SYRINGOPHILOPSIS ALBICOLLISI SP.N., A NEW SPECIES OF THE QUILL MITE OF THE FAMILY SYRINGOPHILIDAE (ACARI: PROSTIGMATA)

About authors:

Skoracki M., Adam Mickiewicz University, Department of Animal Morphology, Umultowska 89, 61–614 Poznañ, Poland

Dabert Jacek, Department of Animal Morphology, Faculty of Biology, A. Mickiewicz University, Umultowska 89, Poznañ, 61-614, Poland

Acknowledgments:

We would like to express our appreciation to Dr. F.Puylaert, Dr. R.Jocque, and Dr. D. Van den Spiegel, Invertebrate Section of the Royal Muse-um for Central Africa (Tervuren, Belgium) for loaning the materials for the present study.

Annotation:

Syringophilopsis albicollisisp.n., a new species of quill mites of the family Syringophiiidae La-voipierre 1953 is described from the white-throat-ed bee-eater Merops albicollis (Coraciiformes: Meropidae) from Central Africa.

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