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Four new species of the quill mite genus Picobia Heller, 1880 (Acari: Syringophilidae) parasitizing birds in the Australian Region

2008; Q15088586; Volume: 1961; Issue: 1 Linguagem: Inglês

10.11646/zootaxa.1961.1.5

ISSN

1175-5334

Autores

Maciej Skoracki, Eliza Głowska, Bożena Sikora,

Tópico(s)

Avian ecology and behavior

Resumo

Descriptions of four new species of the genus Picobia are given: P. lemi sp. nov. from Manucodia chalybatus (Forster) (type host) and from Manucodia ater (Lesson) (Passeriformes: Paradisaeidae) from New Guinea; P. epthianura sp. nov. from Epthianura aurifrons Gould (Passeriformes: Meliphagidae); P. corcoracus sp. nov. from Corcorax melanorhamphos (Vieillot) (Passeriformes: Grallinidae) and P. glossopsitta sp. nov. from Glossopsitta porphyrocephala (Dietrichsen) (Psittaciformes: Psittacidae) from Australia. A list of all known species of the family Syringophilidae (Acari: Prostigmata) parasitizing birds of Australian Region is provided.

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