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Meitingsunes

Description

Key to species of the genus Meitingsunes

(Females)

1. Hysteronotal shield absent, coxal fields I‒IV punctate....................................... M. turacoenas sp. nov.

- Hysteronotal shield present, coxal fields I‒IV apunctate...................................................... 2

2. Setae f1 twice as long as h1............................................. M. aldwelles Glowska and Skoracki, 2010

- Setae f1 and h1 subequal in length or f1 1.7‒2 times shorter than h1............................................. 3

3. Body length less than 600µm, length of setae ve 20‒30, si 70‒100, se 130‒150....... M. caprimulgus Skoracki e t al. 2015.

- Body length more than 600µm, length of setae ve 50‒120, si 130‒190, se 185‒260.................................. 4

4. Propodonotal shield entire and punctate; bases of setae ve and si situated on propodonotal shield...................... 5

- Propodonotal shield divided into 2 triangular sclerites, apunctate; bases of setae ve and si situated off propodonotal shield..................................................................................... M. chalcophaps sp. nov.

5. Bases of setae 3a situated on coxal fields III........................................ M. columbicus Skoracki, 2011

- Bases of setae 3a situated off coxal fields III............................................................... 6

6. Hysteronotal shield represented by 3 sclerites, medial fused to punctate pygidial shield....... M. zenadourae (Clark, 1964)

- Hysteronotal shield represented by unpaired sclerites not fused to pygidial shield.................................................................................................... M. tympanistria (Skoracki and Dabert, 2002)

Notes

Published as part of Kaszewska, Katarzyna, Skoracki, Maciej & Kavetska, Katarzyna, 2016, Two new Meitingsunes species (Acari: Syringophilidae) from Indonesian doves (Columbiformes: Columbidae), pp. 479-486 in Zootaxa 4109 (4) on page 485, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4109.4.6, http://zenodo.org/record/258715

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Additional details

Biodiversity

Family
Syringophilidae
Genus
Meitingsunes
Kingdom
Animalia
Order
Passeriformes
Phylum
Chordata
Taxon rank
genus

References

  • Glowska, E. & Skoracki, M. (2010) Meitingsunes, a new genus of the ectoparasitic quill mites (Acari: Cheyletoidea: Syringophilidae). Zootaxa, 2514, 61 - 67.
  • Skoracki, M., Kaszewska, K., Unsoeld, M. & Skorupski, M. (2015) First record of parasitic quill mites of the family Syringophilidae (Acari: Prostigmata: Cheyletoidea) on an avian representative of the order Caprimulgiformes. International Journal of Acarology, 41, 128 - 131. http: // dx. doi. org / 10.1080 / 01647954.2015.1014413
  • Skoracki, M. (2011) Quill mites (Acari: Syringophilidae) of the Palaearctic region. Zootaxa, 2840, 1 - 416.
  • Clark, G. M. (1964) The acarine genus Syringophilus in North American birds. Acarologia, 6, 76 - 92.
  • Skoracki, M. & Dabert, J. (2002) A review of parasitic mites of the family Syringophilidae (Acari, Prostigmata) from African birds, with descriptions of four new species. Acta Parasitologica, 47, 137 - 146.