Syringophiloidus carolae Skoracki, Flannery and Spicer, 2009

Syringophioidus carolae Skoracki et al., 2009b: 66, figs. 6–9. Types deposited in AMU, examined. Type host: Cardinalis cardinalis (Linnaeus) (Cardinalidae) . Type locality: USA (Texas).

Additional material. Four females and 1 male (FMNH uncatalogued) from Cardinalis cardinalis (Linnaeus) ( Passeriformes: Cardinalidae), USA: Georgia, Emanuel Co., 12 mi. N. Swainsboro, 17 March 1969, coll. W. T. Atyeo, H. Proctor & J. B. Kethley, all material in FMNH; 6 females and 1 male (FMNH uncatalogued) from Passerina caerulea (Linnaeus) ( Passeriformes: Cardinalidae), USA: Tennessee, Roane Co., 10 mi. W. Oak Ridge, 7 August 1960, coll. Atyeo, Braasch & Orwig, all material in FMNH.

Host and distribution. Cardinalis cardinalis (Linnaeus) (Cardinalidae) from USA (Georgia, Texas) (Skoracki et al. 2009b; present paper), Passerina caerulea (Linnaeus) (Cardinalidae) [new host] from USA (Tennessee) (present paper).

Remark. Mites collected from Melanerpes formicivorus (Swainson) ( Piciformes: Picidae) and previously determined as S. carolae (Skoracki et al. 2009b) belong to a new and yet undescribed species.