title: Two new Meitingsunes species (Acari: Syringophilidae) from Indonesian doves (Columbiformes: Columbidae).
abstract: We describe two new quill mite species of the genus Meitingsunes Glowska and Skoracki, 2010 (Acari: Prostigmata: Syringophilidae) parasitizing columbiform birds (Columbiformes: Columbidae): M. chalcophaps sp. nov. collected from the Emerald Dove, Chalcophaps indica (Linnaeus) and M. turacoenas sp. nov. from the White-faced Cuckoo Dove, Turacoena manadensis (Quoy and Gaimard) (type host) and the Black Cuckoo-Dove, Turacoena modesta (Temminck). All host species were collected in Indonesia. These represent two new genus-level host records for Meitingsunes. In addition, we summarize the diversity of Meitingsunes and present a key to species in this genus.
authors.affiliation: Departament of Animal Morphology, Faculty of Biology, Adam Mickiewicz University, Umultowska 89, 61-614 Poznan, Poland; Email: k.kaszewska@amu.edu.pl.
authors.forename: Katarzyna
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Kaszewska
authors.affiliation: Departament of Animal Morphology, Faculty of Biology, Adam Mickiewicz University, Umultowska 89, 61-614 Poznan, Poland; Email: unknown.
authors.forename: Maciej
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Skoracki
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
mesh_terms: D063147:Animal Distribution; D000825:Animal Structures / Q000033:anatomy & histology / Q000254:growth & development; D000818:Animals; D001715:Bird Diseases / Q000469:parasitology*; D049628:Body Size; D010856:Columbidae / Q000469:parasitology; D017753:Ecosystem; D005260:Female; D007214:Indonesia; D008297:Male; D008924:Mite Infestations / Q000469:parasitology / Q000662:veterinary*; D008925:Mites / Q000033:anatomy & histology / Q000145:classification* / Q000254:growth & development; D009929:Organ Size