Proctophyllodes scolopacinus (Koch, 1842)

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 scolopacinus (Koch, 1842)

Materials examined. 4 males and 4 females adult from flight feathers the Eurasian woodcock, Scolopax rusticola Linnaeus, 1758 ( Charadriiformes : Scolopacidae ), Samsun, Türkiye, 27 January 2022, coll. M. Öztürk.

Remarks. The feather mite Proctophyllodes scolopacinus is associated with the Eurasian woodcock, S. rusticola , in Europe and Asia, and the American woodcock, Scolopax minor , in North America and (Atyeo and Braasch, 1966). In studies previously conducted in Türkiye, P. scolopacinus from the Eurasian woodcock, S. rusticola has been reported ( Gürler et al., 2013).