DESCRIPTION OF TWO NEW QUILL MITE SPECIES (ACARI: SYRINGOPHILIDAE)

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

Annotation:

The paper contains a description of two new species of quill mites: Neosyringophilopsis lonchurae sp. n. from Lonchura cucullata (Passeriformes: Estrildidae) from Continental Africa and Aulonastus galbulicus sp. n. from Jacamaralcyon tridactyla (Piciformes: Galbulidae) from South America.

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