Aulobia cardueli Skoracki, Hendricks and Spicer, 2010

Skoracki, Maciej, Spicer, Greg S. & Oconnor, Barry M., 2016, A systematiC review of the subfamily Syringophilinae (ACari: Syringophilidae) of the NearCtiC region. Part 1: quill mites assoCiated with passerines (Aves: Passeriformes), Zootaxa 4084 (4), pp. 451-494 : 453

Aulobia cardueli Skoracki, Hendricks and Spicer, 2010

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Aulobia cardueli Skoracki et al., 2010a: 36 , figs. 14–23. Types deposited in AMU and USNM, examined. Type host: Spinus psaltria (Say) ( Passeriformes : Fringillidae ). Type locality: USA (Texas).

Hosts and distribution. Acanthis flammea (Linnaeus) (Fringillidae) from Poland and Slovakia (Skoracki 2011), Carduelis carduelis (Linnaeus) ( Fringillidae ) from Poland (Skoracki 2011) and Kazakhstan ( Skoracki & Bochkov 2010), C. flavirostris (Linnaeus) from Poland, Serinus citrinella (Pallas) (Fringillidae) from Poland (Skoracki 2011), Spinus psaltria (Say) ( Fringillidae ) from USA (Texas) ( Skoracki et al. 2010a), and S. spinus (Linnaeus) from Russia (Skoracki 2011).

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FIGURES 1 A – E. Aulobia cardueli Skoracki et al., 2010, female. A, dorsal view; B, ventral view; C, hypostomal apex; D, peritreme; E, fan-like seta p'III. Scale bars: A, B = 100 µm, C – E = 20 µm.