Picobia Haller

Sikora, Bozena, Fajfer, Monika, Kavetska, Katarzyna & Skoracki, Maciej, 2012, Three new species of quill mites (Acari: Syringophilidae) parasitizing the wrens (Aves: Troglodytidae), Zootaxa 3167, pp. 57-65 : 62

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).