Syringophiloidus hirundinis Skoracki, Møller & Tryjanowski, 2003

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Syringophiloidus hirundinis Skoracki, Møller & Tryjanowski, 2003

Hosts and distribution – Swallow – Hirundo rustica (type host) ( Hirundinidae ): Denmark, Italy, Poland, Spain, Ukraine ( Skoracki et al. 2003; Skoracki 2011; Glowska et al. 2015; Zmudzinski and Skoracki 2018).

Material examined – From Hirundo rustica , 23.04.2004, 1 male, 5 females [1].

Differential diagnosis – Syringophiloidus hirundinis differs from all congeners occurring in Palaearctic by the following combination of characters: medial branch of peritremes with 2–3 elongated chambers; setae si distinctly longer than vi; setae ve at least 1.3 times longer than vi; setae h1 and f1 subequal in length; propodonotal shield punctate; setae si less than 2.5 times longer than vi. Remarks – Previously, Syringophiloidus hirundinis have been reported from Ukraine only from the north of Ukraine (Kyiv region) (Skoracki 2011). This is the second record of S. hirundinis in Ukraine.