Aulobia cisticolae Skoracki and Sikora, 2003

Klimovičová, Miroslava, Mikula, Peter, Kahure, Njoki & Hromada, Martin, 2014, A review of quill mites (Acari: Syringophilidae) parasitising Kenyan birds, Zootaxa 3857 (4), pp. 571-580 : 575-577

publication ID

https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.3857.4.6

publication LSID

lsid:zoobank.org:pub:371A8D32-7CD0-49EC-9E96-EE64E3DB4F76

DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.3512972

persistent identifier

https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03A3F91E-FFA0-8A18-FF31-9EACFCF0F820

treatment provided by

Plazi

scientific name

Aulobia cisticolae Skoracki and Sikora, 2003
status

 

Aulobia cisticolae Skoracki and Sikora, 2003 View in CoL

Aulobia cisticolae Skoracki and Sikora 2003: 2 View in CoL View Cited Treatment , figs. 1–4; Skoracki et al. 2009: 132 View Cited Treatment .

This species was originally described from Cisticola erythrops (Hartlaub) View in CoL ( Passeriformes View in CoL : Cisticolidae View in CoL ) from Togo ( Skoracki & Sikora 2003). It was found also in quills of Cisticola cantans (Heuglin) View in CoL in Congo, C. lateralis (Fraser) View in CoL in Togo ( Skoracki & Sikora 2003) and C. chubbi Sharpe View in CoL in Cameroon ( Skoracki et al. 2009). Below we give the records of one new host and one new locality from Kenya.

Material examined. 2 females from Cisticola hunteri Shelley ( Passeriformes : Cisticolidae ) (new host, new locality), KENYA: Nyandarua (Njabini), 0°44'35.60"S, 36°39'56.62"E, elev. 2528 m a.s.l., 22 November 2012, coll. W. Wamiti. 12 females and 1 male from Cisticola sp. ( Passeriformes : Cisticolidae ) (new locality), KENYA: Amboseli, 2°44'34.17"S, 37°22'34.24"E, elev. 1174 m a.s.l., 22 November 2012, coll. M. Hromada and N. Kahure. All material from Cisticola hunteri is deposited in the AMU (Reg. No. AMU–SYR.468), except 1 female in the LMEE (Reg. No. LMEE /S/7). All material from Cisticola sp. is deposited in the AMU (Reg. No. AMU–SYR.467) except 6 females and 1 male in the LMEE (Reg. No. LMEE /S/8).

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Arachnida

Order

Trombidiformes

Family

Syringophilidae

Genus

Aulobia

Loc

Aulobia cisticolae Skoracki and Sikora, 2003

Klimovičová, Miroslava, Mikula, Peter, Kahure, Njoki & Hromada, Martin 2014
2014
Loc

Aulobia cisticolae

Skoracki 2009: 132
Skoracki 2003: 2
2003
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