Persian Journal of Acarology

New and interesting records of quill mites (Acari: Prostigmata: Syringophilidae) of passerine birds of southwestern Ukraine

Authors

Svitlana Pidhorna 1
Kateryna Chernychko 1
Dmytro Kivganov 1
Viacheslav Trach 2
Olga Deli 1

1 Odessa I. I. Mechnikov National University, Odessa, Ukraine; E-mails: spb1981@ukr.net, chernichko_katarina@ukr. net, kivganov@onu.edu.ua, vatrach@gmail.com, delijka@ukr.net

2 1. Odessa I. I. Mechnikov National University, Odessa, Ukraine; E-mails: spb1981@ukr.net, chernichko_katarina@ukr. net, kivganov@onu.edu.ua, vatrach@gmail.com, delijka@ukr.net 2. Ukrainian I. I. Mechnikov Anti-Plague Research Institute of the Ministry of Health of Ukraine, Odessa, Ukraine

https://doi.org/10.22073/pja.v9i3.60299
Abstract
New and interesting records of quill mites (Acari: Prostigmata, Syringophilidae) of passerine birds of southwestern Ukraine are presented. Three genera (Betasyringophiloidus Skoracki, 2011; Neoaulonastus Skoracki, 2004; Torotrogla Kethley, 1970) and 11 species (Betasyringophiloidus saxicolus Skoracki, 2011; B. phoenicurus Skoracki, 2011; Neoaulonastus bisetatus (Fritsch, 1958); Syringophilopsis acrocephali Skoracki, 1999; S. blaszaki Skoracki & Dabert, 1999; S. fringillae (Fritsch, 1958); S. hirundus Skoracki, 2004; S. kazmierski Skoracki, 2004; S. rusticus Skoracki, 2004; Torotrogla rubeculi Skoracki, 2004; T. merulae Skoracki, Dabert & Ehrnsberger, 2000) are recorded for the first time in Ukraine. New host record for S. rusticus Skoracki, 2004 is given. The syringophilid fauna presently recorded from Ukraine is summarized and keyed.

Keywords

Acariformes
ectoparasites
faunistics
Odessa Region
Passeriformes
Persian Journal of Acarology
Volume 9, Issue 3
Summer 2020
Pages 213-223

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