Proctophyllodes sylviae Gaud, 1957

Eren, Gökhan, Öztürk, Mehmet, Mironov, Sergey V., Nisbet, Hatice Özlem & Açici, Mustafa, 2006, New records of feather mites (Sarcoptiformes: Astigmata) from some birds in Türkiye, Acarological Studies 5 (2), pp. 58-68 : 61

Proctophyllodes sylviae Gaud, 1957

Materials examined. 4 males and 4 females from flight feathers of the Eurasian blackcap, Sylvia atricapilla ; ( Passeriformes : Sylviidae ), Samsun, Türkiye, 30 May 2022, coll. M. Öztürk.

Remarks. The feather mite Proctophyllodes sylviae is associated with the Eurasian blackcap, Sylvia atricapilla , in Europa and Africa ( Gaud, 1957; Atyeo and Braasch, 1966). In studies previously conducted in Türkiye, P. sylviae from the common reed warbler Acrocephalus scirpaceus , the Cetti's warbler Cettia cetti , the common chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita , the Eurasian blackcap Sylvia atricapilla , the garden warbler S. borin , the common whitethroat S. communis , the lesser whitethroat S. curruca , and the Sardinian warbler S. melanocephala has been reported ( Gürler et al., 2013; Per and Aktaş, 2018).