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).