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Faradonbeh, Majid Moradi, Ostovan, Hadi, OConnor, Barry M., Gheibi, Mehdi, Joharchi, Omid, Macchioni, Fabio (2019): Promyialges italicus sp. nov. (Astigmata: Epidermoptidae) with redescriptions of mites of the families Epidermoptidae and Cheyletidae (Prostigmata) associated with Pseudolynchia canariensis (Diptera: Hippoboscidae) from Iran and Italy. Persian Journal of Acarology 8 (1): 27-46, DOI: 10.22073/pja.v8i1.41265

Barbosa, Marina Ferraz De Camargo, Oconnor, Barry M., Moraes, Gilberto José De (2016): A new species of Thyreophagus (Acari: Acaridae) from Brazil, with notes on species associated with stored food and human habitats and a key to species of this genus. Zootaxa 4088 (2): 279-291, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4088.2.9

Thyreophagus Rondani Thyreophagus Rondani, 1874: 67 [type species Thyreophagus entomophagus Rondani, 1874 (= Acarus entomophaus Laboulb��ne, 1852, by monotypy]; Zachvatkin 1940: 43; Zachvatkin 1941: 208; T��rk & T��rk 1957: 145 (part); Mahunka 1974: 374 (part); Hughes 1976: 123; Chmielewski 1977: 65 (part); Fain 1982: 7; Bugrov 1997: 151; Klimov 1998: 4. Monieziella Berlese, 1897: 107 (part) [type species Monieziella entomophaga (Laboulb��ne, 1852) (= Acarus entomophagus), by subsequent designation (Jacot 1936)]; Jacot 1936: 628 (part). Synonymized by Fain & Johnston (1974). Fumouzea Zachvatkin, 1953: 57 [type species Fumouzea entomophaga (Laboulb��ne 1852) (= Acarus entomophagus Laboulb��ne, 1852), by monotypy]. Synonymized by Klimov (1998). Michaelopus Fain and Johnston, 1974: 411 [type species Tyroglyphus corticalis Michael, 1885, by original designation]; Fain 1982: 18; Cruz 1990: 1; Sevastianov & Kivganov 1992: 25. Synonymized by Halliday (1998)., Published as part of Barbosa, Marina Ferraz De Camargo, Oconnor, Barry M. & Moraes, Gilberto Jos�� De, 2016, A new species of Thyreophagus (Acari: Acaridae) from Brazil, with notes on species associated with stored food and human habitats and a key to species of this genus, pp. 279-291 in Zootaxa 4088 (2) on page 280, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4088.2.9, http://zenodo.org/record/267842

Thyreophagus cracentiseta n. sp. (Figs. 1���5) Diagnosis. Females and homeomorphic males with tarsi III bearing 7 apical spine-like setae [1 dorso-apical and 6 ventral (4 apical, 1 subapical and 1 median)]; prodorsal sclerite ornamented with broken striae on most of its extent, with slightly longer sections near posterior margin, punctate near anterior margin and over rounded anterolateral extensions; dorsal setae cp, e2, h2 and h3 smooth, filiform and slender; ro and ex slightly longer and thicker. Grandjean��s organ anteriorly expanded into membranous finger-like extensions. Base of spermathecal sclerite arched. Description. FEMALE (Figs. 1���4; n= 6). Dorsum (Figures 1 A; 2A���2B): Idiosoma elongate, 485 (460���515) long, 195 (170���220) wide at coxa III level; cuticle smooth. Prodorsal sclerite 84 (78���87) long and 75 (68���78) wide at anterior margins, with lateral incisions; ornamented with broken striae on most of its extent, with sections slightly longer near posterior margin and punctate near anterior margin and over rounded anterolateral extensions. Grandjean��s organ anteriorly expanded in 9���10 membranous finger-like extensions; supracoxal seta (elc I) smooth and arched, 16 (12���19) long. Dorsal idiosomal setae smooth, filiform and slender, except rostral (ro) and exobothridial (ex), setiform, thicker than other dorsal setae, tapering from base to tip). Setal lengths: ro 29 (24���36), ex 53 (43���56), cp 31 (23���38), d2 26 (21���32), e2 35 (31���40), h1 24 (21���27) and h2 37 (32���47). Oil gland slightly anteriad of setal base e2. Venter (Figures 1 B; 2C): Ventral surface with 4 pairs of coxal setae (1a, 3a, 4a and 4b) and 1 pair of genital setae. Genital region between legs III and IV; genital valves shaped as an inverted V; epigynal apodeme welldeveloped. Anal opening on posterior margin of idiosoma, surrounded by h3 31 (24���38) long and p1 42 (41���44). Reproductive apparatus (Figs. 2 D; 3): Copulatory opening, 6 (5���6) in diameter located near the posterior region of opisthosoma. Spermathecal duct, slender tube 60 (51���62) long and uniformly 1 (1���2) wide leading from copulatory opening to spermatheca. Spermatheca, composed of sclerotized, arched base, 15 (13���19) wide, and elliptical vesicle where sperm is stored. Ovaries, where fertilization taking place, paired and connected to sclerotized structure of spermatheca by efferent ducts. Oviducts trident-shaped near ovaries and continuing as thick tube. Considering reduced diameter of visible part of oviducts, especially tube, it seeming that fertilized egg cells rather than developed eggs move through oviducts to uterus. Uterus and final portion of oviduct indistinguishable. Gnathosoma (Fig. 2 E, F): Chelicera chelate, 79 (72���83), fixed digit 23 (19���27), with 3 teeth in addition to apical tooth; movable digit 25 (23���27) long, with 2 teeth in addition to apical tooth; cheliceral seta (cha) spine-like, 3 (2���4) long. Subcapitular seta (subc) 22 (18-26) long, palp tibial seta spine-like; lateral palp tibial seta setiform; dorsal palp tarsal seta setiform and terminal palp tarsal solenidion minute; seta elcp setiform, 12 (9���13). Legs (Figs. 4 A���K): Leg I 105 (90���110) long; tarsus with 1 apicodorsal and 3 ventral (2 apical and 1 subapical) spine-like setae, 3 solenidia and 4 setiform tactile setae; tibia with 1 solenidion and 2 setiform tactile setae; genu with 2 solenidia and 2 setiform tactile setae; femur with 1 setiform tactile seta; trochanter with 1 setiform tactile seta. Lengths of solenidia: ��1 curved, distally swollen, 12 (10���14), ��2 5 (4���7), ��3 14 (12���18), �� 68 (59���72), ����� 17 (14���20), �������� 12 (9���13). Leg II 96 (87���105) long; tarsus with 1 subapicodorsal and 3 ventral (2 apical and 1 subapical) spine-like setae, 1 solenidion and 4 setiform tactile setae; tibia with 1 solenidion and 2 tactile setae; genu with 1 solenidion and 2 tactile setae; femur with 1 tactile seta; trochanter with 1 setiform tactile seta. Lengths of solenidia: �� curved, distally swollen, 8 (7���10), �� 67 (58���71), �� 3 (2���5). Leg III 66 (58���71) long; tarsus with 1 subapicodorsal and 6 ventral (4 apical, 1 subapical and 1 median) spine-like setae and 3 setiform tactile setae; tibia with 1 solenidion and 1 setiform tactile seta; genu and femur without setae; trochanter with 1 setiform tactile seta. Solenidion �� 60 (58���73) long. Leg IV 69 (60���80) long; tarsus with 1 subapicodorsal and 5 ventral (4 apical and o1 subapical) spine-like seta and 4 tactile setae; tibia with 1 solenidion and 1 setiform tactile seta; genu without setae; femur with 1 setiform tactile seta; trochanter without setae; solenidion �� setiform, 14 (10���19) long. HOMEOMORPHIC MALE (Figs. 5���7; n= 6; unless otherwise noted, shape of structures similar to females). Dorsum (Figs 5 A, 6A): Idiosoma nearly ellipsoidal, slightly flattened dorso-ventrally, 270 (265���290 long and 150 (145���165) wide at coxa III level. Prodorsal sclerite 50 (42���60) long and 41 (36���43) wide at anterior margins, with lateral incisions; pattern of punctation and striation similar to female, except that sections of striae longer; supracoxal seta (elc I) 11 (10���15) long. Posterior dorsum without flattened terminal extension, commonly found in males of this genus (e. g. T. entomophagus). Dorsal idiosomal setae lengths: ro 22 (21���26), ex 32 (27���33), cp 22 (18���24), d2 14 (12���19), e2 20 (16���23), h1 14 (10���16) and h2 28 (22���32). Venter (Figs. 5 B, 6B): Aedeagus slightly curved, 8 (6���12) long, between coxae IV; h3 44 (38���49) long. Para-anal suckers 10 (9���10) in diameter surrounded by 3 pairs of paraproctal setae: p1, posteriad of each sucker, 5 (4���5) long; p2 laterad of suckers and 5 (4���5) long; and p3, anteriad of suckers and vestigial. Gnathosoma: Chelicera 45 (56���64) long; fixed digit 12 (19���27), with 3 teeth; movable digit 14 (20���23) long, with 2 teeth; cheliceral seta (cha) 3 (2���3) long. Subcapitular seta (subc), 17 (16���29) long; supracoxal seta elcp 7 (6���8) long. Legs (Figs. 7 A���L): Leg I 71 (67���82) long; tarsus with 1 apicodorsal and 3 ventral (2 apical and 1 subapical) spine-like setae, 3 solenidia and 4 setiform tactile setae; tibia with 1 solenidion and 2 setiform tactile setae; genu with 2 solenidia and 2 setiform tactile setae; femur with 1 setiform tactile seta; trochanter with 1 setiform tactile seta. Lengths of solenidia: ��1 6 (5���9), ��2 4 (4���5), ��3 4 (2��� 6), �� 44 (34���47), ����� 11 (10���16), �������� 6 (5���7). Leg II 60 (53���76) long; tarsus with 1 subapicodorsal and 3 ventral (2 apical and 1 subapical) spine-like setae, 1 solenidion and 4 setiform tactile setae; tibia with 1 solenidion and 2 setiform tactile setae; genu with 1 solenidion and 2 setiform tactile setae; femur with 1 setiform tactile seta; trochanter with 1 setiform tactile seta. Lengths of solenidia: ��1 7 (6���7), �� 42 (33���52), �� 3 (3���4). Leg III 51 (42���57) long; tarsus with 1 subapicodorsal and 6 ventral (4 apical, 1 subapical and 1 median) spine-like setae; tibia with 1 solenidion and 1 setiform tactile seta; genu and femur without setae; trochanter with one setiform tactile seta; solenidion �� 43 (40���47) long. Leg IV 57 (53���64); tarsus with 5 ventral (4 apical and 1 subapical) spines, 3 setiform tactile setae and 2 suck-like setae; solenidion �� 5 (4���5) long. HETEROMORPHIC MALE (Figs. 7 M���O; n= 20, unless otherwise noted, shape of structures similar to homeomorphic male). Similar to homeomorphic males, except by having tarsus leg III strongly modified, with 2 thick apical and 2 ventral spines, and without pretarsus. In addition, with coxisternal region more sclerotized and with most dorsal and leg setae longer. Idiosoma ellipsoidal, slightly flattened dorso-ventrally, 335 (325���345) long and 180 (165���195) wide at coxa III level. Chelicera 60 (56���64); fixed digit 19 (19���27); movable digit 21 (20���23); cheliceral seta (cha) 3 (2���3). Subcapitular seta (subc) 19 (16���20) long; supracoxal seta elcp 9 (8���9) long. Dorsum: Prodorsal sclerite 66 (62���68) and 49 (44���53) wide at anterior margins; supracoxal seta (elc I) 14 (12���16). Dorsal idiosomal setae lengths: ro 26 (22���29), ex 47 (41���53), cp 37 (29���38), d2 24 (19���26), e2 30 (24���33), h1 22 (18���24) and h2 36 (32���42). Venter: Aedeagus 8 (6���12). Para-anal suckers 11 in diameter, h3 44 (38���49) long, p1 and p2 3 (3���4) long and 5 (4���6) long, respectively, p3 vestigial. Legs (Figs. 7 M���O): Legs I���II and IV similar to homeomorphic male. Leg I 105 (87���110) long; lengths of solenidia: ��1 10 (9���10), ��2 5 (4���7), ��3 4 (2���6), ε 3 (2��� 3), �� 60 (54���67), ����� 18 (16���20), �������� 10 (8���12). Leg II 96 (83��� 105) long; lengths of solenidia: �� 8 (6���9); �� 61 (59��� 62); �� 3 (2���3). Leg III 71 (63���78) long, with 2 thick apicodorsal spines and 3 ventral (2 apical and 1 subapical) spine-like setae; �� 55 (51���59) long. Pretarsus III absent. Leg IV 67 (61���72) long, �� 4 (3���5). HETEROMORPHIC DEUTONYMPH. Unknown. Type material. Holotype female, 15 female, 16 heteromorphic male and 3 homeomorphic male paratypes from chicken feed, BRAZIL: S��o Paulo state, Piracicaba, 6 April 2012, coll. M. F. C. Barbosa. Type deposition. Holotype and most paratypes are deposited at the Departamento de Entomologia e Acarologia, Escola Superior de Agricultura ���Luiz de Queiroz��� (ESALQ), Universidade de S��o Paulo (USP), Piracicaba. Four females, 4 heteromorphic male and one homeomorphic male are deposited at the University of Michigan Museum of Zoology (UMMZ), Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA. Etymology. The name cracentiseta is a compound of cracentis (Latin for slender) and seta (Latin for hair), referring to the very thin form of most dorsal setae. The name is a noun in apposition. Remarks. The genus Thyreophagus is known from adults and heteromorphic deutonymphs. Thyreophagus cracentiseta n. sp. is the second species of this genus reported from Brazil and the first described as new from this country. This new species strongly resembles T. tridens (Fain & Lukoschus 1986) by having similar body length, prodorsal sclerite and having most dorsal setae similar in length. In addition, T. tridens has the spermathecal sclerite arched and the same number of spines on tarsi of legs I���IV as T. cracentiseta. However, T. tridens differs from T. cracentiseta by having a different pattern of punctation on the prodorsal sclerite (punctulate on its anterior two thirds or three quarters and fine striations on the rest of the sclerite) and smaller �� III and �� IV (1.7 and 3.5 times smaller, respectively). This new species resembles Thyreophagus spinitarsis (Fain, 1982) by having similar patterns on the prodorsal sclerite. The latter differs from T. cracentiseta n. sp. by having the idiosoma about 1.9 times as long, most of the dorsal idiosomal setae about 1.5 times as long and by having the sclerotized base of the spermatheca approximately bell-shaped. Thyreophagus australis Clark, 2009 is similar to this new species by having Grandjean��s organ anteriorly expanded in membranous finger-like extensions and the male without any projection or sclerite on the posterior opisthosomal region. However, T. australis differs by having females with the idiosoma globose instead of elongate, setae ro and ex more than four times longer and the sclerotized base of the spermatheca as a transverse band. Thyreophagus gallegoi gallegoi Fain, 1982 resembles this new species by having the idiosoma and dorsal setae of about the same lengths, similar shape of sclerotized base of spermatheca and by producing heteromorphic males. This subspecies differs by having ��1 strongly curved and thin apically and the prodorsal sclerite mostly covered by uniformly fine striae., Published as part of Barbosa, Marina Ferraz De Camargo, Oconnor, Barry M. & Moraes, Gilberto Jos�� De, 2016, A new species of Thyreophagus (Acari: Acaridae) from Brazil, with notes on species associated with stored food and human habitats and a key to species of this genus, pp. 279-291 in Zootaxa 4088 (2) on pages 280-284, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4088.2.9, http://zenodo.org/record/267842

