Syringophilid quill mites (Acari: Syringophilidae) parasitizing passerines (Aves: Passeriformes) in Brazil

Made available in DSpace on 2018-11-26T16:48:18Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 0 Previous issue date: 2016-01-01 General Biology Department of the Russian Academy of Science Fundação de Amparo à Pesquisa do Estado de São Paulo (FAPESP) German Academic Exchange Service - DAAD Two new quill mite species collected from passerine birds in Brazil are described: Torotrogla synallaxis sp. nov. from Synallaxis spixi Sclater (Funariidae) and Syringophilopsis bonariensis sp. nov. from Molothrus bonariensis (Gmelin) (Icteridae). Additionally, three syringophilid species were recorded from new host species captured in Minas Gerais, Brazil: Syringophilopsis tyranni Bochkov and Galloway, 2004 from Satrapa icterophrys (Vieillot) (Tyrannidae); Syringophiloidus stawarczyki Skoracki, 2004 from Dacnis cayana (Linnaeus) (Thraupidae) and Syringophiloidus parapresentalis Skoracki, 2011 from Turdus rufiventris Vieillot (Turdidae). The syringophilid fauna presently recorded from Brazil is summarized. http://zoobank.org/urn:lsid:zoobank.org:pub:XXXX Adam Mickiewicz Univ, Dept Anim Morphol, Fac Biol, Poznan, Poland Russian Acad Sci, Zool Inst, St Petersburg, Russia Univ Estadual Paulista, Dept Zool, Rio Claro, Brazil Univ Sao Paulo, Museu Zool, Ipiranga, Brazil Univ Estadual Paulista, Dept Zool, Rio Claro, Brazil General Biology Department of the Russian Academy of Science: 01201351187 FAPESP: 2011/50145-0 FAPESP: 2011/11420-5 FAPESP: 2012/06951-4 German Academic Exchange Service - DAAD: A/12/05065