Neochauliacia Gaud & Atyeo, 1967

Eren, Gökhan, Öztürk, Mehmet, Mironov, Sergey V., Nisbet, Hatice Özlem & Açici, Mustafa, 2023, New records of feather mites (Sarcoptiformes: Astigmata) from some birds in Türkiye, Acarological Studies 5 (2), pp. 58-68 : 62

Genus: Neochauliacia Gaud & Atyeo, 1967

Neochauliacia minuscula Gaud and Atyeo, 1967

Materials examined. 2 males from flight feathers of the common swift, Apus apus (Linnaeus, 1758) ( Apodiformes : Apodidae ), Samsun, Türkiye, 10 May 2022, coll. M. Öztürk (as shown in Fig. 3 ).

Remarks. The genus Neochauliacia includes sixteen described species associated with birds of the order Apodiformes in the Old World (Europe, Africa, and Asia) and the New World (North America and South America). In the previous studies conducted in world, N. minuscula has been reported on the common swift Apus apus , the African black swift A. barbatus , the pallid swift A. pallidusthe , and alpine swift Tachymarptis (Apus) melba has been reported ( Kwanyuen, 1973; Peterson et al., 1980).

Figures

Figure 3. Mites of the family Eustathiidae—A. Chauliacia securigera, male, B. Neochauliacia minuscula, male, C. Eustathia cultrifera, male (scale bars: 100).