Torotrogla cardinalis Bochkov, Flannery and Spicer, 2009 Torotrogla cardinalis Bochkov et al., 2009: 189, figs. 6 and 7. Types deposited in USNM, AMU, SFSU, UMMZ and ZISP, examined. Type host: Cardinalis cardinalis (Linnaeus) (Passeriformes: Cardinalidae). Type locality: USA (Texas). Hosts and distribution. Cardinalis cardinalis (Linnaeus) (Cardinalidae) from USA (Texas) (Bochkov et al. 2009)., Published as part of Skoracki, Maciej, Spicer, Greg S. & Oconnor, Barry M., 2016, A systematiC review of the subfamily Syringophilinae (ACari: Syringophilidae) of the NearCtiC region. Part 1: quill mites assoCiated with passerines (Aves: Passeriformes), pp. 451-494 in Zootaxa 4084 (4) on page 483, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4084.4.1, http://zenodo.org/record/1052257, {"references":["Bochkov, A. V., Flannery, M. E. & Spicer, G. S. (2009) Mites of the genus Torotrogla (Prostigmata: Syringophilidae) from North American passerines. Journal of Medical Entomology, 46, 183 - 197. http: // dx. doi. org / 10.1603 / 033.046.0203."]}

Syringophiloidus xanthocephalus Bochkov, Skoracki, Hendricks and Spicer, 2011 Syringophiloidus xanthocephalus Bochkov et al., 2011: 208, fig. 3. Types deposited in USNM and AMU, examined. Type host: Xanthocephalus xanthocephalus (Bonaparte) (Passeriformes: Icteridae). Type locality: USA (Arizona). Host and distribution. Xanthocephalus xanthocephalus (Bonaparte) (Icteridae) from USA (Arizona) (Bochkov et al. 2011)., Published as part of Skoracki, Maciej, Spicer, Greg S. & Oconnor, Barry M., 2016, A systematiC review of the subfamily Syringophilinae (ACari: Syringophilidae) of the NearCtiC region. Part 1: quill mites assoCiated with passerines (Aves: Passeriformes), pp. 451-494 in Zootaxa 4084 (4) on page 467, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4084.4.1, http://zenodo.org/record/1052257, {"references":["Bochkov, A. V., Skoracki, M., Hendricks, S. A. & Spicer, G. S. (2011) Further investigations of the mite genus Syringophiloidus Kethley, 1970 (Acariformes: Syringophilidae) from North American passerines. Systematic Parasitology, 79, 201 - 211. http: // dx. doi. org / 10.1007 / s 11230 - 011 - 9306 - y."]}

Syringophilopsis mimidus Sikora, Fajfer and Skoracki, 2011 Syringophilopsis mimidus Sikora et al., 2011: 30, figs. 1���6. Types deposited in AMU, ZSM and ZISP, examined. Type host: Margarops fuscatus (Vieillot) (Passeriformes: Mimidae). Type locality: Central America. Additional material. Four females and 2 males (UMMZ BMOC 81-0717-1) from Dumetella carolinensis (Linnaeus) (Passeriformes: Mimidae), USA: Pennsylvania, Warren Co., 3 mi W. Pittsfield, 17 July 1981, coll. B. M. OConnor, all material in UMMZ; 4 females and 1 male (FMNH NU4251B) from same host species, USA: Florida, Leon Co., Tall Timbers Research Station, 24 April 1959, coll. H. L. Stoddard, all material in FMNH. Host and distribution. Margarops fuscatus (Vieillot) (Mimidae) from unknown locality in Central America (Sikora et al. 2011), Dumetella carolinensis (Linnaeus) (Mimidae) [new host] from USA (Florida, Pennsylvania) (present paper)., Published as part of Skoracki, Maciej, Spicer, Greg S. & Oconnor, Barry M., 2016, A systematiC review of the subfamily Syringophilinae (ACari: Syringophilidae) of the NearCtiC region. Part 1: quill mites assoCiated with passerines (Aves: Passeriformes), pp. 451-494 in Zootaxa 4084 (4) on pages 473-474, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4084.4.1, http://zenodo.org/record/1052257, {"references":["Sikora, B., Fajfer, M. & Skoracki, M. (2011) Quill mites (Acari: Syringophilidae) from mimid birds (Aves: Mimidae). Zootaxa, 3027, 29 - 38."]}

Torotrogla mima Kethley, 1970 Torotrogla mima Kethley, 1970: 31, figs. 16���17. Types deposited in UGA, not examined. Type host: Mimus polyglottos (Linnaeus) (Passeriformes: Mimidae). Type locality: USA (Georgia). Hosts and distribution. Mimus patagonicus (Lafresnaye & Orbigny) (Mimidae) from South America (unknown locality in Patagonia���area of Argentina and Chile) (Sikora et al. 2011), M. polyglottos (Linnaeus) from USA (Georgia) (Kethley 1970), M. triurus (Vieillot) from Argentina (Sikora et al. 2011)., Published as part of Skoracki, Maciej, Spicer, Greg S. & Oconnor, Barry M., 2016, A systematiC review of the subfamily Syringophilinae (ACari: Syringophilidae) of the NearCtiC region. Part 1: quill mites assoCiated with passerines (Aves: Passeriformes), pp. 451-494 in Zootaxa 4084 (4) on page 484, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4084.4.1, http://zenodo.org/record/1052257, {"references":["Kethley, J. B. (1970) A revision of the family Syringophilidae (Prostigmata: Acarina). Contributions of the American Entomological Institute, 5, 1 - 76.","Sikora, B., Fajfer, M. & Skoracki, M. (2011) Quill mites (Acari: Syringophilidae) from mimid birds (Aves: Mimidae). Zootaxa, 3027, 29 - 38."]}

Aulobia dendroicae (Clark, 1964) Syringophilus dendroicae Clark, 1964: 86, figs. 18 and 21. Types deposited in FMNH, examined. Aulobia dendroicus, Kethley 1970: 41, figs. 23 and 24; Skoracki et al. 2010a: 33, figs. 1–11. Type host: Dendroica coronata (Linnaeus) (Passeriformes: Parulidae). Type locality: USA (Maryland)., Published as part of Skoracki, Maciej, Spicer, Greg S. & Oconnor, Barry M., 2016, A systematiC review of the subfamily Syringophilinae (ACari: Syringophilidae) of the NearCtiC region. Part 1: quill mites assoCiated with passerines (Aves: Passeriformes), pp. 451-494 in Zootaxa 4084 (4) on page 453, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4084.4.1, http://zenodo.org/record/1052257, {"references":["Clark, G. M. (1964) The acarine genus Syringophilus in North American birds. Acarologia, 6, 76 - 92.","Kethley, J. B. (1970) A revision of the family Syringophilidae (Prostigmata: Acarina). Contributions of the American Entomological Institute, 5, 1 - 76.","Skoracki, M., Hendricks, S. & Spicer, G. S. (2010 a) Systematics of the ectoparasitic quill mites of the genus Aulobia Kethley, 1970 (Acari: Syringophilidae) with the description of a new species. Zootaxa, 2399, 31 - 41."]}

