Three new species of picobiine mites (Acari: Syringophilidae) parasitising African flycatchers (Aves: Muscicapidae).

Abstract:

:Three new species of quill mites of the subfamily Picobiinae Johnston & Kethley, 1973 (Acari: Syringophilidae) are described from African flycatchers (Passeriformes: Muscicapidae): Picobia cichladusa n. sp. on Cichladusa arquata Peters and P. myrmecocichla n. sp. on Myrmecocichla arnotti (Tristram), both from Tanzania, and P. echo n. sp. on Cossypha heuglini Hartlaub from the Democratic Republic of the Congo.

journal_name

Syst Parasitol

journal_title

Systematic parasitology

authors

Skoracki M,Solarczyk P,Sikora B

doi

10.1007/s11230-012-9376-5

subject

Has Abstract

pub_date

2012-10-01 00:00:00

pages

123-35

issue

2

eissn

0165-5752

issn

1573-5192

journal_volume

83

pub_type

杂志文章