Three new species of quill mites (Acari: Syringophilidae) parasitizing the wrens (Aves: Troglodytidae)
Author
Sikora, Bozena
Author
Fajfer, Monika
Author
Kavetska, Katarzyna
Author
Skoracki, Maciej
text
Zootaxa
2012
3167
57
65
journal article
45603
10.5281/zenodo.212830
9b54bf38-204c-43df-8134-095601bd66a1
1175-5326
212830
Genus
Picobia
Haller
Members of the genus
Picobia
occupy only quills of body feathers. They are associated with three bird orders:
Passeriformes
(families
Aegithalidae
,
Alaudidae
,
Corcoracidae
,
Corvidae
,
Fringillidae
,
Hirundinidae
,
Nectariniidae
,
Panuridae
,
Paradisaeidae
,
Pycnonotidae
,
Sturnidae
,
Sylviidae
and
Troglodytidae
(a new host family for
Picobia
));
Piciformes (Picidae)
and
Upupiformes (Phoeniculidae)
. This genus includes 20 species recorded from the Palaearctic, Australian, Ethiopian, Oriental and Neotropical regions (
Skoracki
et al
. 2010b
; Skoracki 2011, present paper).