Betasyringophiloidus seiuri (Clark, 1964) comb. nov. (Figs. 3A���D) Syringophilus seiuri Clark, 1964: 82, figs. 7, 20, 24, 25. Types deposited in FMNH and USNM, examined. Syringophiloidus seiurus, Kethley 1970: 50. Syringophiloidus seiuri, Bochkov & Galloway 2001: 2025, fig. 9. Syringophiloidus zonotrichia Bochkov et al., 2011 syn. nov: 203, fig. 1. Type host: Seiurus aurocapilla (Passeriformes: Parulidae). Type locality: USA (Maryland). Additional material. One female and 1 male (UMMZ BMOC 81-0821-2) from Seiurus aurocapilla (Linnaeus) (Passeriformes: Parulidae), USA: Michigan, Oakland Co., received from Nankin Mills Nature Center, 17 May 1966, coll. B. M. OConnor, all material in UMMZ; 9 females and 2 males (UMMZ BMOC 81-0821-9) from Oreothlypis peregrina (Wilson) (Passeriformes: Parulidae), USA: Michigan, Oakland Co., received from Nankin Mills nature Center, 22 September 1964, coll. B. M. OConnor, all material in UMMZ, except 2 females and 1 male in AMU; 12 females and 4 males (UMMZ BMOC 85-0913-1) from Geothlypis philadelphia (Wilson) (Passeriformes: Parulidae), USA: Massachusetts, Berkshire Co., Great Barrington, 26 May 1984, coll. J. Renner, all material in UMMZ, except 2 females and 1 male in AMU; 6 females and 1 male (FMNH uncatalogued) from Setophaga palmarum (Gmelin) (Passeriformes: Parulidae), USA: Florida, Leon Co., 21 March 1961, coll. J. B. Kethley, all material in FMNH; 7 females and 1 male (FMNH uncatalogued) from Setophaga pensylvanica (Linnaeus) (Passeriformes: Parulidae), USA: Florida, Leon Co., 6 October 1956, coll. J. B. Kethley, all material in FMNH; 12 females (AMU-SYR.302) from Zonotrichia albicollis (Gmelin) (Passeriformes: Emberizidae), USA, Texas, Johnson Co., Garen Ranch, 21 March 2004; coll. G. S. Spicer (field no. GSS 2018), all material in AMU, SFSU and ZISP; 10 females (FMNH uncatalogued) from same host species, USA: Florida, Leon Co., 22 October 1957, coll. J. B. Kethley, all material in FMNH; 2 females (ZISP AVB uncatalogued) from same host species, CANADA: Manitoba, Winnipeg, 5 May 1999, coll. T. D. Galloway, all material in ZISP; 2 females (AMU- SYR.755) from Melospiza melodia (Wilson) (Passeriformes: Emberizidae), USA: Texas, Hood Co., W. Jones Ranch, 22 March 2004, coll. G.S. Spicer (field no. GSS 1537), all material in AMU; 5 females (FMNH uncatalogued) from Melospiza georgiana (Latham) (Passeriformes: Emberizidae), USA: Florida, 24 October 1957, coll. J. B. Kethley, all material in FMNH; 10 females (AMU-SYR.756) from Melospiza lincolnii (Audubon) (Passeriformes: Emberizidae), USA: Texas, Johnson Co., Garen Ranch, 21 March 2004, coll. G. S. Spicer (field no. GSS 2013), all material in AMU. Hosts and distribution. Parulidae: Geothlypis philadelphia (Wilson) from USA (Massachusetts) (present paper), Seiurus aurocapilla (Linnaeus) from USA (Carolina, Florida, Maryland, Michigan) (Clark 1964; Kethley 1970; present paper) and Canada (Manitoba) (Bochkov & Galloway 2001), Helmitheros vermivorum (Gmelin) from USA (Maryland) (Clark 1964), Oreothlypis peregrina (Wilson) [new host] from USA (Michigan) (present paper), O. ruficapilla (Wilson) from USA (California) (Bochkov et al. 2011), Setophaga palmarum (Gmelin) [new host] from USA (Florida), and S. pensylvanica (Linnaeus) [new host] from USA (Florida) (present paper). Emberizidae: Melospiza georgiana (Latham) [new host] from USA (Florida) (present paper), M. lincolnii (Audubon) [new host] from USA (Texas) (Bochkov et al. 2011; present paper), M. melodia (Wilson) from USA (Maryland, Texas) (Clark 1964; present paper), Zonotrichia albicollis (Gmelin) [new host] from USA (Florida, Texas) and Canada (Manitoba) (Bochkov et al. 2011; present paper). Ploceidae: Quelea erythrops (Hartlaub) from Togo, Pachyphantes superciliosus (Shelley) from Togo, Ploceus baglafecht (Daudin) from Congo (Skoracki & Dabert 2002), and P. xanthops (Hartlaub) from Kenya (Klimovicova et al. 2014). Remarks. Possibilities of type material examination of Syringophilus seiuri described by Clark (1964) and deposited in the FMNH, allows us to move this species to the genus Betasyringophiloidus (one pair of pseudanal setae present). Because, all morphological characters and setae measurements of Syringophiloidus zonotrichia Bochkov et al., 2011 perfectly correspond with Betasyringophiloidus seiuri we consider S. zonotrichia as a junior synonym of B. seiuri., Published as part of Skoracki, Maciej, Spicer, Greg S. & Oconnor, Barry M., 2016, A systematiC review of the subfamily Syringophilinae (ACari: Syringophilidae) of the NearCtiC region. Part 1: quill mites assoCiated with passerines (Aves: Passeriformes), pp. 451-494 in Zootaxa 4084 (4) on pages 458-460, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4084.4.1, http://zenodo.org/record/1052257, {"references":["Clark, G. M. (1964) The acarine genus Syringophilus in North American birds. Acarologia, 6, 76 - 92.","Kethley, J. B. (1970) A revision of the family Syringophilidae (Prostigmata: Acarina). Contributions of the American Entomological Institute, 5, 1 - 76.","Bochkov, A. V. & Galloway, T. D. (2001) Parasitic cheyletoid mites (Acari: Cheyletoidea) associated with passeriform birds (Aves: Passeriformes) in Canada. Canadian Journal of Zoology, 79, 2014 - 2028. http: // dx. doi. org / 10.1139 / cjz- 79 - 11 - 2014.","Bochkov, A. V., Skoracki, M., Hendricks, S. A. & Spicer, G. S. (2011) Further investigations of the mite genus Syringophiloidus Kethley, 1970 (Acariformes: Syringophilidae) from North American passerines. Systematic Parasitology, 79, 201 - 211. http: // dx. doi. org / 10.1007 / s 11230 - 011 - 9306 - y.","Skoracki, M. & Dabert, J. (2002) A review of parasitic mites of the family Syringophilidae (Acari, Prostigmata) from African birds, with descriptions of four new species. Acta Parasitologica, 47, 137 - 146."]}

Aulonastus sturnellus Skoracki, Hendricks and Spicer, 2010 Aulonastus sturnellus Skoracki et al., 2010b: 141, figs. 27���35. Types deposited in AMU, examined. Type host: Sturnella magna (Linnaeus) (Passeriformes: Icteridae). Type locality: USA (Texas). Hosts and distribution. Sturnella magna (Linnaeus) (Icteridae) from USA (Texas) (Skoracki et al. 2010b)., Published as part of Skoracki, Maciej, Spicer, Greg S. & Oconnor, Barry M., 2016, A systematiC review of the subfamily Syringophilinae (ACari: Syringophilidae) of the NearCtiC region. Part 1: quill mites assoCiated with passerines (Aves: Passeriformes), pp. 451-494 in Zootaxa 4084 (4) on page 457, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4084.4.1, http://zenodo.org/record/1052257, {"references":["Skoracki, M., Hendricks, S. & Spicer, G. S. (2010 b) Four new species of Aulonastus Kethley, 1970 (Acari: Syringophilidae) from North American passerines. Systematic Parasitology, 76, 131 - 144. http: // dx. doi. org / 10.1007 / s 11230 - 010 - 9240 - 4."]}

Syringophiloidus thryothorus Skoracki, Flannery and Spicer, 2009 Syringophiloidus thryothorus Skoracki et al., 2009b: 69, figs. 14���18. Types deposited in USNM and AMU, examined. Type host: Thryothorus ludovicianus (Latham) (Passeriformes: Troglodytidae). Type locality: USA (Texas). Host and distribution. Thryothorus ludovicianus (Latham) (Troglodytidae) from USA (Texas) (Skoracki et al. 2009b)., Published as part of Skoracki, Maciej, Spicer, Greg S. & Oconnor, Barry M., 2016, A systematiC review of the subfamily Syringophilinae (ACari: Syringophilidae) of the NearCtiC region. Part 1: quill mites assoCiated with passerines (Aves: Passeriformes), pp. 451-494 in Zootaxa 4084 (4) on page 467, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4084.4.1, http://zenodo.org/record/1052257, {"references":["Skoracki, M., Flannery, M. E. & Spicer, G. S. (2009 b) New data on systematics of the quill mites of the genus Syringophiloidus Kethley, 1970 (Acari: Syringophilidae) from North American birds. Acta Parasitologica, 54, 64 - 72. http: // dx. doi. org / 10.2478 / s 11686 - 009 - 0001 - y."]}

Aulonastus pirangus Skoracki, Hendricks and Spicer, 2010 Aulonastus pirangus Skoracki et al., 2010b: 138, figs. 18���26. Types deposited in AMU, examined. Type-host: Piranga ludoviciana (Wilson) (Passeriformes: Cardinalidae). Type locality: USA (California). Hosts and distribution. Piranga ludoviciana (Wilson) (Cardinalidae) from USA (California) (Skoracki et al. 2010b)., Published as part of Skoracki, Maciej, Spicer, Greg S. & Oconnor, Barry M., 2016, A systematiC review of the subfamily Syringophilinae (ACari: Syringophilidae) of the NearCtiC region. Part 1: quill mites assoCiated with passerines (Aves: Passeriformes), pp. 451-494 in Zootaxa 4084 (4) on page 457, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4084.4.1, http://zenodo.org/record/1052257, {"references":["Skoracki, M., Hendricks, S. & Spicer, G. S. (2010 b) Four new species of Aulonastus Kethley, 1970 (Acari: Syringophilidae) from North American passerines. Systematic Parasitology, 76, 131 - 144. http: // dx. doi. org / 10.1007 / s 11230 - 010 - 9240 - 4."]}

Syringophiloidus agelaius Bochkov, Skoracki, Hendricks and Spicer, 2011 Syringophiloidus agelaius Bochkov et al., 2011: 209, fig. 4. Types deposited in USNM and AMU, examined. Type host: Agelaius phoeniceus (Linnaeus) (Passeriformes: Icteridae). Type locality: USA (Arizona). Hosts and distribution. Agelaius phoeniceus (Linnaeus) (Icteridae) from USA (Arizona) (Bochkov et al. 2011)., Published as part of Skoracki, Maciej, Spicer, Greg S. & Oconnor, Barry M., 2016, A systematiC review of the subfamily Syringophilinae (ACari: Syringophilidae) of the NearCtiC region. Part 1: quill mites assoCiated with passerines (Aves: Passeriformes), pp. 451-494 in Zootaxa 4084 (4) on page 464, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4084.4.1, http://zenodo.org/record/1052257, {"references":["Bochkov, A. V., Skoracki, M., Hendricks, S. A. & Spicer, G. S. (2011) Further investigations of the mite genus Syringophiloidus Kethley, 1970 (Acariformes: Syringophilidae) from North American passerines. Systematic Parasitology, 79, 201 - 211. http: // dx. doi. org / 10.1007 / s 11230 - 011 - 9306 - y."]}

Key to species of the genus Betasyringophiloidus (females) * species occurring in the Nearctic region. 1. Each branch of peritremes with less than 12 chambers. Dorsal setae thick......................................... 2 - Each branch of peritremes with 13–14 chambers. Dorsal setae thin............................................. 4 2. Length ratio of setae vi: si 1:4–5.5. Setae ag3 1.2–1.3 times longer than ag1....................................... 3 - Length ratio of setae vi: si 1:3. Setae ag3 1.7–1.8 times longer than ag1........ B. motacillae (Bochkov and Mironov, 1998) 3. Hysteronotal shield fused with pygidial shield......................................... B. saxicolus Skoracki, 2011 - Hysteronotal shield not fused with pygidial shield................................ B. seiuri (Clark, 1964) comb. nov. * 4. Setae ag1 and ag2 subequal in length. Setae c1, c2 and d1 shorter than 170. Stylophore 150 long................................................................................................... B. phoenicurus Skoracki, 2011 - Setae ag1 1.6–1.8 times longer than ag2. Setae c1, c2 and d1 longer than 190. Stylophore 170–180 long............................................................................................. B. schoeniclus (Skoracki, 2002), Published as part of Skoracki, Maciej, Spicer, Greg S. & Oconnor, Barry M., 2016, A systematiC review of the subfamily Syringophilinae (ACari: Syringophilidae) of the NearCtiC region. Part 1: quill mites assoCiated with passerines (Aves: Passeriformes), pp. 451-494 in Zootaxa 4084 (4) on page 460, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4084.4.1, http://zenodo.org/record/1052257, {"references":["Bochkov, A. V. & Mironov, S. V. (1998) Quill mites of the family Syringophilidae Lavoipierre, 1953 (Acariformes: Prostigmata) parasitic on birds (Aves) of the fauna of the former USSR. Acarina, 6, 3 - 16.","Clark, G. M. (1964) The acarine genus Syringophilus in North American birds. Acarologia, 6, 76 - 92."]}

