Chauliacia securigera (Robin, 1877)

Eren, Gökhan, Öztürk, Mehmet, Mironov, Sergey V., Nisbet, Hatice Özlem & Açici, Mustafa, 2023, New records of feather mites (Sarcoptiformes: Astigmata) from some birds in Türkiye, Acarological Studies 5 (2), pp. 58-68 : 62

Chauliacia securigera (Robin, 1877)

Materials examined. 2 males from flight feathers of the common swift, Apus apus (Linnaeus, 1758) ( Apodiformes : Apodidae ), Samsun, Türkiye, 10 May 2022, coll. M. Öztürk (as shown in Fig. 3 ).

Remarks. The genus Chauliacia includes six described species associated with birds of the order Apodiformes in the Old World (Europe, Africa, and Asia) and the New World (North America and South America). In the previous studies conducted in world, C. securigera has been reported on the common swift Apus apus , the white-rumped swift A. caffer , the Horus swift A. horus , the Pacific swift A. pacificus , the pallid swift A. pallidus , the plain swift A. unicolor , and the African palm swift Cypsiurus parvus ( Kwanyuen, 1973; Peterson et al., 1980). In the present study, three eustathiid species detected on A. apus , are new records for feather mite fauna in Türkiye.

Figures

Figure 3. Mites of the family Eustathiidae—A. Chauliacia securigera, male, B. Neochauliacia minuscula, male, C. Eustathia cultrifera, male (scale bars: 100).