Published July 31, 2023 | Version v1
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Eustathiidae Oudemans 1905

  • 1. Artvin (BorkÇa) Directorate of Provincial Agriculture and Forestry, Republic of Türkiye Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry, Artvin, Türkiye
  • 2. Department of Parasitology, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Ondokuz MayIs University, Samsun, Türkiye
  • 3. Zoological Institute, Russian Academy of Sciences, Universitetskaya Embankment 1, Saint Petersburg, Russia
  • 4. Department of Wild Animal Diseases, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Ondokuz MayIs University, Samsun, Türkiye

Description

Family Eustathiidae Oudemans, 1905

Remarks. The family Eustathiidae is restricted to swifts (Apodiformes: Apodidae and Hemiprocnidae). Up to now, this family has included 63 described species in 16 genera (Kwanyuen, 1973; Peterson et al., 1980). In studies conducted so far, three aforementioned eusththiid species, Eustathia cultrifera, Chauliacia securigera, Neochauliacia minuscula, and also Thysanocercus cypseli (Canestrini and Berlese, 1881) (Analgoidea: Thysanocercidae) are known to be common on Apus apus (Kwanyuen, 1973; Peterson et al., 1980; Gaud and Peterson, 1987).

Notes

Published as part of Eren, Gökhan, Öztürk, Mehmet, Mironov, Sergey V., Nisbet, Hatice Özlem & Açici, Mustafa, 2023, New records of feather mites (Sarcoptiformes: Astigmata) from some birds in Türkiye, pp. 58-68 in Acarological Studies 5 (2) on page 62, DOI: 10.47121/acarolstud.1244323, http://zenodo.org/record/10830293

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References

  • Kwanyuen, P. 1973. A taxonomic revision of the feather mite family Eustathiidae (Acarina: Sarcoptiformes). Unpublished PhD Dissertation, Youngstown State University, 163 pp.
  • Gaud, J. and Peterson, P. 1987. Especes Africaines du genre Thysanocercus Gaud, 1957 (Alloptidae, Thysanocercinae). Acarologia, 28: 265 - 275. [In French]