Syringophilidae

Skoracki, Maciej, 2011, Quill mites (Acari: Syringophilidae) of the Palaearctic region 2840, Zootaxa 2840 (1), pp. 1-414 : 33

Key to subfamilies of the family Syringophilidae

1 Tibiotarsus of palps rounded on distal margin. Prorals setae p’ and p” multiserrate, fan-like. Females not capable of physogastry. Immatural stages with well developed setae of body and legs. Feathers of wings and tail as main microhabitat.................................................................................. .. Syringophilinae Lavoipierre, 1953

- Tibiotarsus of palps truncate on distal margin. Prorals setae p’ and p” with two minute tines, rod-like. Females capable of physogastry. Immatural stages with chaetotaxy reduced to small spinose structures. Body feathers as microhabitat................................................................................... Picobiinae Johnston and Kethley, 1973