Neoaulonastus bisetatus ( Fritsch, 1958 )

Pidhorna, Svitlana Ya., Chernychko, Kateryna J., Kivganov, Dmytro A., Trach, Viacheslav A. & Deli, Olga F., 2020, New and interesting records of quill mites (Acari: Prostigmata: Syringophilidae) of passerine birds of southwestern Ukraine, Persian Journal of Acarology 9 (3), pp. 213-223 : 215-216

Neoaulonastus bisetatus ( Fritsch, 1958)

Hosts and distribution – Whitethroat – Sylvia communis (type host) ( Sylviidae ): Germany, Poland; Blackcap – Sylvia atricapilla : Poland, Russia, Slovakia; Lesser Whitethroat – Sylvia curruca : Jordan, Kazakhstan, Poland; Great Reed Warbler – Acrocephalus arundinaceus (Acrocephalidae) : Poland, Ukraine (first record); African reed warbler – Acrocephalus baeticatus : Kenya; Blyth's Reed

Warbler – Acrocephalus dumetorum : Kazakhstan; Aquatic Warbler – Acrocephalus paludicola : Poland; Marsh Warbler – Acrocephalus palustris : Kenya; Reed Warbler – Acrocephalus scirpaceus : Poland, Slovakia ( Skoracki 2004a, 2011; Glowska et al. 2015; Klimovičová and Hromada 2014).

Material examined – From Acrocephalus arundinaceus , 27.04.2004, 1 male, 5 females [1].

Differential diagnosis – Neoaulonastus bisetatus differs from all congeners occurring in Palaearctic by the following combination of characters: propodonotal shield present; setae f2 2–3 times longer than f1; setae c1 1.7–2.6 times longer than d1; setae d1 85–130 long; lateral branch of peritremes with 6 and more chambers; aggenital setae ag1 significantly longer than ag2; hysteronotal shield present; setae ag3 longer than 110; length ratio of setae f1: f2 1:2.3; length ratio of setae ag1: ag2: ag3 1.3– 1.4:1:1.5–1.8.

Remarks – This is the first record of this genus and species in Ukraine.