Syringophilopsis dendroicae Bochkov and Galloway, 2001 Syringophilopsis dendroicae Bochkov and Galloway, 2001: 2023, fig. 7. Types deposited in CNC, JBWM and ZISP, examined. Type host: Setophaga coronata (Linnaeus) (Passeriformes: Parulidae). Type locality: Canada (Manitoba). Additional material. Five females and 4 males (UMMZ BMOC #84-1002-3) from Setophaga caerulescens (Gmelin) (Passeriformes: Parulidae), USA: Michigan, St. Clair Co., Port Huron, May 1984, coll. F. E. Ludwig, all material in UMMZ, except 1 female and 1 male in AMU; 4 females and 3 males (UMMZ BMOC #81-0610-1) from Setophaga petechia (Linnaeus) (Parulidae), USA: Michigan, Washtenaw Co., 3mi. W. Dexter, 10 June 1981, coll. B. M. OConnor, all material in UMMZ; 6 females (FMNH FU4272) from Protonotaria citrea (Boddaert) (Parulidae), USA: Florida, Tallahassee Co., Tall Timbers Research Station, 4 April 1958, coll. W. T. Atyeo, all material in FMNH. Host and distribution. Cardellina pusilla (Wilson) (Parulidae) from USA (California) (Skoracki et al. 2008), Protonotaria citrea (Boddaert) (Parulidae) [new host] from USA (Florida) (present paper), Setophaga caerulescens (Gmelin) (Parulidae) [new host] from USA (Michigan) (present paper), S. coronata (Linnaeus) from Canada (Manitoba) (Bochkov & Galloway 2001), S. graciae Baird from USA (Texas) (Skoracki et al. 2008), S. petechia (Linnaeus) [new host] from USA (Michigan) (present paper)., Published as part of Skoracki, Maciej, Spicer, Greg S. & Oconnor, Barry M., 2016, A systematiC review of the subfamily Syringophilinae (ACari: Syringophilidae) of the NearCtiC region. Part 1: quill mites assoCiated with passerines (Aves: Passeriformes), pp. 451-494 in Zootaxa 4084 (4) on pages 479-480, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4084.4.1, http://zenodo.org/record/1052257, {"references":["Bochkov, A. V. & Galloway, T. D. (2001) Parasitic cheyletoid mites (Acari: Cheyletoidea) associated with passeriform birds (Aves: Passeriformes) in Canada. Canadian Journal of Zoology, 79, 2014 - 2028. http: // dx. doi. org / 10.1139 / cjz- 79 - 11 - 2014."]}

Key to species of the genus Aulonastus (females) * species occurring in the Nearctic region. 1. Setae f2 and h2 subequal in length.............................. A. sturnellus Skoracki, Hendricks and Spicer, 2010 * - Setae h2 3���8 times longer than f2......................................................................... 2 2. Setae c1 and se subequal in length........................................................................ 3 - Setae c1 1.2���1.5 longer than se........................................................................... 5 3. Length ratio of setae f1: f2 1:2.8���3....................................................................... 4 - Length ratio of setae f1: f2 1:1.4���2................................................... A. lusciniae Skoracki, 2002 4. Setae h2 21 times longer than h1 and f1. Setae c1 and d2 subequal in length. Each medial branch of peritremes with 1 chamber, each lateral branch with 6 chambers.................................................... A. pipili Kethley, 1970 * - Setae h 2 11���12 times longer than h1 and f1. Setae c1 1.2 times longer than d2. Each medial branch of peritremes with 2 cham- bers, each lateral branch with 5 chambers........................... A. pirangus Skoracki, Hendricks and Spicer, 2010 * 5. Setae f2 twice as long as f1............................................................................. 6 - Setae f2 2.8���4 times longer than f1....................................................................... 8 6. Propodonotal shield constricted posteriorly, bearing bases of setae ve, si and c1. Setae e2 1.5���2 times longer than d1................................................................ A. emberizicus Skoracki, Hendricks and Spicer, 2010 * - Propodonotal shield rectangular in shape, bearing bases of setae ve, si, se and c1. Setae e2 and d1 subequal in length...... 7 7. Length of agenital setae ag1 and ag2 55................................................ A. anthus Skoracki, 2011 - Length of agenital setae ag1 and ag2 80���95............................................ A. fringillus Skoracki, 2011 8. Length ratio of setae f1:f2 1:2.8���3.3...................................................................... 9 - Length ratio of setae f1:f2 1:4........................................................................... 12 9. Each medial branch of peritremes with 1 chamber.......................................................... 10 - Each medial branch of peritremes with 2 chambers......................................................... 11 10. Each lateral branch of peritremes with 6 chambers. Hysteronotal shield punctate in posterior part. Length ratio of setae ag1: ag2 2:1. Length of setae se 120���125....................... A. pteroptochos Sikora, Kaszewska and Skoracki, 2014 - Each lateral branch of peritremes with 4���5 chambers. Hysteronotal shield apunctate in posterior part. Length ratio of setae ag1: ag2 1.2���1.4:1. Length of setae se 140���145..................... A. euphagus Skoracki, Hendricks and Spicer, 2010 * 11. Hysteronotal shield apunctate, setae d1 situated near anterior margin of this shield. Length of setae ag2 40���50. All coxal fields sparsely punctate.................................................... A. henicorhina Sikora and Skoracki, 2012 - Hysteronotal shield punctate in posterior part, setae d1 situated on anterior margin of this shield. Length of setae ag2 65���80. All coxal fields apunctate.............................................. A. prunellae Bochkov and Mironov, 1999 12. Propodonotal shield constricted posteriorly, bearing bases of setae ve, si and c1. Agenital setae ag1 and ag2 subequal in length ................................................................................. A. lanius Skoracki, 2011 - Propodonotal shield rectangular in shape, bearing bases of setae ve, si, se and c1. Agenital setae ag1 1.2���1.5 times longer than ag2............................................................................................... 13 13. Lengths of setae se, d2, e2 and ag2 145���170, 130���145, 35���45 and 60���70, respectively............ A. loxius Skoracki, 2011 - Lengths of setae se, d2, e2 and ag2 125, 105���120, 20 and 50���55, respectively................... A. albus Skoracki, 2002, Published as part of Skoracki, Maciej, Spicer, Greg S. & Oconnor, Barry M., 2016, A systematiC review of the subfamily Syringophilinae (ACari: Syringophilidae) of the NearCtiC region. Part 1: quill mites assoCiated with passerines (Aves: Passeriformes), pp. 451-494 in Zootaxa 4084 (4) on pages 457-458, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4084.4.1, http://zenodo.org/record/1052257, {"references":["Kethley, J. B. (1970) A revision of the family Syringophilidae (Prostigmata: Acarina). Contributions of the American Entomological Institute, 5, 1 - 76.","Sikora, B., Kaszewska, K. & Skoracki, M. (2014) Two new quill mites of the family Syringophilidae (Acari: Prostigmata) parasitising the tapaculos (Passeriformes: Rhinocryptidae) in South America. Zootaxa, 3895 (3), 419 - 426. http: // dx. doi. org / 10.11646 / zootaxa. 3895.3.6","Sikora, B., Fajfer, M., Kavetska, K. & Skoracki, M. (2012) Three new species of quill mites (Acari: Syringophilidae) parasitizing the wrens (Aves: Troglodytidae). Zootaxa, 3167, 57 - 65.","Bochkov, A. V. & Mironov, S. V. (1999) New quill mite species of the family Syringophilidae (Acari: Cheyletoidea) from European part of Russia. Acarina, 7, 35 - 45."]}

Syringophilopsis sturnellus Skoracki, Hendricks and Spicer, 2011 Syringophilopsis sturnellus Skoracki et al., 2011a: 13, figs. 25���36. Types deposited in USNM and AMU, examined. Type host: Sturnella neglecta Audubon (Passeriformes: Icteridae). Type locality: USA (Arizona). Host and distribution. Sturnella neglecta Audubon (Icteridae) from USA (Arizona) (Skoracki et al. 2011a)., Published as part of Skoracki, Maciej, Spicer, Greg S. & Oconnor, Barry M., 2016, A systematiC review of the subfamily Syringophilinae (ACari: Syringophilidae) of the NearCtiC region. Part 1: quill mites assoCiated with passerines (Aves: Passeriformes), pp. 451-494 in Zootaxa 4084 (4) on page 474, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4084.4.1, http://zenodo.org/record/1052257, {"references":["Skoracki, M., Hendricks, S. & Spicer, G. S. (2011 a) Systematics of the genus Syringophilopsis Kethley, 1970 (Acari: Prostigmata: Syringophilidae) with description of three new species from North American passerines. Zootaxa, 2793, 1 - 22."]}

Syringophilopsis certhiae Skoracki, Hendricks and Spicer, 2011 Syringophilopsis certhiae Skoracki et al., 2011a: 6, figs. 1���12. Types deposited in USNM and AMU, examined. Type host: Certhia americana Bonaparte (Passeriformes: Certhiidae). Type locality: USA (California). Host and distribution. Certhia americana Bonaparte (Certhiidae) from USA (California) (Skoracki et al. 2011a)., Published as part of Skoracki, Maciej, Spicer, Greg S. & Oconnor, Barry M., 2016, A systematiC review of the subfamily Syringophilinae (ACari: Syringophilidae) of the NearCtiC region. Part 1: quill mites assoCiated with passerines (Aves: Passeriformes), pp. 451-494 in Zootaxa 4084 (4) on page 479, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4084.4.1, http://zenodo.org/record/1052257, {"references":["Skoracki, M., Hendricks, S. & Spicer, G. S. (2011 a) Systematics of the genus Syringophilopsis Kethley, 1970 (Acari: Prostigmata: Syringophilidae) with description of three new species from North American passerines. Zootaxa, 2793, 1 - 22."]}

