Torotrogla rubeculi Skoracki, 2004

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Torotrogla rubeculi Skoracki, 2004

Hosts and distribution – Robin – Erithacus rubecula (type host) ( Passeriformes : Muscicapidae ): Poland, Russia, Slovakia, Ukraine (first record) ( Skoracki 2004c, 2011; Klimovičová and Hromada 2014; Glowska et al. 2015).

Material examined – From Erithacus rubecula , 10.10.2004, 1 male, 7 females [1]; same host, 14.10.2006, 2 females [1].

Differential diagnosis – Torotrogla rubeculi differs from all congeners occurring in Palaearctic by the following combination of characters: setae h1 1.1–1.3 times longer than f1 or both pairs subequal in length; setae h2 two or more times longer than h1; hysteronotal shields present; bases of setae d1 situated on hysteronotal shields; setae l’ of trochanters III not extending beyond respective genua; total body length less than 1000; hypostomal protuberances short and wide.

Remarks – This is the first record of this species in Ukraine.