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Torotrogla Kethley

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Genus Torotrogla Kethley

Torotrogla Kethley, 1970: 28. Type-species: Torotrogla mima Kethley, 1970, by original designation.

aphelocoma Bochkov, Flannery and Spicer, 2009: 184, figs. 1–3.

Type material. Holotype female at NMNH, paratypes: females, males at NMNH, AMU, UMICH, SFSU, ZISP. Hosts and distribution. Aphelocoma californica (type host) (Passeriformes: Corvidae), type-locality: USA, Texas, Jeff Davis Co., Fort Davis (Bochkov et al. 2009).

Habitat. Secondary feathers.

calcarius Skoracki, 2004: 310, figs. 18–25.

Type material. Holotype female at AMU, paratype: male at AMU (Syr. 83.1). Hosts and distribution. Calcarius lapponicus (type host) (Passeriformes: Calcariidae), type-locality: FINLAND, Lapland (Skoracki 2004c).

Habitat. Secondary feathers.

cardinalis Bochkov, Flannery and Spicer, 2009: 189, figs. 6, 7.

Type material. Holotype female at NMNH, paratypes: females at NMNH, AMU, SFSU, UMMZ, ZISP. Hosts and distribution. Cardinalis cardinalis (type host) (Passeriformes: Cardinalidae), type-locality: USA, Texas, Hood Co., Jones Ranch (Bochkov et al. 2009).

Habitat. Secondary feathers.

cardueli Bochkov and Mironov, 1999: 41, figs. 5, 6.

Type material. Holotype female at ZISP, paratypes: females, males at ZISP (T-Sy-11).

Hosts and distribution. Spinus spinus (type host) (Passeriformes: Fringillidae), type-locality: RUSSIA, Novogrod Prov. Chudovo Distr., Oskuy village (Bochkov & Mironov 1999); POLAND, Swinoujscie, (AMU, SNM) (Skoracki 2004c), SLOVAKIA, Kurov, (AMU) (Skoracki 2011b); Carduelis cannabina (Fringillidae), POLAND, Swinoujscie, (AMU, SNM) (Skoracki 2004c), SLOVAKIA, Balovela, (AMU) (Skoracki 2011b); C. carduelis (Fringillidae), POLAND, Bukowo-Kopan, (AMU, SNM) (Skoracki 2004c); Serinus canaria (Fringillidae), EUROPE, (AMU) (Skoracki 2011b); Loxia curvirostra (Fringillidae), POLAND, Zachodniopomorskie, Darlowko Wschodnie, Bukowo-Kopan, (AMU, ZISP) (Skoracki 2011b); L. leucoptera (Fringillidae), POLAND, (AMU, ZISP) (Skoracki 2011b); L. pytyopsittacus (Fringillidae), FINLAND, (AMU, ZISP) (Skoracki 2011b). Habitat. Secondary feathers.

coccothraustes Bochkov, Flannery and Spicer, 2009: 190, figs. 8, 9.

Type material. Holotype female at NMNH, paratypes: females at NMNH, SFSU, ZISP. Hosts and distribution. Coccothraustes vespertinus (type host) (Passeriformes: Fringillidae), type-locality: USA, California, Madera Co., Sierra National Forest (Bochkov et al. 2009).

Habitat. Primary feathers.

cyanocitta Bochkov, Flannery and Spicer, 2009: 187, figs. 4, 5.

Type material. Holotype female at NMNH, paratypes: females, males at NMNH, AMU, SFSU, UMMZ, ZISP. Hosts and distribution. Cyanocitta stelleri (type host) (Passeriformes: Corvidae), type-locality: USA, California, Lake Co., Lake Pillsbury (Bochkov et al. 2009).

Habitat. Secondary feathers.

gaudi Bochkov and Mironov, 1998: 10, figs. 17–20.

Type material. Holotype female at ZISP, paratypes: females at ZISP (T-Sy-4).