Syringophilopsis bartrami sp. nov. (Figs. 11A, B and 12A���G) Description. FEMALE, holotype. Total body length 1,260 (1,200���1,280 in 6 paratypes). Gnathosoma. Hypostomal apex with 1 pair of minute protuberances. Infracapitulum apunctate. Stylophore apunctate, 230 (220��� 230) long. Each medial branch of peritremes with 2���3 chambers, each lateral branch with 13 chambers. Idiosoma. Propodonotal shield with deeply concave anterior margin, distinctly sculptured, bearing bases of setae vi, ve, si and c1. Length ratio of setae vi: ve: si 1:1.3���2:2.3���3.3. Setae c1 situated slightly posterior to level of setae se. Setae c2 and si situated at same transverse level. Hysteronotal shields absent. Pygidial shield apunctate with distinct rounded anterior margin. Both pairs of pseudanal setae equal in length. Both pairs of genital setae subequal in length and several times shorter than agenital setae. Length ratios of setae ag1: ag2: ag3 and g1: ag2 1:1:1 and 1:3.6��� 5, respectively. Setae 3b and 3c subequal in length. Legs. Fan-like setae p' and p" of legs III and IV with 12 tines. Lengths of setae: vi 145 (130���150), ve 195 (190���250), si 335 (420���430), se 330 (350���450), c1 300 (350���430), c2 300 (335���455), d1 310 (335), d2 300 (310���455), e2 300 (365���410), f1 70 (70���110), f2 400 (400���460), h1 (60���80), h2 (450���550), ag1 230 (230���330), ag2 200 (215���330), ag3 250 (270���350), g1 and g2 70 (65���70), ps1 and ps2 40 (35���45), l'RIII 85 (80���85), l'RIV 70 (70), 3b 135 (140���180), 3c 150 (160���180). MALE. Total body length 780 in 1 paratype. Gnathosoma. Stylophore apunctate, 180. Each medial branch of peritremes with 4 chambers, each lateral branch with 15 chambers. Idiosoma. Propodonotal shield deeply cleft on anterior margin, covered with minute punctuations, bearing bases of setae vi, ve, si and c1. Length ratio of setae vi: ve 1:1. Setae c1 situated posterior to level of setae se. Setae c2 situated posterior to si. Hysteronotal shield fused to pygidial shield, covered with minute punctuations. Setae d2 twice as long as d1 and e2. Agenital setae ag1���3 subequal in length. Legs. Fan-like setae p' and p" of legs III and IV with 9 tines. Lengths of setae: vi 50, ve 50, se 100, c1 130, c2 125, d1 25, d2 50, e2 25, f2 25, h2 120. Type material. Female holotype, 6 female and 1 male paratypes (UMMZ BMOC #87-0608-2) from Spizella passerina (Bechstein) (Passeriformes: Emberizidae), USA: Michigan, Wayne Co., Plymouth, 6 May 1987, coll. M. Nemazi. Type material deposition. All type specimens in UMMZ, except 1 female paratype in AMU. Additional material. One female (AMU-SYR.763) from type host species, USA: Texas, Jeff Davis Co., Fort Davis, 12 April 2005, coll. G. S. Spicer (field no. GSS 1629), specimen in AMU. Differential diagnosis. S. bartrami sp. nov. is morphologically similar to S. sittae. In females of both species, the hypostomal apex is ornamented by one pair of the protuberances; the hysteronotal shields are absent; setae ag1 and ag2 are subequal in the length. This new species differs from S. sittae as follow: in females of S. bartrami, setae ve are shorter than 260; posterior tips of apodemes I are fused with anterior parts of apodemes II, and in males setae vi and ve are equal in the length. In females of S. sittae, setae ve are longer than 320; posterior tips of apodemes I are fused with middle parts of apodemes II, and in males setae ve are 2���2.7 times longer than vi. Etymology. This species is named on the honor of the great American naturalist - William Bartram (1739��� 1823)., Published as part of Skoracki, Maciej, Spicer, Greg S. & Oconnor, Barry M., 2016, A systematiC review of the subfamily Syringophilinae (ACari: Syringophilidae) of the NearCtiC region. Part 1: quill mites assoCiated with passerines (Aves: Passeriformes), pp. 451-494 in Zootaxa 4084 (4) on page 477, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4084.4.1, http://zenodo.org/record/1052257

Syringophiloidus parapresentalis Skoracki, 2011 Syringophiloidus parapresentalis Skoracki, 2011: 63, figs. 42 and 43. Types deposited in AMU, examined. Type host: Turdus merula Linnaeus (Passeriformes: Turdidae). Type locality: Poland. Additional material. One female (AMU-SYR.759) from Turdus migratorius Linnaeus (Passeriformes: Turdidae), USA: California, Madera Co., Sierra National Forest, 2000, coll. G. S. Spicer (field no. GSS 35), specimen in AMU; 6 females and 1 male (AMU-SYR.759B) from same host species, USA: California, Sierra Co., Beartrap Meadow, 24 July 2005, coll. G. S. Spicer (field no. GSS 1502), all material in AMU; 9 females and 6 males (AMU- SYR.759C) from same host species, USA: California, Sierra Co., Beartrap Meadow, 4 August 2005, coll. G. S. Spicer (field no. GSS 1516), all material in AMU. Host and distribution. Turdus atrogularis Jarocki (Turdidae) from Kazakhstan, T. iliacus Linnaeus from Russia, T. merula Linnaeus from Jordan, Kazakhstan and Poland, T. pilaris Linnaeus from Poland, Russia and Slovakia (Skoracki 2011), and T. migratorius Linnaeus [new host] from USA (California) (Skoracki et al. 2009b; present paper). Remark. Mites collected from Turdus migratorius have been previously determined as Syringophiloidus presentalis (Skoracki et al. 2009b)., Published as part of Skoracki, Maciej, Spicer, Greg S. & Oconnor, Barry M., 2016, A systematiC review of the subfamily Syringophilinae (ACari: Syringophilidae) of the NearCtiC region. Part 1: quill mites assoCiated with passerines (Aves: Passeriformes), pp. 451-494 in Zootaxa 4084 (4) on page 466, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4084.4.1, http://zenodo.org/record/1052257, {"references":["Skoracki, M., Flannery, M. E. & Spicer, G. S. (2009 b) New data on systematics of the quill mites of the genus Syringophiloidus Kethley, 1970 (Acari: Syringophilidae) from North American birds. Acta Parasitologica, 54, 64 - 72. http: // dx. doi. org / 10.2478 / s 11686 - 009 - 0001 - y."]}

Syringophiloidus minor (Berlese, 1887) Syringophilus bipectinatus forma minor Berlese, 1887: 9. Type material lost (in Kethley 1970: 50). Syringophilus minor minor, Fritsch 1958: 235, figs. 5. Syringophilus minor, Clark 1964: 84, fig. 19. Syringophiloidus minor, Kethley 1970: 50, figs. 28–29; Skoracki 2011: 39, figs. 21–23. Type host: Passer domesticus (Linnaeus) (Passeriformes: Passeridae). Type locality: Europe. Host and distribution. Passer domesticus (Linnaeus) (Passeridae) from many localities in the World similar to the host species distribution (see review in Skoracki 2011). In the Nearctic region recorded from USA (Georgia, Maryland, Texas) (Clark 1964; Casto 1976; Kethley 1970) and Canada (Manitoba) (Bochkov & Galloway 2001), P. hispaniolensis (Temminck) from Jordan (Glowska et al. 2007), and P. montanus (Linnaeus) from Russia (Bochkov & Mironov 1998)., Published as part of Skoracki, Maciej, Spicer, Greg S. & Oconnor, Barry M., 2016, A systematiC review of the subfamily Syringophilinae (ACari: Syringophilidae) of the NearCtiC region. Part 1: quill mites assoCiated with passerines (Aves: Passeriformes), pp. 451-494 in Zootaxa 4084 (4) on page 467, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4084.4.1, http://zenodo.org/record/1052257, {"references":["Berlese, A. (1887) Acari, Myriapoda and Scorpiones. Padova, 37, 9 - 10. [In Italian]","Kethley, J. B. (1970) A revision of the family Syringophilidae (Prostigmata: Acarina). Contributions of the American Entomological Institute, 5, 1 - 76.","Fritsch, W. (1958) Die milbengattung Syringophilus Heller, 1880 (subordo Trombidiformes, Fam. Myobiidae Megnin, 1877). Zoologische Jahrbucher Systematik, 86, 227 - 234.","Clark, G. M. (1964) The acarine genus Syringophilus in North American birds. Acarologia, 6, 76 - 92.","Casto, S. D. (1976) Host records and observations of quill mites (Acarina: Syringophilidae) from Texas birds. Southwestern Entomologist, 1, 155 - 160.","Bochkov, A. V. & Galloway, T. D. (2001) Parasitic cheyletoid mites (Acari: Cheyletoidea) associated with passeriform birds (Aves: Passeriformes) in Canada. Canadian Journal of Zoology, 79, 2014 - 2028. http: // dx. doi. org / 10.1139 / cjz- 79 - 11 - 2014.","Glowska, E., Skoracki, M. & Khourly, F. (2007) A new species and new records of syringophilid mites (Acari: Prostigmata: Syringophilidae) from birds of Jordan. Zootaxa, 1635, 63 - 68.","Bochkov, A. V. & Mironov, S. V. (1998) Quill mites of the family Syringophilidae Lavoipierre, 1953 (Acariformes: Prostigmata) parasitic on birds (Aves) of the fauna of the former USSR. Acarina, 6, 3 - 16."]}

Syringophilopsis catesbyi sp. nov. (Figs. 7A, B and 8A���F) Description. FEMALE, holotype. Total body length 1,025 (1,000���1,040 in 5 paratypes). Gnathosoma. Hypostomal apex with 1 pair of minute protuberances. Infracapitulum apunctate. Stylophore apunctate, 235 (235) long. Each medial branch of peritremes with 3 chambers, each lateral branch with 17���18 chambers. Idiosoma. Propodonotal shield well sclerotized, anterior margin flat, lightly sculptured laterally, bearing bases of setae vi, ve and si. Length ratio of setae vi: ve: si 1:1.5���1.6:3.1���3.6. Setae c1 situated slightly posterior to level of setae se. Setae c2 situated posterior to level of setae si. Hysteronotal shield reduced to 2 small, apunctate shields surrounding bases of setae d1. Pygidial shield apunctate with distinct rounded anterior margin. Both pairs of pseudanal setae equal in length. Both pairs of genital setae equal in length and several times shorter than agenital setae ag1���3. Length ratio of setae ag1: ag2: ag3 1:1:1.4. Coxal fields I���IV punctate. Setae 3b and 3c subequal in length. Legs. Fan-like setae p' and p" of legs III and IV with 13���14 tines. Lengths of setae: vi (105), ve (160���175), si (330���390), se 375 (375���380), c1 (410), c2 430 (370���420), d1 415 (400���415), d2 330 (330), e2 405 (380���400), f1 460, f2 435 (400���440), h1 370, h2 450 (430���480), ag1 235 (230), ag2 245 (230���240), ag3 340 (305���345), g1 and g2 50 (50��� 55), ps1 and ps2 40 (35���40), l'RIII 45 (40���45). MALE. Total body length 655���690 in 2 paratypes. Gnathosoma. Stylophore apunctate, striated, 185���190 long. Idiosoma. Propodonotal shield with concave anterior, posterior and lateral margins, bearing bases of setae vi, ve, si and c1 sparsely punctate near bases of setae ve and si. Length ratio of setae vi: ve: si 1:1.5:2.8���3.2. Setae c1 situated distinctly posterior to level of setae se. Setae c2 situated posterior to level of setae si. Hysteronotal shield not fused to pygidial shield, divided longitudinally, each of them bearing bases of setae d1, setae e2 on or near this shield. Setae d1, d2 and e2 subequal in length. Pygidial shield with indistinct anterior margin, weakly sclerotized in medial part. Lengths of setae: vi 40, ve 50���60, si 160���175, se 150���190, c1 170���210, c2 190���220, d 1 25���30, d2 25, e 2 25 ��� 30, f2 25. Type material. Female holotype, 7 female and 2 male paratypes (FMNH uncatalogued) from primary quill of Vireo olivaceus (Linnaeus) (Vireonidae), USA: Florida, Leon Co., 15 April 1961, coll. J. B. Kethley. Type deposition. All type material in FMNH, except 1 female and 1 male paratypes in AMU. Differential diagnosis. S. catesbyi sp. nov. is morphologically similar to S. kristini. In females of both species, the hypostomal apex is ornamented by one pair of the protuberances; two hysteronotal shields are present; agenital setae ag2 are more than four times longer than genital setae g1, and setae vi are shorter than 160. This new species differs from S. kristini by the following features: in females of S. catesbyi, each medial branch of the peritremes has three chambers, each lateral branch has 17���18 chambers, and genital setae g1 and g2 are 50���55 long. In females of S. kristini, each medial branch of the peritremes has 4���6 chambers, each lateral branch has 11���15 chambers; genital setae g1 are 70���80 long, and setae g2 are 80���125 long. Etymology. This species is named in the honor of English naturalist���Mark Catesby (1682���1749), an author of the first published account of the fauna of North America (Natural History of Carolina, Florida and the Bahama Islands)., Published as part of Skoracki, Maciej, Spicer, Greg S. & Oconnor, Barry M., 2016, A systematiC review of the subfamily Syringophilinae (ACari: Syringophilidae) of the NearCtiC region. Part 1: quill mites assoCiated with passerines (Aves: Passeriformes), pp. 451-494 in Zootaxa 4084 (4) on pages 470-473, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4084.4.1, http://zenodo.org/record/1052257

