NEW QUILL MITE SPECIES OF THE FAMILY SYRINGOPHILIDAE (ACARI: CHEYLETOIDEA) FROM THE EUROPEAN PART OF RUSSIA

About authors:

Bochkov A. V. , Zoological Institute, Russian Academy of Sciences, Universitetskaya emb. 1, 199034 St. Petersburg, Russia. Museum of Zoology, University of Michigan, 1109 Geddes Ave., Ann Arbor, Michigan 48109, USA

Sergey V. Mironov, e-mail

Zoological Institute, Russian Academy of Sciences, Saint Petersburg, Russia

Acknowledgments:

The research was supported by the Russian Foundation for Basic Research, Grant № 96—15— 97882 and № 99-04-49568.

Annotation:

A four new syringophilid mite species from North-West of Russia are described: Stibarokris langei sp.n. ex Ciconia alba, Aulonastus prunellae sp.n. ex Prunella modularis, Torotrogla cardueli ex Carduelisspinus, and Syringophilopsisborinisp.n. ex Sylvia borin.

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