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Philoxanthornea clarki Kivganov 1995

Description

Philoxanthornea clarki Kivganov, 1995

This species was reported from Sterna albifrons Pallas (Sternidae) from the Ukraine and from Larus canus L (Laridae) from Russia (Kivganov & Sharafat 1995; Bochkov & Mironov 1998). We recollected this species from Sterna hirundo L. (Sternidae) from Poland.

Material deposition. Whole material is deposited at UAM except 2 females at ZIN and 2 females at ZSM.

Key to the species of the genus Philoxanthornea (females)

1. Setae l1, d2 and l2 subequal in length........................................................................... 2

­ Setae l1 2 times longer than d2 and l2............... P. dubinini Bochkov et Mironov, 1998

2. Setae h 3.3 times longer than vi, setae pg2 2 times shorter than pg1.............................. ................................................................................................. P. clarki Kivganov, 1995

­ Setae h 5 times shorter than vi, setae pg2 no more than 1.5 times shorter than pg1....... ...................................................................................................... P. anoa Kethley, 1970

Other

Published as part of Skoracki, Maciej, Dabert, Jacek & Schmäschke, Ronald, 2006, Observations on the quill mites (Acari: Syringophilidae) from charadriiform birds, pp. 51-64 in Zootaxa 1156 on pages 62-63, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.172288

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References

  • Kivganov, D. A. & Sharafat, G. S. (1995) Review of the family Syringophilidae (Acari) with the description of new genera and species. Zoologitsheskij Zhurnal, 74, 82 - 91. [in Russian].
  • 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.
  • Kethley, J. B. (1970) A revision of the family Syringophilidae (Prostigmata: Acarina). Contributions of the American Entomological Institute, 5, 1 - 76.