title: Three new species of picobiine mites (Acari: Syringophilidae) parasitising African flycatchers (Aves: Muscicapidae).
abstract: Three new species of quill mites of the subfamily Picobiinae Johnston & Kethley, 1973 (Acari: Syringophilidae) are described from African flycatchers (Passeriformes: Muscicapidae): Picobia cichladusa n. sp. on Cichladusa arquata Peters and P. myrmecocichla n. sp. on Myrmecocichla arnotti (Tristram), both from Tanzania, and P. echo n. sp. on Cossypha heuglini Hartlaub from the Democratic Republic of the Congo.
authors.affiliation: Department of Animal Morphology, Faculty of Biology, Adam Mickiewicz University, Umultowska 89, 61-614 Poznan, Poland. skoracki@amu.edu.pl
authors.forename: Maciej
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Skoracki
authors.forename: Piotr
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Solarczyk
authors.forename: Bozena
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Sikora
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D008925:Mites / Q000033:anatomy & histology* / Q000145:classification*; D020308:Songbirds / Q000469:parasitology; D013045:Species Specificity; D013636:Tanzania