Aulonastus pipili Kethley, 1970 Aulonastus pipili Kethley, 1970:48, fig. 27. Types deposited in UGA, not examined and deposition needs confirmation. Type-host: Pipilo erythrophthalmus (Linnaeus) (Passeriformes: Emberizidae). Type locality: USA (Florida). Hosts and distribution. Pipilo erythrophthalmus (Linnaeus) (Emberizidae) from USA (Florida) (Kethley 1970)., Published as part of Skoracki, Maciej, Spicer, Greg S. & Oconnor, Barry M., 2016, A systematiC review of the subfamily Syringophilinae (ACari: Syringophilidae) of the NearCtiC region. Part 1: quill mites assoCiated with passerines (Aves: Passeriformes), pp. 451-494 in Zootaxa 4084 (4) on page 457, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4084.4.1, http://zenodo.org/record/1052257, {"references":["Kethley, J. B. (1970) A revision of the family Syringophilidae (Prostigmata: Acarina). Contributions of the American Entomological Institute, 5, 1 - 76."]}

Syringophilopsis empidonax Skoracki, Flannery and Spicer, 2008 Syringophilopsis empidonax Skoracki et al., 2008: 294, figs. 11���18. Types deposited in USNM and AMU, examined. Type host: Empidonax hammondii (Vesey) (Passeriformes: Tyrannidae). Type locality: USA (Texas). Host and distribution. Empidonax hammondii (Vesey) (Tyrannidae) from USA (Texas) and E. wrightii Baird from USA (Texas) (Skoracki et al. 2008)., Published as part of Skoracki, Maciej, Spicer, Greg S. & Oconnor, Barry M., 2016, A systematiC review of the subfamily Syringophilinae (ACari: Syringophilidae) of the NearCtiC region. Part 1: quill mites assoCiated with passerines (Aves: Passeriformes), pp. 451-494 in Zootaxa 4084 (4) on page 477, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4084.4.1, http://zenodo.org/record/1052257, {"references":["Skoracki, M., Flannery, M. E. & Spicer, G. S. (2008) Quill mites of the genus Syringophilopsis Kethley, 1970 (Acari: Syringophilidae) from North American birds. Folia Parasitologica, 55, 291 - 300. http: // dx. doi. org / 10.14411 / fp. 2008.037."]}

Syringophiloidus weiszii Skoracki, Hromada and Tryjanowski, 2001 Syringophiloidus weiszii Skoracki et al., 2001: 30, figs. 1���8. Skoracki 2011: 79, figs. 55 and 56. Types deposited in AMU, examined. Type host: Lanius excubitor Linnaeus (Passeriformes: Laniidae). Type locality: Slovakia. Additional material. Six females and 1 male (FMNH uncatalogued) from Lanius ludovicianus Linnaeus (Passeriformes: Laniidae), USA: Georgia, Wayne Co., 6mi. N. W. Jesup, 20 March 1969, coll. W. T. Atyeo, H. Proctor & J. B. Kethley, all material in FMNH; 2 females (AMU-SYR.760) from same host species, USA: Texas, Johnson Co., 21 March 2004, coll. G. S. Spicer (field no. GSS 1995), all material in AMU. Host and distribution. Lanius excubitor Linnaeus (Laniidae) from Slovakia (Skoracki et al. 2001) and L. ludovicianus Linnaeus [new host] from USA (Georgia, Texas) (present paper)., Published as part of Skoracki, Maciej, Spicer, Greg S. & Oconnor, Barry M., 2016, A systematiC review of the subfamily Syringophilinae (ACari: Syringophilidae) of the NearCtiC region. Part 1: quill mites assoCiated with passerines (Aves: Passeriformes), pp. 451-494 in Zootaxa 4084 (4) on page 467, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4084.4.1, http://zenodo.org/record/1052257, {"references":["Skoracki, M., Hromada, M. & Tryjanowski, P. (2001 b) Description of a new species of quill mite Syringophiloidus weiszii sp. n. (Acari, Prostigmata, Syringophilidae) from Great Grey Shrike Lanius excubitor. Acta Parasitologica, 46, 30 - 34."]}

Aulonastus euphagus Skoracki, Hendricks and Spicer, 2010 Aulonastus euphagus Skoracki et al., 2010b: 134, figs. 10���17. Types deposited in AMU and USNM, examined. Type-host: Euphagus cyanocephalus (Wagler) (Passeriformes: Icteridae). Type locality: USA (California). Hosts and distribution. Euphagus cyanocephalus (Wagler) (Icteridae) from USA (California) (Skoracki et al. 2010b)., Published as part of Skoracki, Maciej, Spicer, Greg S. & Oconnor, Barry M., 2016, A systematiC review of the subfamily Syringophilinae (ACari: Syringophilidae) of the NearCtiC region. Part 1: quill mites assoCiated with passerines (Aves: Passeriformes), pp. 451-494 in Zootaxa 4084 (4) on page 454, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4084.4.1, http://zenodo.org/record/1052257, {"references":["Skoracki, M., Hendricks, S. & Spicer, G. S. (2010 b) Four new species of Aulonastus Kethley, 1970 (Acari: Syringophilidae) from North American passerines. Systematic Parasitology, 76, 131 - 144. http: // dx. doi. org / 10.1007 / s 11230 - 010 - 9240 - 4."]}

Syringophiloidus sialius Skoracki, Flannery and Spicer, 2009 Syringophioidus sialius Skoracki et al., 2009b: 67, figs. 10���13. Types deposited in USNM, examined. Type host: Sialia mexicana Swainson (Turdidae). Type locality: USA (California). Host and distribution. Sialia mexicana Swainson (Turdidae) from USA (California) (Skoracki et al. 2009b)., Published as part of Skoracki, Maciej, Spicer, Greg S. & Oconnor, Barry M., 2016, A systematiC review of the subfamily Syringophilinae (ACari: Syringophilidae) of the NearCtiC region. Part 1: quill mites assoCiated with passerines (Aves: Passeriformes), pp. 451-494 in Zootaxa 4084 (4) on page 467, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4084.4.1, http://zenodo.org/record/1052257, {"references":["Skoracki, M., Flannery, M. E. & Spicer, G. S. (2009 b) New data on systematics of the quill mites of the genus Syringophiloidus Kethley, 1970 (Acari: Syringophilidae) from North American birds. Acta Parasitologica, 54, 64 - 72. http: // dx. doi. org / 10.2478 / s 11686 - 009 - 0001 - y."]}

Syringophilopsis icteri Bochkov and Galloway, 2001 Syringophilopsis icteri Bochkov and Galloway, 2001: 2019, figs. 5 and 6; Skoracki et al. 2011a: 17. Type material in CNC and ZISP, examined. Type host: Icterus galbula (Linnaeus) (Passeriformes: Icteridae). Type locality: Canada (Manitoba). Additional material. Three females (UMMZ BMOC #77-0519-1) from Icterus galbula (Linnaeus) (Passeriformes: Icteridae), USA: New York, Tompkins Co., Newfield, 19 May 1977, coll. B. M. OConnor, all material in UMMZ; 1 female (UMMZ BMOC #83-0526-1) from Icterus spurius (Linnaeus) (Passeriformes: Icteridae), USA: Michigan, Livingston Co., Green Oak Twp., Sect. 2, 1���7 May 1983, coll. A. Zinn, specimen in UMMZ. Host and distribution. Icterus bullocki (Swainson) (Icteridae) from USA (California) (Skoracki et al. 2011a), I. galbula (Linnaeus) from Canada (Manitoba) (Bochkov & Galloway 2001) and USA (New York) (present paper), I. spurius (Linnaeus) [new host] from USA (Michigan) (present paper)., Published as part of Skoracki, Maciej, Spicer, Greg S. & Oconnor, Barry M., 2016, A systematiC review of the subfamily Syringophilinae (ACari: Syringophilidae) of the NearCtiC region. Part 1: quill mites assoCiated with passerines (Aves: Passeriformes), pp. 451-494 in Zootaxa 4084 (4) on page 473, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4084.4.1, http://zenodo.org/record/1052257, {"references":["Bochkov, A. V. & Galloway, T. D. (2001) Parasitic cheyletoid mites (Acari: Cheyletoidea) associated with passeriform birds (Aves: Passeriformes) in Canada. Canadian Journal of Zoology, 79, 2014 - 2028. http: // dx. doi. org / 10.1139 / cjz- 79 - 11 - 2014.","Skoracki, M., Hendricks, S. & Spicer, G. S. (2011 a) Systematics of the genus Syringophilopsis Kethley, 1970 (Acari: Prostigmata: Syringophilidae) with description of three new species from North American passerines. Zootaxa, 2793, 1 - 22."]}

