Syringophiloidus parapresentalis Skoracki, 2011

Skoracki, Maciej, Spicer, Greg S. & Oconnor, Barry M., 2016, A systematiC review of the subfamily Syringophilinae (ACari: Syringophilidae) of the NearCtiC region. Part 1: quill mites assoCiated with passerines (Aves: Passeriformes), Zootaxa 4084 (4), pp. 451-494 : 466

Syringophiloidus parapresentalis Skoracki, 2011

Syringophiloidus parapresentalis Skoracki, 2011: 63 , figs. 42 and 43. Types deposited in AMU, examined. Type host: Turdus merula Linnaeus ( Passeriformes : Turdidae ). Type locality: Poland.

Additional material. One female (AMU-SYR.759) from Turdus migratorius Linnaeus ( Passeriformes : Turdidae ), USA: California, Madera Co., Sierra National Forest, 2000, coll. G. S. Spicer (field no. GSS 35), specimen in AMU; 6 females and 1 male (AMU-SYR.759B) from same host species, USA: California, Sierra Co., Beartrap Meadow, 24 July 2005, coll. G. S. Spicer (field no. GSS 1502), all material in AMU; 9 females and 6 males ( AMU- SYR.759C) from same host species, USA: California, Sierra Co., Beartrap Meadow, 4 August 2005, coll. G. S. Spicer (field no. GSS 1516), all material in AMU.

Host and distribution. Turdus atrogularis Jarocki (Turdidae) from Kazakhstan, T. iliacus Linnaeus from Russia, T. merula Linnaeus from Jordan, Kazakhstan and Poland, T. pilaris Linnaeus from Poland, Russia and Slovakia (Skoracki 2011), and T. migratorius Linnaeus [new host] from USA (California) ( Skoracki et al. 2009b; present paper).

Remark. Mites collected from Turdus migratorius have been previously determined as Syringophiloidus presentalis ( Skoracki et al. 2009b) .