clades Palaeognathae and Neognathae.
authors.affiliation: Department of Animal Morphology, Adam Mickiewicz University, Umultowska 89, 61-614 Poznan, Poland. skoracki@amu.edu.pl
authors.forename: Maciej
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Skoracki
authors.forename: Bozena
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Sikora
authors.forename: Michal
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Ozminski
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001715:Bird Diseases / Q000469:parasitology*; D001938:Brazil; D005260:Female; D008297:Male; D008924:Mite Infestations / Q000469:parasitology / Q000662:veterinary*; D008925:Mites / Q000033:anatomy & histology* / Q000145:classification*; D046108:Palaeognathae / Q000469:parasitology*; D013045:Species Specificity