Hosts and distribution. Fringilla coelebs (type host) (Passeriformes: Fringillidae), type-locality: RUSSIA, Kaliningrad Prov. (Bochkov & Mironov 1998); POLAND, Kuznice-Hel, (AMU) (Skoracki & Skoracka 1999); F. montifringilla (Fringillidae), POLAND, near Gryfino, (AMU) (Skoracki 2004c), SLOVAKIA, (AMU) (Skoracki 2011b); Pyrrhula pyrrhula (Fringillidae), POLAND, (AMU) (Skoracki 2004c).

Habitat. Secondary feathers.

lullulae Skoracki, Hromada and Kuczynski, 2001: 88, figs. 1–11.

Type material. Holotype female at AMU (91.60), paratypes: females, male at AMU. Hosts and distribution. Lullula arborea (type host) (Passeriformes: Alaudidae), type-locality: SLOVAKIA, Zlate (Skoracki et al. 2001a); Eremophila alpestris (Alaudidae), RUSSIA, Wladikovkov, (AMU) (Skoracki 2011b). Habitat. Secondary feathers.

lusciniae Skoracki, 2004: 307, figs. 7–9.

Type material. Holotype female at AMU (Syr.72.1), paratypes: females, males, nymphs at AMU, SNM, ZISP. Hosts and distribution. Luscinia megarhynchos (type host) (Passeriformes: Muscicapidae), type-locality: ITALY (Skoracki 2004c); L. svecica (Muscicapidae), EUROPE, (AMU, SNM) (Skoracki 2004). Habitat. Secondary feathers.

merulae Skoracki, Dabert and Ehrnsberger, 2000: 192, figs. 1–10.

Type material. Holotype female at AMU (Syr. 28A), paratypes: females, males at AMU, ZISP, ZSM. Hosts and distribution. Turdus merula (type host) (Passeriformes: Turdidae), type-locality: POLAND, Kuznica- Hel (Skoracki et al. 2000); RUSSIA, Novogrod Prov. Oskuy village, (ZISP) (Bochkov et al. 2009), JORDAN, Al- Dhleil near Amman, (AMU) (Glowska et al. 2007); T. viscivorus (Turdidae), ROMANIA, (AMU, SNM) (Skoracki 2004c), POLAND, Przebendowo, (AMU) (Skoracki 2004c); T. philomelos (Turdidae), POLAND, Jeziory near Poznan, (AMU) (Skoracki 2004c), POLAND, Kuznica-Hel, (AMU, SNM) (Skoracki 2004c), GERMANY, (AMU) (Skoracki 2011b), JORDAN, Al-Dhleil near Amman, (AMU) (Glowska et al. 2007); T. torquatus (Turdidae), SLOVAKIA, Kurov, (AMU, ZISP) (Skoracki 2011b).

Habitat. Secondary and tertial feathers.

mima Kethley, 1970: 31, figs. 16, 17.

Type material. Holotype female at UGA, paratypes: females, males at UGA.

Hosts and distribution. Mimus polyglottos (type host) (Passeriformes: Mimidae), type-locality: USA, Georgia, Wayne Co. (Kethley 1970); M. triurus (Mimidae), ARGENTINA, Santa Fe, Las Roses, (AMU, ZSM, ZISP) (Sikora et al. 2011); M. patagonicus (Mimidae), SOUTH AMERICA, Patagonia, (AMU) (Sikora et al. 2011). Habitat. Primary feathers.

modularis Nattress and Skoracki, 2007: 140, figs. 1–10.

Type material. Holotype female at AMU (SYR.166B), paratypes: females, males, nymphs, larvae at AMU, ZISP, ZSM.

Hosts and distribution. Prunella modularis (type host) (Passeriformes: Prunellidae), type-locality: ENGLAND, West Yorkshire, Sherburn in Elmet (Nattress & Skoracki 2007); P. modularis (Prunellidae), POLAND, Pomorskie, Kuznica–Hel, (AMU, ZISP) (Skoracki 2011b), MONGOLIA, (AMU) (Skoracki 2011b). Habitat. Secondary and tertial feathers.

piranga Bochkov, Flannery and Spicer, 2009: 192, figs. 10–12.

