Peristerophila columbae Hirst 1920
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Peristerophila columbae (Hirst, 1920)
This species was originally described as Syringophilus columbae by Hirst (1920) from Columba livia Gmelin. Kethley (1970) moved this species to the genus Peristerophila Kethley, 1970. Up to now, P. c o l u m b a parasitizing the rock doves was reported from USA, Turkey, Iran, and India (Kethley 1970; Bochkov & Mironov 1998). It has now been recorded from its type host in England.
Material examined. Three females and 4 nymphs from under greater coverts of the feral rock dove; England, West Ardsley near Leeds (53°43’N, 1°34’W), 12 June 2006, coll. B. Nattress. Six females and one larva from the axillaries of the same host from England, Darfield, South Yorkshire (53°32’N, 1°22’W), 12 July 2008, coll. A. Norman.
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- Is part of
- Journal article: 10.5281/zenodo.188441 (DOI)
- Journal article: http://publication.plazi.org/id/FF9DE4201359FFBCFFE1FFFD093AA350 (URL)
- Is source of
- https://sibils.text-analytics.ch/search/collections/plazi/03A49C58135DFFB8FF76FDEB08E5A0D8 (URL)
- https://www.gbif.org/species/119619871 (URL)
- https://www.checklistbank.org/dataset/40859/taxon/03A49C58135DFFB8FF76FDEB08E5A0D8.taxon (URL)
Biodiversity
- Family
- Syringophilidae
- Genus
- Peristerophila
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Order
- Trombidiformes
- Phylum
- Arthropoda
- Scientific name authorship
- Hirst
- Species
- columbae
- Taxon rank
- species
- Taxonomic concept label
- Peristerophila columbae Hirst, 1920 sec. Nattress & Skoracki, 2009
References
- Hirst, S. (1920) Notes on Acari parasitic on birds with descriptions of two new species. Annals and Magazine of Natural History, 6, 121 - 122.
- Kethley, J. B. (1970) A revision of the family Syringophilidae (Prostigmata: Acarina). Contributions of the American Entomological Institute, 5, 1 - 76.
- Bochov, A. V. & Mironov, S. V. (1998) Quill mites of the family Syringophilidae Lavoipierre, 1953 (Acariformes: Prostigmata) parasitic on birds (Aves) of the fauna of the former USSR. Acarina, 6, 3 - 16.