Key to species of the genus Syringophilopsis (females) * species occurring in the North America. 1. Setae f1 and h1 subequal in length....................................................................... 2 - Setae h1 distinctly longer or shorter than f1......................................... /species group fringillae /... 22 2. Setae f1 and h1 short and several times shorter than f2 and h2 … /species group turdi /............................... 3 - Setae f1 and h1 long subequal to f2 and h2......................................... /species group elongatus / … 26 3. Hypostomal apex with 2 pairs of protuberances............................................................. 4 - Hypostomal apex with 1 pair of protuberances............................................................. 12 4. Genital setae g1 and g2 shorter than agenital setae ag2........................................................ 5 - Both pairs of genital setae and agenital setae ag2 subequal in length............................................. 8 5. Hysteronotal shields present............................................................................. 6 - Hysteronotal shields absent.............................................................................. 7 6. Each lateral branch of peritremes with 11–13 chambers. Setae si 3–3.5 times longer than vi. Length of stylophore 285. Setae se and c1 situated at same transverse level................................................ S. rusticus Skoracki, 2004 - Each lateral branch of peritremes with 8–10 chambers. Setae si 6.1–8.3 times longer than vi. Length of stylophore 160–170. Setae se situated anterior to level of setae c1........................................ S. muscicapicus Skoracki, 2011 7. Lateral branch of peritreme with 13 chambers. Stylophore 260 long. Setae g1 and g2 equal in length. Setae ag2 2.4 times lon- ger than g1................................................... S. trogoni Skoracki, Mironov and Unsoeld, 2013 - Lateral branch of peritreme with 11 chambers. Stylophore 185–195 long. Setae g1 1.5 times longer than g2. Setae ag2 1.3 times longer than g1.............................................................. S. szeffleri Glowska, 2014 8. Propodonotal setae vi and ve subequal in length....................................... S. kazmierski Skoracki, 2004 - Propodonotal setae ve longer than vi..................................................................... 9 9. Setae vi longer than 200. Setae ve longer than 300.............................. S. garrulus Skoracki & Dabert, 2004 - Setae vi shorter than 110. Setae ve shorter than 210.......................................................... 10 10. Bases of setae se and c1 situated at same transverse level............. S. yosefi Skoracki, Tryjanowski and Hromada, 2003 - Bases of setae se situated distinctly anterior to level of setae c1............................................... 11 11. Hysteronotal shields present. Setae ve shorter than 140 long.............. S. sialiae Skoracki, Flannery and Spicer, 2008 * - Hysteronotal shields absent. Setae ve 170–200 long........................................ S. turdi (Fritsch, 1958) * 12. Seta ve 4–4.5 times longer than vi. Setae ag2 1.5 times longer than g1................... S. acrocephali Skoracki, 1999 - Seta ve 1.3–3.5 times longer than vi. Setae ag2 2 or more times longer than g1................................... 13 13. Agenital setae ag1 and ag2 unequal in length............................................................... 14 - Agenital setae ag1 and ag2 subequal in length............................................................. 15 14. Setae ag1 1.3 times longer than ag2. Setae ag2 2.5–3 times longer than g1. Setae ve twice as long as vi........................................................................... S. kirgizorum Bochkov, Mironov and Kravtsova, 2000 - Setae ag1 twice as long as ag2. Setae ag2 twice as long as g1. Setae ve 3–3.5 times longer than vi........................................................................................ S. lagonostictus Skoracki and Dabert 2002 15. Hysteronotal shields absent............................................................................. 16 - Hysteronotal shields present........................................................................... 20 16. Punctate area near bases of setae d1 present................................................................ 17 - Punctate area near bases of setae d1 absent............................................................... 18 17. Pygidial shield apunctate with indistinct anterior margin.............. S. polioptilus Skoracki, Flannery and Spicer, 2008 * - Pygidial shield punctate with distinctly rounded anterior margin.............. S. dendroicae Bochkov and Galloway, 2001 * 18. Apodemes I fused in anterior part of apodemes II........................................... S. bartrami sp. nov. * - Apodemes I fused in middle part of apodemes II............................................................ 19 19. Setae ve longer than 320.......................................... S. sittae Skoracki, Hendricks and Spicer, 2011 * - Setae ve shorter than 260.......................................................... S. passericus Skoracki, 2011 20. Length of stylophore 180–210. Length ratio of setae g1: ag2 1:2–3............................................. 21 - Length of stylophore 230–245. Length ratio of setae g1: ag2 1:3.5–4................ S. sturni Chirov and Kravtsova, 1995 21. Setae se and c1 situated at same transverse level. Length of setae ve 160–205................................................................................................... S. certhiae Skoracki, Hendricks and Spicer, 2011 * - Setae se situated anterior to level of setae c1. Length of setae ve 105–110...................... S. idunae Skoracki, 2011 22. Setae f1 distinctly longer than h1............................... S. empidonax Skoracki, Hendricks and Spicer, 2011 * - Setae f1 distinctly shorter than h1........................................................................ 23 23. Length of setae vi longer than 200................................................... S. fringillae (Fritsch, 1958) - Length of setae vi shorter 160......................................................................... 24 24. Setae ve less than 2.1 times longer than vi................................................................ 25 - Setae ve 2.7–3 times longer than vi..................................... S. melittophagi Skoracki and Dabert, 2001 25. Length ratio vi: ve 1:2. Setae f1 100–125 long. Hysteronotal shields present....... S. albicollisi Skoracki and Dabert, 2000 - Length ratio vi: ve 1:1.5–1.8. Setae f1 205–250 long. Hysteronotal shields absent................................................................................................... S. dicruri Skoracki, Hromada and Wamiti, 2011 26. Genital setae long, subequal to agenital setae ag2 or less than 2 times shorter than ag2............................ 27 - Genital setae short and 2–5 times shorter than setae ag2...................................................... 33 27. Hypostomal apex ornamented by 2–3 pairs of protuberances................................................. 28 - Hypostomal apex ornamented by 1 pair of protuberances.................................................... 29 28. Hypostomal apex ornamented by 3 pairs of protuberances. Bases of setae si and c1 situated at same transverse level. Propodonotal shield sparsely punctate only at lateral margins................... S. icteri Bochkov and Galloway, 2001 * - Hypostomal apex ornamented by 2 pairs of protuberances. Bases of setae si situated anterior to level of setae c1. Propodonotal shield densely punctate on whole surface.......................... S. sturnellus Skoracki, Hendricks and Spicer, 2011 * 29. Hysteronotal shields absent........................................................................... 30 - Hysteronotal shields present............................................................................ 31 30‡. Setae vi 90 –100 long. Fan-like setae p' and p" of tarsi III and IV with 14–17 tines. In males, setae si 180–205 long................................................................................. S. pari Skoracki and Mironov, 2013 - Setae vi 67 –78 long. Fan-like setae p' and p" of tarsi III and IV have 20–23 tines. In males, setae si 56–60 long.......................................................................... S. emberizae Fain, Bochkov and Mironov, 2000 31. Setae ag2 and g2 shorter than 180......................................... S. borini Bochkov and Mironov, 1999, - Setae ag2 and g2 longer than 280...................................................................... 32 32. Pygidial shield densely punctate............................................ S. blaszaki Skoracki and Dabert, 1999 - Pygidial shield apunctate.............................................. S. philemonis Glowska and Laniecka, 2013 33. Setae vi shorter than 160.............................................................................. 34 - Setae vi longer than 200.............................................................................. 40 34. Hysteronotal shields absent............................................................................. 35 – Hysteronotal shields present........................................................................... 36 35. Each lateral branch of peritremes with 15–16 chambers. Setae se situated distinctly anterior to level of setae c1. Pygidial shield sparsely punctate, weakly sclerotized, anterior margin indiscernible.............. S. tyranni Bochkov and Galloway, 2004 * - Each lateral branch of peritremes with 11 chambers. Setae se situated slightly anterior to level of setae c1. Pygidial shield apunctate, well sclerotized, anterior margin discernible................................. S. nucifragus Skoracki, 2011 36. Hypostomal apex with 2 pairs of protuberances......................................... S. hirundus Skoracki, 2004 - Hypostomal apex with 1 pair of protuberances............................................................ 37 37. Setae ag2 2–3.5 times longer than g1.................................................................... 38 - Setae ag2 more than 4 times longer than g1................................................................ 39 38. Each lateral branch of peritremes with 10–13 chambers......................... S. davidi Glowska and Laniecka, 2012 - Each lateral branch of peritremes with 17–18 chambers.................... S. mimidus Sikora, Fajfer and Skoracki, 2011 39. Setae ve 1.5–1.6 times longer than vi. Total body length 1,000–1,050........................................... 40 - Setae ve twice as long as vi. Total body length 1,265–1,285........................ S. nitens Skoracki and Dabert, 2001 40. Each medial branch of peritremes with 4–6 chambers, each lateral branch with 11–15 chambers. Setae g1 and g2 70–80 and 80–125, respectively......................................... S. kristini Skoracki, Tryjanowski and Hromada, 2002 - Each medial branch of peritremes with 3 chambers, each lateral branch with 17–18 chambers. Both setae g1 and g2 50–55 long.................................................................................... S. catesbyi sp. nov. * 41. Setae c1 and se situated at same transverse level........................................................... 42 - Setae se situated distinctly anterior to level of setae c1...................................................... 44 42. Hypostomal apex with 1 pair of protuberances............................................................. 43 - Hypostomal apex with 2 pairs of protuberances........................................ S. passerinae (Clark, 1964) * 43. Hysteronotal shield absent. Pygidial shield with indistinct anterior margin................... S. spinolettus Skoracki, 2004 - Hysteronotal shield present. Pygidial shield with rounded anterior margin......................... S. wilsoni sp. nov. * 44. Lateral branch of peritreme with 9 chambers. Length ratio of setae vi: si 1:1.8. Setae si situated anterior to level of setae c2............................................................... S. veselovsky Skoracki, Antczak and Riegert, 2009 - Lateral branch of peritreme with 12–14 chambers. Length ratio of setae vi: si 1:1.2. Setae si and c2 situated at same transverse level......................................................................... S. elongatus (Ewing, 1911) *, Published as part of Skoracki, Maciej, Spicer, Greg S. & Oconnor, Barry M., 2016, A systematiC review of the subfamily Syringophilinae (ACari: Syringophilidae) of the NearCtiC region. Part 1: quill mites assoCiated with passerines (Aves: Passeriformes), pp. 451-494 in Zootaxa 4084 (4) on pages 481-482, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4084.4.1, http://zenodo.org/record/1052257, {"references":["Skoracki, M. & Mironov, S. V. (2013) New species and records of quill mites of the family Syringophilidae (Acari: Prostigmata) from the passerines (Aves: Passeriformes) from the Russian Far East. Zootaxa, 3641 (5), 554 - 564. http: // dx. doi. org / 10.11646 / zootaxa. 3641.5.4","Skoracki, M., Moller, A. P. & Tryjanowski, P. (2003) A new species of parasitic mites of the genus Syringophiloidus Kethley, 1970 (Acari: Syringophilidae) from the Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica Linnaeus, 1758. Parasite, 10, 17 - 20. http: // dx. doi. org / 10.1051 / parasite / 2003101 p 17","Skoracki, M., Flannery, M. E. & Spicer, G. S. (2008) Quill mites of the genus Syringophilopsis Kethley, 1970 (Acari: Syringophilidae) from North American birds. Folia Parasitologica, 55, 291 - 300. http: // dx. doi. org / 10.14411 / fp. 2008.037.","Fritsch, W. (1958) Die milbengattung Syringophilus Heller, 1880 (subordo Trombidiformes, Fam. Myobiidae Megnin, 1877). Zoologische Jahrbucher Systematik, 86, 227 - 234.","Bochkov, A. V., Mironov, S. V. & Kravtsova, N. T. (2000) Two new syringophilid mites (Acari: Syringophilidae) from the Greenfinch Carduelis chloris (Passeriformes: Fringillidae) from Kirghizia. Genus, 11, 351 - 358.","Skoracki, M. & Dabert, J. (2002) A review of parasitic mites of the family Syringophilidae (Acari, Prostigmata) from African birds, with descriptions of four new species. Acta Parasitologica, 47, 137 - 146.","Bochkov, A. V. & Galloway, T. D. (2001) Parasitic cheyletoid mites (Acari: Cheyletoidea) associated with passeriform birds (Aves: Passeriformes) in Canada. Canadian Journal of Zoology, 79, 2014 - 2028. http: // dx. doi. org / 10.1139 / cjz- 79 - 11 - 2014.","Chirov, P. A. & Kravtsova, N. T. (1995) A new genus and new species of mites of the family Syringophilidae. Parazitologiya, 29, 370 - 379. [In Russian]","Skoracki, M., Hromada, M. & Wamiti, W. (2011 b) A new species and new host records of syringophilid mites (Acari: Syringophilidae) from passerines from Kenya. Zootaxa, 2922, 34 - 40.","Fain, A., Bochkov, A. V. & Mironov, S. V. (2000) New genera and species of quill mites of the family Syringophilidae (Acari: Prostigmata). Bulletin de l'Institut Royal des Sciences Naturelles de Belgique, 70, 33 - 70.","Bochkov, A. V. & Mironov, S. V. (1999) New quill mite species of the family Syringophilidae (Acari: Cheyletoidea) from European part of Russia. Acarina, 7, 35 - 45.","Skoracki, M. & Dabert, J. (1999) A new species of the genus Syringophilopsis Kethley, 1970 (Acari: Prostigmata: Syringophilidae) from the Tree Pipit Anthus trivialis (Passeriformes: Motacillidae). Acarina, 7, 89 - 92.","Glowska, E. & Laniecka, I. (2013) Two new quill mite species (Prostigmata: Syringophilidae) parasitizing Australian birds. Zootaxa, 3670 (3), 385 - 390. http: // dx. doi. org / 10.11646 / zootaxa. 3670.3.9","Bochkov, A. V. & Galloway, T. D. (2004) New species and records of cheyletoid mites (Acari: Cheyletoidea) from birds in Canada. Journal of the Kansas Entomological Society, 77, 26 - 44. http: // dx. doi. org / 10.2317 / 0211.01.1.","Glowska, E. & Laniecka, I. (2012) Syringophilopsis davidi sp. nov. (Prostigmata, Syringophilidae) a new quill mite species parasitizing Calandrella brachydactyla (Passeriformes, Alaudidae) in Egypt. Acta Parasitologica, 57, 385 - 387. http: // dx. doi. org / 10.2478 / s 11686 - 012 - 0049 - y","Sikora, B., Fajfer, M. & Skoracki, M. (2011) Quill mites (Acari: Syringophilidae) from mimid birds (Aves: Mimidae). Zootaxa, 3027, 29 - 38.","Skoracki, M., Tryjanowski, P. & Hromada, M. (2002) Two new species of the genus Syringophilopsis Kethley, 1970 (Acari: Syringophilidae) parasitizing quills of true shrikes (Aves: Laniidae). Parasite, 9, 11 - 16. http: // dx. doi. org / 10.1051 / parasite / 200209111","Clark, G. M. (1964) The acarine genus Syringophilus in North American birds. Acarologia, 6, 76 - 92.","Skoracki, M., Antczak, M., Riegert, J., Fainova, D. & Mikes, V. (2009 a) New species and new records of quill mites (Acari: Syringophilidae) inhabiting African passerines (Aves: Passeriformes). Acta Zoologica Academiae Scientiarum Hungaricae, 55, 123 - 137.","Ewing, H. E. (1911) Predaceous and parasitic Acarina. Psyche, 18, 37 - 43. http: // dx. doi. org / 10.1155 / 1911 / 234794."]}

