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Three new species of picobiine mites (Acari: Syringophilidae) parasitising African flycatchers (Aves: Muscicapidae)

2012; Springer Science+Business Media; Volume: 83; Issue: 2 Linguagem: Inglês

10.1007/s11230-012-9376-5

1573-5192

Maciej Skoracki, Piotr Solarczyk, Bożena Sikora,

Insect-Plant Interactions and Control

Three new species of quill mites of the subfamily Picobiinae Johnston & Kethley, 1973 (Acari: Syringophilidae) are described from African flycatchers (Passeriformes: Muscicapidae): Picobia cichladusa n. sp. on Cichladusa arquata Peters and P. myrmecocichla n. sp. on Myrmecocichla arnotti (Tristram), both from Tanzania, and P. echo n. sp. on Cossypha heuglini Hartlaub from the Democratic Republic of the Congo.