title: Two New Species of the Family Syringophilidae (Prostigmata: Syringophilidae) Parasitising Bushshrikes (Passeriformes: Malaconotidae).
abstract: Two new species of quill mites of the subfamily Syringophilinae Lavoipierre (Acari: Prostigmata: Syringophilidae) are described from the Bushshrikes (Passeriformes: Malaconotidae) in the Afrotropical region: Neoaulonastus malaconotus n. sp. parasitizing Telophorus nigrifrons (Reichenow) (Malaconotidae) [type host] in Liberia and Kenya, Laniarius aethiopicus (Gmelin) in Somalia, Nilaus afer (Latham) in Kenya, and Syringophiloidus nkaii n. sp. from Nilaus afer in Kenya.
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.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Klimovičová
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.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Skoracki
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.
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Njoroge
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.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Hromada
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001715:Bird Diseases / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000469:parasitology*; D005241:Feathers / Q000469:parasitology; D005260:Female; D007630:Kenya / Q000453:epidemiology; D007988:Liberia / Q000453:epidemiology; D008297:Male; D008857:Microscopy, Interference / Q000662:veterinary; D008924:Mite Infestations / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000469:parasitology / Q000662:veterinary*; D008925:Mites / Q000145:classification*; D046109:Passeriformes / Q000469:parasitology*; D012998:Somalia / Q000453:epidemiology