Syringophilopsis turdus ( Fritsch, 1958 )

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 : 298

Syringophilopsis turdus ( Fritsch, 1958)

This species inhabits the quills of secondary feathers of several avian hosts belonging to the genus Turdus : T. pilaris (type host) from Germany and Poland, T. philomelos Brehm from Russia and Poland, T. iliacus Linnaeus from Poland, and T. albicolis Vieillot from Argentina ( Fritsch 1958, Bochkov and Galloway 2001, Skoracki and Sikora 2002, Skoracki 2004). Below, we give the record of a new host – T. migratorius Linnaeus from USA.

M a t e r i a l e x a m i n e d: 4 females, 1 male and 1 nymph from secondary quill (Rs3) of Turdus migratorius Linnaeus ( Passeriformes : Turdidae ), USA, California, Madera Co., Sierra National Forest, 2000, G. Spicer coll. (GSS#35). All material deposited at NMNH, except 1 female at AMU.