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Notes on quill mites (Acariformes, Syringophilidae) from aquatic birds in North America

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A new monobasic genus of parasitic mites, Phalarophilus fulicarius gen. nov., sp. nov. (Acariformes, Syringophilidae) is described from feather quills of Phalaropus fulicarius (Linnaeus) (Charadriiformes, Scolopacidae) from USA. Females of the new genus differs from those of the genus Bochkovia Skoracki et OConnor, by having the rounded posteriorly stylophore, edentate movable cheliceral digits, propodonotal setae arranged 2-1-1-2, thin and smooth dorsal setae of the idiosoma, smooth dorsal setae of legs I and II, and by the presence of setae vsI; males are distinguished by the presence of the propodonotal setae arranged 2-1-1-1-1. Additionally, two new syringophilid species recorded from aquatic birds in North America and three new host associations of these mites are recovered.

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  1. Department of Animal Morphology, Adam Mickiewicz University, Faculty of Biology, Umultowska 89, 61-614, Poznań, Poland

    Maciej Skoracki

  2. Zoological Institute, Russian Academy of Sciences, Universitetskaya emb. 1, 199034, St. Petersburg, Russia

    Andre V. Bochkov

  3. Museum of Zoology, University of Michigan, 1109 Geddes Ave., Ann Arbor, Michigan, 48109, USA

    Andre V. Bochkov & Barry M. OConnor

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Skoracki, M., Bochkov, A.V. & OConnor, B.M. Notes on quill mites (Acariformes, Syringophilidae) from aquatic birds in North America. Acta Parasit. 56, 325–330 (2011). https://doi.org/10.2478/s11686-011-0065-3

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