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Syringophiloidus carolae Skoracki, Flannery and Spicer 2009

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Syringophiloidus carolae Skoracki, Flannery and Spicer, 2009

Syringophioidus carolae Skoracki et al., 2009b: 66, figs. 6–9. Types deposited in AMU, examined. Type host: Cardinalis cardinalis (Linnaeus) (Cardinalidae). Type locality: USA (Texas).

Additional material. Four females and 1 male (FMNH uncatalogued) from Cardinalis cardinalis (Linnaeus) (Passeriformes: Cardinalidae), USA: Georgia, Emanuel Co., 12 mi. N. Swainsboro, 17 March 1969, coll. W. T. Atyeo, H. Proctor & J. B. Kethley, all material in FMNH; 6 females and 1 male (FMNH uncatalogued) from Passerina caerulea (Linnaeus) (Passeriformes: Cardinalidae), USA: Tennessee, Roane Co., 10 mi. W. Oak Ridge, 7 August 1960, coll. Atyeo, Braasch & Orwig, all material in FMNH.

Host and distribution. Cardinalis cardinalis (Linnaeus) (Cardinalidae) from USA (Georgia, Texas) (Skoracki et al. 2009b; present paper), Passerina caerulea (Linnaeus) (Cardinalidae) [new host] from USA (Tennessee) (present paper).

Remark. Mites collected from Melanerpes formicivorus (Swainson) (Piciformes: Picidae) and previously determined as S. carolae (Skoracki et al. 2009b) belong to a new and yet undescribed species.

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Published as part of Skoracki, Maciej, Spicer, Greg S. & Oconnor, Barry M., 2016, A systematiC review of the subfamily Syringophilinae (ACari: Syringophilidae) of the NearCtiC region. Part 1: quill mites assoCiated with passerines (Aves: Passeriformes), pp. 451-494 in Zootaxa 4084 (4) on pages 464-465, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4084.4.1, http://zenodo.org/record/1052257

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  • Skoracki, M., Flannery, M. E. & Spicer, G. S. (2009 b) New data on systematics of the quill mites of the genus Syringophiloidus Kethley, 1970 (Acari: Syringophilidae) from North American birds. Acta Parasitologica, 54, 64 - 72. http: // dx. doi. org / 10.2478 / s 11686 - 009 - 0001 - y.