Syringophilopsis sittae Skoracki, Hendricks and Spicer 2011

Syringophilopsis sittae Skoracki, Hendricks and Spicer, 2011

This species was previously described from Sitta carolinensis Latham (Sittidae) in the United States (Skoracki et al. 2011), and there were no other data on this mite since the first description. Below we give the record of a new host species, Sitta europaea Linnaeus, collected in Russia (new locality).

Material examined. From secondary quill of Sitta europaea Linnaeus (Passeriformes: Sittidae): 4 females, 2 males and 2 tritonymphs; RUSSIA, Primorsky Krai, Partizanskii District, Novolitovsk, 9 km N, 42º51’40”N; 132º53’5.5”E, 30 September 2008, coll. S.V. Mironov (SVM 08–0930–1/2). All material is deposited in the ZISP (ZISP–AVB 011–2908–057), except 1 female and 1 male in the AMU (Reg. No. AMU–SYR.432).