Peristerophila meropis Skoracki, Hromada and Sikora, 2017

Skoracki, Maciej, Hromada, Martin & Sikora, Bozena, 2020, Quill mites of the family Syringophilidae (Acariformes: Prostigmata) parasitizing coraciiform birds (Aves: Coraciiformes), Zootaxa 4802 (1), pp. 169-181 : 178

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.4802.1.11
publication LSID	lsid:zoobank.org:pub:433BF53F-856A-4DE0-8FEA-863129BEA37E
persistent identifier	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03DF8792-FFCA-FFF5-5D8C-FDF4FEDDFC12
treatment provided by	Plazi
scientific name	Peristerophila meropis Skoracki, Hromada and Sikora, 2017
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Peristerophila meropis Skoracki, Hromada and Sikora, 2017 View in CoL

This species was recently described from Merops apiaster Linnaeus ( Coraciiformes : Meropidae ) from several localities in Europe, Africa and Asia ( Skoracki et al. 2017). Herein, we give a new host species for this quill mite.

Material examined. Twelve females and two males from Collared Kingfisher Todiramphus chloris (Boddaert) ( Coraciiformes : Alcedinidae ) (new host), PHILIPPINES, Luzon Isl., Manila, coll. I. Marschall [ ZSM uncatalogued]. All specimens are deposited in the AMU (reg. no. AMU–SYR.846), except 2 females in the ZSM (reg. no. ZSM 20112067).