Type material. Holotype female at NMNH, paratype: female at NMNH. Hosts and distribution. Piranga ludoviciana (type host) (Passeriformes: Cardinalidae), type-locality: USA, California, Sierra Co., Bear Trap Meadow (Bochkov et al. 2009).

Habitat. Primary feathers.

pycnonotus Skoracki, 2011: 250, figs. 183, 184.

Type material. Holotype female at AMU, paratypes: females at AMU (Syr.199). Hosts and distribution. Pycnonotus xanthopygos (type host) (Passeriformes: Pycnonotidae), type-locality: JORDAN (Skoracki 2011b).

Habitat. Secondary feathers.

rubeculi Skoracki, 2004: 304, figs. 1–9.

Type material. Holotype female at AMU (Syr.71), paratypes: females, males at AMU, SNM. Hosts and distribution. Erithacus rubecula (type host) (Passeriformes: Muscicapidae), type-locality: POLAND, Bukowo, Kopan (Skoracki 2004c); RUSSIA, (ZISP) (Bochkov et al. 2009). Habitat. Secondary feathers.

villosa (Hancock, 1895), Picobia villosa Hancock, 1895: 382, figs. 1, 2; Torotrogla villosa Kethley, 1970: 30. Type material. Lost (Kethley 1970).

Hosts and distribution. Phainopepla nitens (type host) (Passeriformes: Ptilogonatidae), type-locality: USA, Arizona (Hancock 1895).

Habitat. Secondary feathers.

volgini Skoracki and Mironov, 2013: 560, figs. 4, 5.

Type material. Holotype at ZISP (AVB 011-2908-052), paratypes at ZISP and AMU. Hosts and distribution. Emberiza elegans (type host) (Passeriformes: Emberizidae), type locality: RUSSIA, Primorsky Krai, Partizanskii Distr., Novolitovsk (Skoracki & Mironov 2013). Habitat. Secondary feathers.

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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 pages 43-45, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3968.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/288815

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Biodiversity

Family
Syringophilidae
Genus
Torotrogla
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., Flannery, M. E. & Spicer, G. S. (2009) Mites of the genus Torotrogla (Prostigmata: Syringophilidae) from North American passerines. Journal of Medical Entomology, 46, 183 - 197. http: // dx. doi. org / 10.1603 / 033.046.0203.
  • Skoracki, M. (2004 c) New data on systematics of the quill mites of the genus Torotrogla Kethley, 1970 (Acari: Syringophilidae). Belgian Journal of Entomology, 6, 303 - 314
  • Bochkov, A. V. & Mironov, S. V. (1999) New quill mite species of the family Syringophilidae (Acari: Cheyletoidea) from the European part of Russia. Acarina, 7, 35 - 45.
  • 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.
  • Skoracki, M., Hromada, M. & Kuczynski, L. (2001 a) Torotrogla lullulae, a new species of the family Syringophilidae Lavoipierre, 1953 (Acari: Prostigmata: Cheyletoidea). Genus, 12, 87 - 92.
  • Skoracki, M., Dabert, J. & Ehrnsberger, R. (2000) A new quill mite (Acari: Syringophilidae) from the Blackbird. Osnabrucker Naturwissenschaftliche Mitteilungen, 26, 191 - 198.
  • Glowska, E., Skoracki, M. & Khourly, F. (2007) A new species and new records of syringophilid mites (Acari: Prostigmata: Syringophilidae) from birds of Jordan. Zootaxa, 1635, 63 - 68
  • Nattress, B. & Skoracki, M. (2007) Quill mites of the family Syringophilidae Lavoipierre, 1953 (Acari: Cheyletoidea) parasitic on birds in England. Genus, 18, 139 - 145.
  • Hancock, J. L. (1895) Picobia villosa (Hancock). American Naturalist, 29, 866 - 867.