Megasyringophilopsis Fain et al., 2000

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Genus Megasyringophilopsis Fain et al., 2000

Representatives of Megasyringophilus are broadly distributed among parrots ( Psittaciformes ). Up to now, they have been reported from birds of following genera: Aratinga , Brotogeris , Psittacula, Rhynopsitta , Trichoglossus , Platycercus , Eos and Geoffroyus. At present, eight species acquired from flight feathers are described ( Fain et al. 2000; Bochkov and Perez 2002; Bochkov and Fain 2003; Skoracki 2005a). The new species described in the following section was found inside body feathers of two Accipitridae host species: Aquila rapax and A. pomarina , which represent a new avian order ( Falconiformes ) for the genus Megasyringophilus .