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A new monotypic genus Colisyringophilus n. g. is established for C. tanzanicus n. sp., quill mites parasitising two mouse bird species from Tanzania, Colius striatus Gmelin and Urocolius macrourus (Linnaeus). This new genus is closely related to Neoaulobia Fain, Bochkov & Mironov, 2000, but differs from it by the following features: the stylophore is rounded posteriorly, the propodonotal shield is reduced to triangular sclerite bearing bases of setae vi and ve, the hysteronotal shield is absent, legs I are longer than legs II, and apodemes I are distinctly elongated. This is the first record of syringophilid mites from hosts of the order Coliiformes.
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Special thanks are due to Prof. Gerhard Haszprunar (Director of the ZSM) for making the samples of bird skins available for the present study. The authors are obliged to the two referees for their critical comments and remarks.
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Skoracki, M., Unsoeld, M. & Ozminski, M. A new genus of quill mites of the family Syringophilidae (Acari: Cheyletoidea) associated with mousebirds (Aves: Coliiformes). Syst Parasitol 85, 213–217 (2013). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11230-013-9427-6
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