Torotrogla merulae Skoracki et al ., 2000: 192 A systematiC review of the subfamily Syringophilinae (ACari: Syringophilidae) of the NearCtiC region. Part 1: quill mites assoCiated with passerines (Aves: Passeriformes) Skoracki, Maciej Spicer, Greg S. Oconnor, Barry M. Zootaxa 2016 2016-02-29 4084 4 451 494 8T779 Skoracki, Dabert and Ehrnsberger, 2000 Skoracki, Dabert and Ehrnsberger 2000 [151,899,1636,1662] Arachnida Syringophilidae Torotrogla GBIF Animalia Trombidiformes 32 483 Arthropoda species merulae    Torotrogla merulaeSkoracki et al., 2000: 192, figs. 1–10; Skoracki 2011: 228, figs. 166–168. Types deposited in AMU, ZISP and ZSM examined.  Type host:  Turdus merulaLinnaeus( Passeriformes: Turdidae). Type locality: Poland.  Material examined.One female (FMNH uncatalogued) from  Turdus migratoriusLinnaeus( Passeriformes: Turdidae), USA: Georgia, Green Co., 22 February 1968, coll. J. Taylor, specimen in FMNH.   Hosts and distribution.  Turdus merulaLinnaeus (Turdidae)from Poland(Skoracki et al. 2000; Skoracki 2011), Germany( Schmaschke et al. 2003) Russia( Bochkov et al. 2009), Jordan( Glowska et al. 2007),  T. migratoriusLinnaeus[ new host] from USA(  Georgia) (present paper),  T. philomelosBrehmfrom Poland( Skoracki 2004c), Germany(Skoracki 2011) and Jordan( Glowska et al. 2007),  T. torquatusLinnaeusfrom Slovakia(Skoracki 2011), and  T. viscivorusLinnaeusfrom Romaniaand Poland( Skoracki 2004c).