title: Two new mite species of the subfamily Harpirhynchinae Dubinin, 1957 (Acariformes: Harpirhynchidae), parasites of the passerine birds (Aves: Passeriformes) in Australia and South Asia.
abstract: Two new mite species of the subfamily Harpirhynchinae Dubinin, 1957 (Acariformes: Harpirhynchidae) are described from passerine birds (Aves: Passeriformes): Harpirhynchoides artamus n. sp. from Artamus fuscus Vieillot (Artamidae) from an unknown locality in South Asia and Neharpyrhynchus domrowi n. sp. from three host species of the family Meliphagidae, Acanthorhynchus tenuirostris (Latham) (type-host) from Australia (New South Walles), Ptiloprora perstriata (De Vis) and Myzomela rosenbergii Schlegel from Papua New Guinea.
authors.affiliation: Zoological Institute, Russian Academy of Sciences, Universitetskaya emb. 1, 199034, St Petersburg, Russia, andrevbochkov@gmail.com.
authors.forename: Andre V
authors.initials: AV
authors.lastname: Bochkov
authors.forename: Hans
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Klompen
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001208:Asia; D001315:Australia; D005260:Female; D008297:Male; D008925:Mites / Q000033:anatomy & histology* / Q000145:classification*; D046109:Passeriformes / Q000469:parasitology*; D013045:Species Specificity