Key to species of the genus Torotrogla (based on Bochkov et al. 2009, modified) (females) * species occurring in the North America. 1. Setae h1 1.1–1.3 times longer than f1 or both pairs subequal in length. Setae h2 2 or more times longer than h1........... 2 - Setae h1 more than 3 times longer than f1 and less than half length or subequal to h2............................... 15 2. Hysteronotal shields absent.............................................................................. 3 - Hysteronotal shields present............................................................................. 6 3. Setae l'R of trochanters III–IV not extending beyond respective genua............................................ 4 - Setae l'R of trochanters III–IV extending beyond respective genua............................. T. mima Kethley, 1970 * 4. Length of setae vi 60 –80. Setae ve reach level of setal bases c1. Anterior margin of pygidial shield widely rounded........ 5 - Length of setae vi 30–50. Setae ve not reach level of setal bases c1. Anterior margin of pygidial shield tapering................................................................................. T. cardueli Bochkov and Mironov, 1999 5. Protuberances of hypostomal apex short and wide. Stylophore 260 long. Peritremes with 12–14 chambers. Length ratio of setae vi and ve 1:2.2. Setae f1 1.5 times longer than h1.................................. T. calacarius Skoracki, 2004 - Protuberances of hypostomal apex long and narrow. Stylophore 215 long. Peritremes with 8–9 chambers. Length ratio of setae vi and ve 1:1.5. Setae f1 and h1 subequal in length....................................... T. lusciniae Skoracki, 2004 6. Bases of setae d1 situated anterior to hysteronotal shields...................................................... 7 - Bases of setae d1 situated on hysteronotal shields............................................................ 9 7. Hypostomal protuberances finger-like. Length ratio of setae vi and ve 1:1.8.................................................................................................... T. lullulae Skoracki, Hromada and Kuczynski, 2001 - Hypostomal protuberances narrow. Length ratio of setae vi and ve 1:1.2–1.5...................................... 8 8. Propodonotal, hysteronotal, and pygidial shields apunctate. Length of setae d1 180–195, d2 180–195 and e2 190–200. Length ratio of setae vi: h1 1:1.5................................................. T. volgini Skoracki and Mironov, 2013 - Propodonotal, hysteronotal, and pygidial shields densely punctate. Length of setae d1 140–160, d2 135–145, e2 140–170. Length ratio of setae vi: h1 1:1.......................................... T. modularis Nattress and Skoracki, 2007 9. Setae l'R of trochanters III not extending beyond respective genua.............................................. 10 - Setae l'R of trochanters III extending beyond respective genua................................................. 13 10. Total body length less than 1,000........................................................................ 11 - Total body length 1,300–1,400............................... T. coccothraustes Bochkov, Flannery and Spicer, 2009 * 11. Hypostomal protuberances long and slender............................................................... 12 - Hypostomal protuberances short and wide.............................................. T. rubeculi Skoracki, 2004 12. Length of setae si 230–240. Setae ve 1.2 times longer than distance between bases of setae ve and c1. Length ratio of pygidial shield and body length 1:6...................................... T. cyanocitta Bochkov, Flannery and Spicer, 2009 * - Length of setae si 155–160. Setae ve subequal to distance between bases of setae ve and c1. Length ratio of pygidial shield and body length 1:8............................................. T. aphelocoma Bochkov, Flannery and Spicer, 2009 * 13. Protuberances of hypostomal apex blunt-ended. Setae l'R of trochanters IV not extending beyond respective genua..................................................................... T. cardinalis Bochkov, Flannery and Spicer, 2009 * - Protuberances of hypostomal apex sharp-ended. Setae l'R of trochanters IV extending beyond respective genua.......... 14 14. Setae vi and ve subequal in length. Protuberances of hypostomal apex wide and short........ T. pycnonotus Skoracki, 2011 * - Setae ve twice as long as vi. Protuberances of hypostomal apex slender and long................................................................................................ T. merulae Skoracki, Dabert and Ehrnsberger, 2000 * 15. Setae h2 1.6–1.8 times longer than h1.................................................................... 16 - Setae h1 and h2 subequal in length................................................... T. villosa (Hancock, 1895) * 16. Hysteronotal shields present. Bases of setae d1 1.7 times closer to d2 than to e2................................................................................................... T. piranga Bochkov, Flannery and Spicer, 2009 * - Hysteronotal shields absent. Bases of setae d1 situated equidistant between bases d2 and e2.................................................................................................. T. gaudi Bochkov and Mironov, 1998, Published as part of Skoracki, Maciej, Spicer, Greg S. & Oconnor, Barry M., 2016, A systematiC review of the subfamily Syringophilinae (ACari: Syringophilidae) of the NearCtiC region. Part 1: quill mites assoCiated with passerines (Aves: Passeriformes), pp. 451-494 in Zootaxa 4084 (4) on pages 485-486, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4084.4.1, http://zenodo.org/record/1052257, {"references":["Bochkov, A. V., Flannery, M. E. & Spicer, G. S. (2009) Mites of the genus Torotrogla (Prostigmata: Syringophilidae) from North American passerines. Journal of Medical Entomology, 46, 183 - 197. http: // dx. doi. org / 10.1603 / 033.046.0203.","Kethley, J. B. (1970) A revision of the family Syringophilidae (Prostigmata: Acarina). Contributions of the American Entomological Institute, 5, 1 - 76.","Bochkov, A. V. & Mironov, S. V. (1999) New quill mite species of the family Syringophilidae (Acari: Cheyletoidea) from European part of Russia. Acarina, 7, 35 - 45.","Skoracki, M., Hromada, M. & Kuczynski, L. (2001 a) Torotrogla lullulae, a new species of the family Syringophilidae Lavoipierre, 1953 (Acari: Prostigmata: Cheyletoidea). Genus, 12, 87 - 92.","Skoracki, M. & Mironov, S. V. (2013) New species and records of quill mites of the family Syringophilidae (Acari: Prostigmata) from the passerines (Aves: Passeriformes) from the Russian Far East. Zootaxa, 3641 (5), 554 - 564. http: // dx. doi. org / 10.11646 / zootaxa. 3641.5.4","Nattress, B. & Skoracki, M. (2007) Quill mites of the family Syringophilidae Lavoipierre, 1953 (Acari: Cheyletoidea) parasitic on birds in England. Genus, 18, 139 - 145.","Skoracki, M., Dabert, J. & Ehrnsberger, R. (2000) A new quill mite (Acari: Syringophilidae) from the Blackbird. Osnabrucker Naturwissenschaftliche Mitteilungen, 26, 191 - 198.","Hancock, J. L. (1895) Picobia villosa (Hancock). American Naturalist, 29, 866 - 867.","Bochkov, A. V. & Mironov, S. V. (1998) Quill mites of the family Syringophilidae Lavoipierre, 1953 (Acariformes: Prostigmata) parasitic on birds (Aves) of the fauna of the former USSR. Acarina, 6, 3 - 16."]}

Skoracki, Maciej, Spicer, Greg S., Oconnor, Barry M. (2016): A systematiC review of the subfamily Syringophilinae (ACari: Syringophilidae) of the NearCtiC region. Part 1: quill mites assoCiated with passerines (Aves: Passeriformes). Zootaxa 4084 (4): 451-494, DOI: http://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4084.4.1

Syringophilopsis wilsoni sp. nov. (Figs. 9A, B and 10A���C) Description. FEMALE, holotype. Total body length 1,290. Gnathosoma. Hypostomal apex with 1 pair of minute protuberances. Infracapitulum apunctate. Stylophore apunctate, 300 long. Each medial branch of peritremes with 4 chambers, each lateral branch with 15 chambers. Idiosoma. Propodonotal shield well sclerotized, anterior margin flat, with striae in anterior part, distinctly sculptured laterally, and lightly sculptured in medial part, bearing bases of setae vi, ve, si, se and c1. Length ratio of setae vi: ve: si 1:1.4:2.2. Setae c1 and se situated at same transverse level. Setae c2 situated posterior to level of setae si. Hysteronotal shield reduced to 2 small and punctate shields at bases of setae d1. Pygidial shield sparsely punctate with distinct rounded anterior margin. Both pairs of pseudanal setae equal in length. Both pairs of genital setae equal in length and several times shorter than agenital setae. Agenital setae ag1���3 subequal in length. Coxal fields I���IV sparsely punctate. Coxal fields III constricted anteriorly. Setae 3b and 3c subequal in length. Legs. Fan-like setae p' and p" of legs III and IV with 13���14 tines. Lengths of setae: vi 235, ve 330 (340), si (520), se 570, c1 520, d1 530, e2 560, f1 670, f2 590, h1 520, h2 570, ag1 410, ag2 390, ag3 390, g1 and g2 65 (70), ps1 and ps2 50 (50), l'RIII 100 (125), 3b 215, 3c (215���250). MALE. Not found. Type material. Female holotype and 3 female paratypes (AMU-SYR.762) from secondary quill of Pheucticus melanocephalus (Swainson) (Passeriformes: Cardinalidae), USA: California, Mono Co., July 2007, coll. G. S. Spicer (field no. GSS 2241). Type material deposition. All type specimens in AMU, except 1 female paratype in FMNH. Differential diagnosis. S. wilsoni sp. nov. is morphologically similar to S. spinolettus. In females of both species, the hypostomal apex is ornamented by one pair of minute protuberances; setae se and c1 are situated at the same transverse level; genital setae are short and several times shorter than agenital setae ag2, and setae vi are longer than 200. This new species differs from S. spinolettus by the following features: in females of S. wilsoni, the anterior margin of the propodonotal shield is flat; the hysteronotal shields are present, and the pygidial shield is with distinct rounded anterior margin. In females of S. spinolettus, the anterior margin of the propodonotal shield is concave; the hysteronotal shields are absent, and the pygidial shield is with indistinct anterior margin. Etymology. This species is named in the honor of the American naturalist, identified also as the ���father of American Ornithology������Alexander Wilson (1766���1813)., Published as part of Skoracki, Maciej, Spicer, Greg S. & Oconnor, Barry M., 2016, A systematiC review of the subfamily Syringophilinae (ACari: Syringophilidae) of the NearCtiC region. Part 1: quill mites assoCiated with passerines (Aves: Passeriformes), pp. 451-494 in Zootaxa 4084 (4) on pages 474-476, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4084.4.1, http://zenodo.org/record/1052257