Family SYRINGOPHILIDAE Lavoipierre, 1953

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• Syringophilidae Lavoipierre, M.M.J. 1953. The undescribed male and female of the pigeon quill mite, Syringophilus columbae Hirst, 1920. Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene 47: 7.

Introduction

The Syringophilidae is a family of parasites that feed on the quills of feathers in a wide variety of birds. It is likely that thousands of species await description (Walter et al. 2009). Domrow (1991) recorded only two species from Australia, one described and one undescribed. Recent research has increased those numbers to 17 species in 13 genera, but Australia's 700 species of birds are likely to harbour mnay more species. Glowska et al. (2015) provided an updated list of the world species of Syringophilidae.

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Misidentifications

Syringophilidae: Syringophilus totani Oudemans, 1904 — Oudemans, A.C. 1904. Acarologische aanteekeningen XIII. Entomologische Berichten (Amsterdam) 1(19): 169-174

General References

Domrow, R. 1991. Acari Prostigmata (excluding Trombiculidae) parasitic on Australian vertebrates : an annotated checklist, keys and bibliography. Invertebrate Taxonomy 4: 1238-1376

Glowska, E., Chrzanowski, M. & Kaszewska, K. 2015. Checklist of the Quill mites (Acariformes: Syringophilidae) of the World. Zootaxa 3968(1): 1-81

Johnston, D.E. & Kethley, J.B. 1973. A numerical phenetic study of the quill mites of the family Syringophilidae (Acari). Journal of Parasitology 59: 520-530

Walter, D.E., Lindquist, E.E., Smith, I.M., Cook, D.R. & Krantz, G.W. 2009. Order Trombidiformes. pp. 233-420 in Krantz, G.W. & Walter, D.E. (eds). A Manual of Acarology. Lubbock, Texas : Texas Tech University Press Third edition, 807 pp.

Womersley, H. 1941. Notes on the Cheyletidae (Acarina, Trombidoidea) of Australia and New Zealand, with descriptions of new species. Records of the South Australian Museum (Adelaide) 7: 51-64

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