A systematiC review of the subfamily Syringophilinae (ACari: Syringophilidae) of the NearCtiC region. Part 1: quill mites assoCiated with passerines (Aves: Passeriformes)
Author
Skoracki, Maciej
Author
Spicer, Greg S.
Author
Oconnor, Barry M.
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Zootaxa
2016
2016-02-29
4084
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451
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journal article
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10.11646/zootaxa.4084.4.1
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Torotrogla merulae
Skoracki, Dabert and Ehrnsberger, 2000
Torotrogla merulae
Skoracki
et al
., 2000: 192
, figs. 1–10; Skoracki 2011: 228, figs. 166–168. Types deposited in AMU, ZISP and ZSM examined.
Type host:
Turdus merula
Linnaeus
(
Passeriformes
:
Turdidae
). Type locality: Poland.
Material examined.
One female (FMNH uncatalogued) from
Turdus migratorius
Linnaeus
(
Passeriformes
:
Turdidae
),
USA
: Georgia, Green Co.,
22 February 1968
, coll. J. Taylor, specimen in FMNH.
Hosts and distribution.
Turdus merula
Linnaeus (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. migratorius
Linnaeus
[
new host
] from
USA
(
Georgia
) (present paper),
T. philomelos
Brehm
from
Poland
(
Skoracki 2004c
),
Germany
(Skoracki 2011) and
Jordan
(
Glowska
et al
. 2007
),
T. torquatus
Linnaeus
from
Slovakia
(Skoracki 2011), and
T. viscivorus
Linnaeus
from
Romania
and
Poland
(
Skoracki 2004c
).