title: A review of quill mites (Acari: Syringophilidae) parasitising Kenyan birds.
abstract: Two new species of quill mites (Acari: Prostigmata: Syringophilidae) collected from passeriform and coraciiform birds from Kenya are described : Neoaulonastus apalis sp. nov. from Apalis porphyrolaema Reichenow and Neumann (Passeriformes: Cisticolidae) and Peristerophila upupi sp. nov. from Upupa epops Linnaeus (Coraciiformes: Upupidae). Additionally, 3 new host species: Cisticola hunteri Shelley, 1889; Acrocephalus baeticatus (Vieillot, 1817) and Ploceus xanthops (Hartlaub, 1862) from Kenya and two new localities are recorded for genera: Aulobia Kethley, 1970; Neoaulonastus Skoracki, 2004 and Syringophiloidus Kethley, 1970. The previous and the latest knowledge about syringophilid mites from Kenya is summarized in tabular form.
authors.affiliation: Laboratory and Museum of Evolutionary Ecology, Department of Ecology, Faculty of Humanities and Natural Sciences, University of Prešov, 17. novembra 1,080 01 Prešov, Slovakia.; Email: mklimovicova@gmail.com.
authors.forename: Miroslava
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Klimovičová
authors.affiliation: Department of Zoology, Faculty of Science, Charles University in Prague, Viničná 7, 128 43 Praha 2, Czech Republic; Email: unknown.
authors.forename: Peter
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Mikula
authors.affiliation: Department of Zoology, National Museums of Kenya, Museum Hill Road, P.O. Box 40658, P.C. 00100, Nairobi, Kenya; Email: unknown.
authors.forename: Njoki
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Kahure
authors.affiliation: Faculty of Biological Sciences, University of Zielona Góra, Szafrana 1, 65-516 Zielona Góra, Poland; Email: unknown.
authors.forename: Martin
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Hromada
mesh_terms: D000825:Animal Structures / Q000033:anatomy & histology / Q000254:growth & development; D000818:Animals; D001715:Bird Diseases / Q000469:parasitology*; D049628:Body Size; D005260:Female; D058507:Host Specificity; D007630:Kenya; D008297:Male; D008924:Mite Infestations / Q000469:parasitology / Q000662:veterinary*; D008925:Mites / Q000033:anatomy & histology / Q000145:classification* / Q000254:growth & development / Q000502:physiology; D009929:Organ Size; D046109:Passeriformes / Q000145:classification / Q000469:parasitology