Peristerophila mucuya Casto, 1980

Kaszewska, Katarzyna, Skoracki, Maciej, Kosicki, Jakub Z. & Hromada, Martin, 2020, New species and records of the quill mites of the genus Peristerophila Kethley 1970 (Acariformes: Syringophilidae) associated with pigeons and doves (Aves Columbiformes), Zootaxa 4878 (2), pp. 349-361 : 359-360

Peristerophila mucuya Casto, 1980

Peristerophila mucuya Casto, 1980: 1 , figs 1 and 2. Skoracki et al. 2020.

Castosyringophilus mucuya, Bochkov and Perez 2002: 152 .

Type host: Columbina passerina (Linnaeus) ( Columbiformes : Columbidae ) from USA.

Diagnosis. FEMALE, HETEROMORPHIC FORM. Total body length 940‒1020. Infracapitulum punctate. Length of gnathosoma 90–95. Length ratio of apodemes I: gnathosoma 1:1. Each medial branch of peritremes with 2 chambers, each lateral branch with 4–5 chambers. Propodonotal shield divided into 3 ovate sclerites with narrow belt-like ornament; bases of setae ve and si situated on lateral sclerites. Hysteronotal shield reduced to single and triangular sclerite; bases of setae d1 situated out of this shield. Pygidial shield apunctate with deep concave anterior margin. Coxal fields I‒II sparsely punctate, III‒IV apunctate. Bases of setae 3a situated out of coxal fields III. Length of setae: ve 20‒25, si 25‒30, se 250‒270, c1 230‒250, c2 210‒220. Length of apodemes I 80–100. Length of legs I 65–70, legs II 45–55. Length ratios of setae ve: si: se 1:1‒1.2:10‒10.8, e2: d2 1:1.

MALE. Unknown.

Hosts and distribution. Columbiformes (Columbidae) —Common Ground-Dove Columbina passerina (Linnaeus) from USA (Texas) ( Casto 1980), Colombia and Surinam (new localities) (this study), Scaled Dove Columbina squammata (Lesson) from Brazil ( Bochkov & Fain 2003) and Paraguay (new locality) (this study), Ruddy Ground-Dove Columbina talpacoti (Temminck) from Brazil ( Skoracki & Glowska 2008; this study), Trinidad and Tobago, Monaco, Surinam (new localities) (this study), Plain-breasted Ground-Dove Columbina minuta Linnaeus (new host) from Paraguay, Bare-faced Ground-Dove Metriopelia ceciliae (Lesson) (new host) from Peru (this study), Black-winged Ground-Dove Metriopelia melanoptera (Molina) from Argentina ( Skoracki & Glowska 2008), Geophaps plumifera Gould from Australia ( Bochkov & Fain 2003).

New material examined herein. Columbiformes (Columbidae) — 4 females (HET) (reg. no. AMU-SYR. 940) from Columbina passerina , COLOMBIA: Mojarras, Dept. Cauca, alt 600m, 15 November 1965, coll. J. Haffer [host reg. no. ZSM 67.415]. 2 females (HET) (reg. no. AMU-SYR. 941) from same host species, SURINAM: 27

July 1958, coll. F. Haverschmidt [host reg. no. ZSM 59.36]. 1 female (HET) (reg. no. AMU-SYR. 942) from Columbina talpacoti , BRAZIL: Rio Machados, Rio Madeira , 25 July 1908, Hoffmann [host reg. no. ZSM 09.590 ] . 2 females (HOM) (reg. no. AMU-SYR. 943) from same host species, BRAZIL: Para, coll. E. Lohse [host reg. no. ZSM 19.457 ] . 3 females (HOM) (reg. no. AMU-SYR. 944) from same host species, SURINAM: Peperpof , 24 September 1961, coll. F. Haverschmidt [host reg. no. ZSM 61.432 ] . 2 females (HOM) and 4 females (HET), 2 tritonymphs, 2 protonymphs (reg. no. AMU-SYR. 944a) from same host species, SURINAM: Paramaribo, 14 January 1961, coll. F. Haverschmidt [host reg. no. ZSM 61.502 ] . 3 females (HET) (reg. no. AMU-SYR. 945) from same host species, TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO: Caparo , 14 June 1912, coll. unknown [host reg. no. ZSM 13.189 ] . 1 female (HET) (reg. no. AMU-SYR. 946) from same host species, MONACO: Monte Carlo, 9 April 1938, coll. unknown [host reg. no. ZSM 317 ] . 10 females (HET) (reg. no. AMU-SYR. 947) from Columbina minuta , PARAGUAY: Apa-Bergland , 6 December 1931, coll. Kiefer and Schuhmacher [host reg. no. ZSM 32.189 ] . 5 females (HET) (reg. no. AMU-SYR.948) from Columbina squammata , PARAGUAY: Apa-Bergland , 7 November 1931, coll. E. Schuhmacher [host reg. no. ZSM 32.183 ] . 1 female (HET) (reg. no. AMU-SYR. 949) from Metriopelia ceciliae , PERU: Marcapata , 1900, coll. G. Ockenden [host reg. no. ZSM 03.694 ] .