Cuculisyringophilus Skoracki, 2008

Skoracki, Maciej, 2011, Quill mites (Acari: Syringophilidae) of the Palaearctic region 2840, Zootaxa 2840 (1), pp. 1-414 : 323

Genus Cuculisyringophilus Skoracki, 2008

Cuculisyringophilus Skoracki, 2008: 155 .

Type species: Cuculisyringophilus crotophaginus Skoracki, 2008 by original designation.

Diagnosis. FEMALE. Small-sized mites (length 500–600). Gnathosoma . Hypostomal apex without protuberances. Two pairs of hypostomal lips present. Lateral hypostomal teeth absent. Peritremes M-shaped, with clearly visible chambers in each branch. Movable cheliceral digit dentate, each with 3 small teeth. Stylophore constricted posteriorly. Idiosoma . All idiosomal setae smooth. Six pairs of propodonotal setae present arranged 2–1–1–1–1. Propodonotal shield entire, without pocket like structures, bearing bases of setae vi, ve, si, se and c1. Hysteronotal shield present, fused or not to pygidial shield. Hysteronotal setae d1, d2 and e2 long. Terminal setae f1 and h1 short, f2 and h2 long. Two pairs of pseudanal, 2 pairs of genital and 3 pairs of aggenital setae present. Legs. Legs I–IV subequal in size. Apodemes I slightly divergent, not fused to apodemes II. Antaxial and paraxial members of claw pair subequal in size and shape, with basal angle. Leg setae dTIII, dTIV and vsII absent.

MALE. Characters as in female except: hysteronotal setae d1, d2 and e2 short; terminal setae f2 and h2 short; apodemes I fused to apodemes II.

Host range. Mites of this genus are associated with cuculiform birds of the family Cuculidae ( Table 24).

Habitat. Quills of secondaries.

Species included. At present only 2 species have been described. One species from the Neotropic and 1 from the Palaearctic region, C. chirovi comb. nov.