Columbiphilus Kivganov and Sharafat, 1995

Skoracki, Maciej & Sikora, Bozena, 2011, Quill mites (Acari: Syringophilidae) associated with galliform birds (Aves: Galliformes), Zootaxa 2966, pp. 13-30 : 26

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scientific name	Columbiphilus Kivganov and Sharafat, 1995
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Genus Columbiphilus Kivganov and Sharafat, 1995 View in CoL

Columbiphilus Kivganov and Sharafat, 1995: 82 View in CoL .

Picobia, Bochkov & Mironov 1998: 15 View in CoL .

Columbiphilus, Skoracki 2011: 373 View in CoL View Cited Treatment

Type species: C. khushalkhani Kivganov and Sharafat, 1995 by original designation.

This genus comprises the species associated with birds of the three orders, Galliformes , Columbiformes and Pteroclidiformes ( Skoracki 2011). Galliform-associated mites belong to two species, C. polonica (Skoracki et al., 2002) , C. alectoris ( Fain et al., 2000) , and one new species described below.

Although, this genus was established based on material collected from nest of Columba livia Gmelin in Afganistan ( Kivganov & Sharafat 1995), in our opinion, this bird is not true host for this mite species. Really the picobiin connected with doves is Neopicobia zumpti ( Lawrence, 1959) recorded from African, American, European doves ( Lawrence 1959; Bochkov et al. 2005; pers. obs.). C. khushalkhani is morphologically very similar to C. polonica , (a poor description and access to the type material of C. khushalkhani being unavailable, does not allow us to compare these two species). We suggest accidental transfer of these quill mites from domestic hen to nearby nesting doves. Thus, the name Columbiphilus does not show the real association of these quill mites with their hosts.

References

Bochkov, A. V. & Mironov, S. V. (1998) Quill mites of the family Syringophilidae Lavoipierre, 1953 (Acariformes: Prostigmata) parasitic on birds (Aves) of the fauna of the former USSR. Acarina, 6, 3 - 16.

Bochkov, A. V., Williams, G. & Proctor, H. (2005) First record of Picobia zumpti (Acari: Syringophilidae) from quills of the rock pigeon in North America and description of the male. Belgian Journal of Entomology, 7, 121 - 127.

Fain, A., Bochkov, A. V. & Mironov, S. V. (2000) New genera and species of quill mites of the family Syringophilidae (Acari: Prostigmata). Bulletin de l'Institut Royal des Sciences Naturelles de Belgique, 70, 33 - 70.

Kivganov, D. A. & Sharafat, G. S. (1995) [Review of the family Syringophilidae (Acari) with the description of new genera and species]. Zoologichesky Zhurnal, 74, 82 - 91. [In Russian].

Lawrence, R. F. (1959) New mite parasites of African birds. Parasitology, 49, 416 - 438.

Skoracki, M. (2011) Quill mites (Acari: Syringophilidae) of the Palaearctic region. Zootaxa (Suppl. 2840), Magnolia Press., New Zealand. 415 pp.