New host records for parasitic mites of the family Syringophilidae from accipitriform birds (Aves: Accipitriformes).

Authors :: Zmudzinski M
Unsoeld M
Knee W
Skoracki M
Source :: Annals of parasitology [Ann Parasitol] 2015; Vol. 61 (4), pp. 291-3.
Publication Year :: 2015
Abstract: Four accipitriform bird species of the family Accipitridae are reported as new hosts for quill mites (Acari: Cheyletoidea: Syringophilidae): Megasyringophilus aquilus Skoracki, Lontkowski and Stawarczyk, 2010 was collected from Hieraaetus pennatus Gmelin, 1788 in France and Spain, and Buteo jamaicensis Gmelin, 1788 in Canada; Peristerophila accipitridicus Skoracki, Lontkowski and Stawarczyk, 2010 was collected from Circaetus gallicus Gmelin, 1788 in France, and Buteo lagopus Pontoppidan, 1763 in Germany.

Subjects :: Animals
Birds
Feathers parasitology
Female
Male
Mite Infestations parasitology
Bird Diseases parasitology
Mite Infestations veterinary
Mites classification

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