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Aulobia sylviettae Fain, Bochkov and Mironov 2000

Description

Aulobia sylviettae (Fain, Bochkov and Mironov, 2000)

Syringophilopsis sylviettae Fain et al. 2000: 57, figs. 79–82. Aulobia sylviettae Skoracki et al. 2010b: 39.

This species was recorded from Sylvietta whytii Shelley (Passeriformes: Macrosphenidae) only in Rwanda (Fain et al. 2000; Skoracki et al. 2010b).

Material examined. 6 females and 2 males from Sylvietta whytii Shelley (Passeriformes: Macrosphenidae), KENYA (new locality): Amboseli, 2°44'34.17"S, 37°22'34.24"E, elev. 1174 m a.s.l., 26 November 2012, coll. M. Hromada and N. Kahure. 3 females and 1 male are deposited in the AMU (Reg. No. AMU–SYR.470), 3 females and 1 male in the LMEE (Reg. No. LMEE /S/9).

Notes

Published as part of Klimovičová, Miroslava, Mikula, Peter, Kahure, Njoki & Hromada, Martin, 2014, A review of quill mites (Acari: Syringophilidae) parasitising Kenyan birds, pp. 571-580 in Zootaxa 3857 (4) on page 578, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3857.4.6, http://zenodo.org/record/228556

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References

  • Fain, A., Bochkov, A. V. & Mironov, S. V. (2000) New genera and species of quill mites of the family Syringophilidae (Acari: Prostigmata). Bulletin de l'Institut Royal des Sciences Naturelles de Belgique, 70, 33 - 70.
  • Skoracki, M., Hendricks, S. & Spicer, G. S. (2010 b) Systematics of the ectoparasitic quill mites of the genus Aulobia Kethley, 1970 (Acari: Syringophilidae) with the description of a new species. Zootaxa, 2399, 31 - 41.