title: Two new species of quill mites of the family Syringophilidae (Acariformes: Cheyletoidea) associated with treronine doves (Columbiformes: Columbidae: Treroninae).
abstract: Two new species of quill mites (Acariformes: Syringophilidae) associated with doves of the subfamily Treroninae (Columbiformes: Columbidae) from the Oceanian realm are described: Gunabopicobia masalaje sp. nov. from six avian host species, Ptilinopus iozonus Gray (type host) Ducula pistrinaria (Bonaparte), D. rosacea (Temminck), D. rufigaster (Quoy and Gaimard), D. spilorrhoa (Gray), D. luctuosa (Temminck), and Peristerophila lature sp. nov. also from six host species Ducula luctuosa (type host ), D. spilorrhoa, Ptilinopus jambu Gmelin, P. melanospilus Salvadori, P. porphyreus Temminck, P. regina Swainson. Additionally, Treron waalia (Meyer) is noted as a new host species for Meitingsunes columbicus Glowska and Skoracki, 2010.
authors.affiliation: Departament of Animal Morphology, Faculty of Biology, Adam Mickiewicz University, Umultowska 89, 61-614 Poznań, Poland; Email: unknown.
authors.forename: Katarzyna
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Kaszewska
authors.affiliation: Laboratory of Biology and Ecology West Pomeranian University of Technology, Doktora Judyma 20, 71-466 Szczecin Poland; Email: unknown.
authors.forename: Katarzyna
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Kavetska
authors.affiliation: Departament of Animal Morphology, Faculty of Biology, Adam Mickiewicz University, Umultowska 89, 61-614 Poznań, Poland; Email: unknown.
authors.forename: Maciej
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Skoracki
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D010856:Columbidae / Q000469:parasitology*; D005241:Feathers / Q000469:parasitology; D005260:Female; D007214:Indonesia; D008297:Male; D008925:Mites / Q000033:anatomy & histology / Q000145:classification*; D010219:Papua New Guinea