Castosyringophilus Bochkov and Perez

Glowska, Eliza, Chrzanowski, Mateusz & Kaszewska, Katarzyna, 2015, Checklist of the Quill mites (Acariformes: Syringophilidae) of the World, Zootaxa 3968 (1), pp. 1-81 : 12

Genus Castosyringophilus Bochkov and Perez

Castosyringophilus Bochkov and Perez, 2002: 151 . Type-species: Peristerophila mucuya Casto, 1980 , by original designation.

claravis Skoracki and Glowska, 2008: 155 , figs. 9–15.

Type material. Holotype female at AMU, paratypes: females, nymphs at AMU, ZISP, ZSM. Hosts and distribution. Claravis pretiosa (type host) ( Columbiformes : Columbidae ), type-locality: BOLIVIA, Sierra de Chiquitos ( Skoracki & Glowska 2008a).

Habitat. Unknown.

forpi Bochkov and Perez, 2002: 152 , fig. 4.

Type material. Holotype female at UNAM, paratypes: females at UNAM. Hosts and distribution. Forpus cyanopygius (type host) ( Psittaciformes : Psittacidae ), type-locality: MEXICO, Nayarit, Ruiz ( Bochkov & Perez 2002).

Habitat. Unknown.

mucuya (Casto, 1980) , Peristerophila mucuya Casto, 1980: 1 , figs. 1, 2; Castosyringophilus mucuya, Bochkov & Perez 2002: 152 .

Type material. Holotype female at USNM (3965), paratypes: female, male at USNM. Hosts and distribution. Columbina passerina (type host) ( Columbiformes : Columbidae ), type-locality: USA, Texas, Co. La sella (Casto 1980); Metriopelia melanoptera (Columbidae) , ARGENTINA, Rio Negro, ( AMU, ZSM, ZISP) ( Skoracki & Glowska 2008a); Columbina talpacoti (Columbidae) , BRAZIL, Bahia, ( AMU, ZSM, ZISP) ( Skoracki & Glowska 2008a).

Habitat. Primary, secondary, alulars, tail covert feathers.