Family SYRINGOBIIDAE Trouessart, 1897

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• Syringobieae Trouessart, E.L. 1897. Sur la classification des Sarcoptides plumicoles [Acar.]. Bulletin de la Société Entomologique de France 1: 419-422 [original spelling].

Introduction

The Syringobiidae is a family of parasitic mites that occur in the quills and feather shafts of sea birds in the Order Charadriiformes (Gaud & Atyeo 1996; OConnor 2009). They feed on the material that fills the quill cavity, and can sometimes cause some damage to the feathers. The family was comprehensively revised by Dabert (2003a, 2003b), who documented 14 genera and 67 species. Only two species are known from Australia, but that number is certain to increase when the Australian feather mite fauna is studied more thoroughly.

General References

Dabert, J. 2003a. The feather mite family Syringobiidae Trouessart, 1896 (Acari, Astigmata, Pterolichoidea). I. Systematics of the family and description of new taxa. Acta Parasitologica 48(Supplement): S1–S184

Dabert, J. 2003b. The feather mite family Syringobiidae Trouessart, 1896 (Acari, Astigmata, Pterolichoidea). II. Phylogeny and host-parasite evolutionary relationships. Acta Parasitologica 48(Supplement): S185–S233

Gaud, J. & Atyeo, W.T. 1996. Feather mites of the world (Acarina, Astigmata) The supraspecific taxa. Annales du Musée Royal de l'Afrique Centrale Tervuren Belgique 277: Pt I, 1-193, Pt II, 1-436

OConnor, B.M. 2009. Cohort Astigmatina. pp. 565–657 in Krantz, G.W. & Walter, D.E. (eds). A Manual of Acarology. Lubbock, Texas : Texas Tech University Press Third edition, 807 pp.

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