Two new species of quill mites (Acari: Syringophilidae) associated with the Chestnut-fronted Helmetshrike Prionops scopifrons (Peters) (Passeriformes: Vangidae) in Kenya

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Two new species of quill mites (Acari: Syringophilidae) associated with the Chestnut-fronted Helmetshrike Prionops scopifrons (Peters) (Passeriformes: Vangidae) in Kenya

2016; Q15088586; Volume: 4137; Issue: 4 Linguagem: Inglês

10.11646/zootaxa.4137.4.10

ISSN

1175-5334

Autores

Miroslava Klimovičová, Maciej Skoracki, Martin Hromada,

Tópico(s)

Vector-borne infectious diseases

Resumo

Two new species of syringophilid mites collected from Prionops scopifrons (Peters) (Passeriformes: Vangidae) in Kenya are described: Neoaulonastus prionops sp. nov. and Picobia meru sp. nov. They are the first syringophilid records from birds of the family Vangidae.

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Two new species of quill mites (Acari: Syringophilidae) associated with the Chestnut-fronted Helmetshrike Prionops scopifrons (Peters) (Passeriformes: Vangidae) in Kenya