Betasyringophiloidus phoenicurus Skoracki, 2011

Pidhorna, Svitlana Ya., Chernychko, Kateryna J., Kivganov, Dmytro A., Trach, Viacheslav A. & Deli, Olga F., 2020, New and interesting records of quill mites (Acari: Prostigmata: Syringophilidae) of passerine birds of southwestern Ukraine, Persian Journal of Acarology 9 (3), pp. 213-223 : 215

Betasyringophiloidus phoenicurus Skoracki, 2011

Hosts and distribution – Black Redstart – Phoenicurus ochruros (type host) ( Muscicapidae ): Poland, Ukraine (first record) (Skoracki 2011; Glowska et al. 2015).

Material examined – From Phoenicurus ochruros , 13.10.2004, 11 females [1]; same host, 16.10.2004, 2 males, 6 females [1].

Differential diagnosis – Betasyringophiloidus phoenicurus differs from all congeners occurring in Palaearctic by the following combination of characters: each branch of peritremes with 13–14 chambers; dorsal setae thin; setae ag1 and ag2 subequal in length; setae c1, c2 and d1 shorter than 170; length of stylophore and movable cheliceral digit 150 and 110–115 respectively.

Remarks – This is the first record of this genus and species in Ukraine.