Neoaulonastus bisetatus (Fritsch, 1958)

Skoracki, Maciej, Hromada, Martin & Wamiti, Wanyoike, 2011, A new species and new host records of syringophilid mites (Acari: Syringophilidae) from passerines from Kenya, Zootaxa 2922, pp. 34-40 : 39

Neoaulonastus bisetatus (Fritsch, 1958)

This species was known only from Palaearctic region. N. bisetatus was recorded on several hosts of the genera Acrocephalus and Sylvia (Sylviidae) : Acrocephalus arundinaceus (Linnaeus) , A. dumetorum Blyth , A. paludicola (Vieillot) , A. scirpaceus (Hermann) , Sylvia atricapilla (Linnaeus) , S. communis Latham and S. curruca (Linnaeus) ( Skoracki 2011) .

Material examined: From quill of secondary feather of Acrocephalus palustris (Bechstein) ( Passeriformes : Sylviidae ) (new host): 7 females, 4 males, 1 tritonympha, 1 protonympha, 1 larva (AMU–SYR.291), KENYA: Tsavo West National Park, Komboyo Campsite, 2 0 45’18.30”S, 38 0 06’55.25”E, 854 m a.s.l., 9 December 2010, coll. M. Hromada and W. Wamiti. All material is deposited in the AMU, except 2 females in the ZISP, 2 females in the NMK and 1 female in the MRAC.