title: First Records of the Syringophilid Mites (Acariformes: Prostigmata) Parasitizing Ibises and Spoonbills (Pelecaniformes: Threskiornithidae), With Description of Four New Species.
abstract: The parasitic quill mites of the family Syringophilidae (Acariformes: Prostigmata) are recorded on ibises and spoonbills (Pelecaniformes: Threskiornithidae) for the first time. Four new species of the genus Stibarokris Kethley, 1970 are described: 1) S. theristicus Skoracki, Zmudzinski & Unsoeld sp. nov. ex Theristicus caudatus (Boddaert, 1783) from Brazil, 2) S. geronticus Skoracki, Zmudzinski & Unsoeld sp. nov. ex Geronticus calvus (Boddaert, 1783) from South Africa, 3) S. brevisetosus Skoracki & Zmudzinski sp. nov. ex Plegadis falcinellus (L., 1766) from Turkey, and 4) S. plataleus Skoracki & Zmudzinski sp. nov. ex Platalea leucorodia L., 1758 from Austria. Additionally, a key to all described species in the genus is presented, and hypothesis of the Gondwanan origin of syringophilids associated with ibises and spoonbills is briefly discussed.
authors.affiliation: Department of Animal Morphology, Faculty of Biology, Adam Mickiewicz University, Umultowska 89, 60-614 Poznan, Poland (skoracki@amu.edu.pl; mat.zmudzinski@gmail.com, boszka@amu.edu.pl) skoracki@amu.edu.pl.
authors.forename: Maciej
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Skoracki
authors.affiliation: Department of Animal Morphology, Faculty of Biology, Adam Mickiewicz University, Umultowska 89, 60-614 Poznan, Poland (skoracki@amu.edu.pl; mat.zmudzinski@gmail.com, boszka@amu.edu.pl).
authors.forename: Mateusz
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Zmudzinski
authors.affiliation: Ornithological Section, Bavarian State Collection of Zoology, Muenchhausenstrasse 21, 81247 Munich, Germany (Markus.Unsoeld@zsm.mwn.de).
authors.forename: Markus
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Unsoeld
authors.affiliation: Department of Animal Morphology, Faculty of Biology, Adam Mickiewicz University, Umultowska 89, 60-614 Poznan, Poland (skoracki@amu.edu.pl; mat.zmudzinski@gmail.com, boszka@amu.edu.pl).
authors.forename: Bozena
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Sikora
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001317:Austria; D001715:Bird Diseases / Q000469:parasitology*; D001717:Birds; D001938:Brazil; D005260:Female; D008297:Male; D008924:Mite Infestations / Q000469:parasitology / Q000662:veterinary* / Q000821:virology; D008925:Mites / Q000033:anatomy & histology* / Q000145:classification*; D013019:South Africa; D014421:Turkey
keywords: Acari; Stibarokris; bird; ectoparasite