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Chenophila Kethley

Description

Genus Chenophila Kethley

Chenophila Kethley, 1970: 37. Type-species: Chenophila branta Kethley, 1970, by original designation.

branta Kethley, 1970: 38, fig. 22.

Type material. Holotype female at UGA, paratypes: females at UGA. Hosts and distribution. Branta canadensis (type host) (Anseriformes: Anatidae), type-locality: USA, Michigan, Oackland Co., Kensiglon park (Kethley 1970).

Habitat. Covert feathers.

kanduli Bochkov, 1998 (in Bochkov & Mironov 1998): 7, figs. 2–6.

Type material. Holotype female at ZISP (T-Sy-1), paratypes: females, males at ZISP. Hosts and distribution. Anas querquedula (type host) (Anseriformes: Anatidae), type-locality: RUSSIA, Kaliningrad Prov., Kurshskaya (Bochkov & Mironov 1998); A. clypeata (Anatidae), USA, Michigan, Monroe Co., Pointe Mouillee State Game Area, (UMMZ) (Skoracki et al. 2011a).

Habitat. Unknown.

platyrhynchos Tymcio, Kavetska, Czyz and Skoracki, 2013: 660, figs. 1–5. Type material. Holotype at AMU, paratypes: females at AMU, ZISP, ZSM. Hosts and distribution. Anas platyrhynchos (type host), type locality: POLAND, Szczecin (Tymcio et al. 2013). Habitat. Unknown.

Other

Published as part of Glowska, Eliza, Chrzanowski, Mateusz & Kaszewska, Katarzyna, 2015, Checklist of the Quill mites (Acariformes: Syringophilidae) of the World, pp. 1-81 in Zootaxa 3968 (1) on page 13, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3968.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/288815

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Additional details

Biodiversity

Family
Syringophilidae
Genus
Chenophila
Kingdom
Animalia
Order
Trombidiformes
Phylum
Arthropoda
Scientific name authorship
Kethley
Taxon rank
genus

References

  • Kethley, J. B. (1970) A revision of the family Syringophilidae (Prostigmata: Acarina). Contributions of the American Entomological Institute, 5, 1 - 76.
  • Bochkov, A. V. & Mironov, S. V. (1998) Quill mites of the family Syringophilidae Lavoipierre, 1953 (Acariformes: Prostigmata) parasitic on birds (Aves) of the fauna of the former USSR. Acarina, 6, 3 - 16.
  • Tymcio, T., Kavetska, K., Czyz, M. J. & Skoracki, M. (2013) Ontogeny of Chenophila platyrhynchos sp. nov. (Acari: Syringophilidae), an ectoparasite of the Mallard Anas platyrhynchos (Anseriformes: Anatidae). Turkish Journal of Zoology, 37, 659 - 667.