Betasyringophiloidus saxicolus Skoracki, 2011

Pidhorna, Svitlana Ya., Chernychko, Kateryna J., Kivganov, Dmytro A., Trach, Viacheslav A. & Deli, Olga F., 2020, New and interesting records of quill mites (Acari: Prostigmata: Syringophilidae) of passerine birds of southwestern Ukraine, Persian Journal of Acarology 9 (3), pp. 213-223 : 215

Betasyringophiloidus saxicolus Skoracki, 2011

Hosts and distribution – Whinchat – Saxicola rubetra (type host) ( Muscicapidae ): Poland, Ukraine (first record) (Skoracki 2011; Glowska et al. 2015).

Material examined – From Saxicola rubetra , 08.05.2004, 4 females [1].

Differential diagnosis – Betasyringophiloidus saxicolus differs from all congeners occurring in Palaearctic by the following combination of characters: each branch of peritremes with no more than 10–12 chambers; dorsal setae thick; length ratio of setae vi: si 1:4.7–5.5; setae ag3 1.2–1.3 times longer than ag1.

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