Syringophilopsis elongatus ( Ewing, 1911 )

Maciej Skoracki, Maureen E. Flannery & Greg S. Spicer, 2008, Quill mites of the genus Syringophilopsis Kethley, 1970 (Acari: Syringophilidae) from North American birds, Folia Parasitologica 55, pp. 291-300 : 299

Syringophilopsis elongatus ( Ewing, 1911)

This species was reported from four icterid avian hosts ( Icteridae ): Agelaius phoeniceus (Linnaeus) (type host), Euphagus carolinus (Müller) , Quiscalus quiscula (Linnaeus) , and Quiscalus mexicanus (Gmelin) , and from one cardinalid species Pheucticus melanocephalus (Swainson) ( Ewing 1911, Clark 1964, Casto 1976, Kethley 1970, Hood and Welch 1980, Bochkov and Galloway 2001). Below, we give the record of a new host – Euphagus cyanocephalus (Wagler) .

M a t e r i a l e x a m i n e d: One female and 2 nymphs from secondary quills (Rs3, 4) of Euphagus cyanocephalus (Wagler) ( Passeriformes : Icteridae ); USA, California, Shasta Co., Glenburn, 2005, G. Spicer coll. (GSS#1574). All material deposited at NMNH.