SYRINGOPHILUS NUMIDAE SP. N., A NEW SPECIES OF QUILL MITES (ACARINA: SYRINGOPHILIDAE) EX NUMIDA MELEAGRIS (GALLIFORMES: PHASIANIDAE) FROM SOUTH AFRICA

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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

Acknowledgments:

We thank Dr. S. Mironov (Zoological Ins-titute, St. Petersburg, Russia) for critical reviewing the manuscript.

The present research was supported by the Russian Foundation for Basic Research grant 00-04-48885

Annotation:

A new quill mite species Syringophilus numidae sp. n. (Cheyletoidea: Syringophilidae), collected from Numida me/eagris(Ga\\iformcs: Phasianidac) in South Africa, is described.

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