Peristerophila columbae ( Hirst, 1920 )

Kaszewska, Katarzyna, Skoracki, Maciej, Kosicki, Jakub Z. & Hromada, Martin, 2020, New species and records of the quill mites of the genus Peristerophila Kethley 1970 (Acariformes: Syringophilidae) associated with pigeons and doves (Aves Columbiformes), Zootaxa 4878 (2), pp. 349-361 : 355-357

Peristerophila columbae ( Hirst, 1920)

Syringophilus columbae Hirst, 1920: 121 .

Peristerophila columbae, Kethley1970: 56 , figs. 32.

Type host: Columba livia Gmelin ( Columbiformes : Columbidae ) from USA.

Diagnosis. FEMALE HOMEOMORPHIC FORM. Total body length 635‒680. Infracapitulum punctate. Length of gnathosoma 85–110. Length ratio of apodemes I: gnathosoma 1:1.3–1.5. Each medial branch of peritremes with 2 chambers, each lateral branch with 4‒5 chambers. Propodonotal shield punctate, weakly sclerotized, rectangular in shape or reduced to 3 sabre-like, vertical sclerites. Hysteronotal shield fused to pygidial shield. and punctate in posterior part; bases of setae d1 situated on anterior margin of this shield. Coxal fields I densely punctate, II‒IV sparsely punctate. Bases of setae 3a situated out of coxal fields III. Lengths of setae: ve 20–25, si 20–25, se 190–220, c1 200–230, c2 180–195. Length of apodemes I 65–70. Length of legs I 60–75, legs II 50–70. Length ratios of setae: ve: si: se 1:1.2‒1.5:7.8‒9.5, e2: d2 1:1.4‒1.6.

FEMALE, HETEROMORPHIC FORM. Unknown.

MALE. Total body length 335‒370. Infracapitulum apunctate. Each medial branch of peritremes with 2 cham-bers, each lateral branch with 4 chambers. Propodonotal shield entire, apunctate. Setae se and c2 situated at same transverse level. Hysteronotal shield not fused to pygidial shield. Pygidial shield apunctate. Coxal fields I–IV apunctate. Length of setae: ve 20–25, si 20–25, se 70, d1 20, d2 55, e2 20. Length ratios of setae ve: si: se 1:1.2‒1.5:2.8‒3.5; e2: d2 1:2.7.

Hosts and distribution. Columbiformes (Columbidae) —African Olive-pigeon Columba arquatrix (Temminck) (new host) from Kenya, Speckled Pigeon Columba guinea Linnaeus (new host) from Tanzania and South Africa, Snow Pigeon Columba leuconota (Vigors) (new host) from Nepal (this study), Rock Pigeon Columba livia Gmelin from Poland ( Skoracki 2011), England ( Nattress & Skoracki 2009), Turkey, Iran, India ( Bochkov & Mironov 1998), Macedonia (new locality), and Canada (new locality) (this study), Stock Pigeon Columba oenas Linnaeus (new host) from Germany, Common Wood-Pigeon Columba palumbus Linnaeus (new host) from Germany and England, Madeira laurel Pigeon Columba trocaz Heineken (new host) from Portugal, Chiriqui Quail-Dove Geotrygon chiriquensis Sclater (new host) from Panama, Scaled Pigeon Patagioenas speciosa (Gmelin) from Surinam (new host) (this study), Eurasian Collared-Dove Streptopelia decaocto (Frivaldszky) from Jordan ( Skoracki 2011), Mourning Collared-Dove Streptopelia decipiens (Hartlaub and Finsch) (new host) from Tanzania, Ring-necked Dove Streptopelia capicola (Sundevall) (new host) from Angola, Oriental Turtle Dove Streptopelia orientalis (Latham) (new host) from Japan, Red-eyed Dove Streptopelia semitorquata (Rueppell) (new host) from Tanzania, Angola, and D.R. Congo, Red Collared-Dove Streptopelia tranquebarica (Hermann) (new host) from China, European Turtle-Dove Streptopelia turtur (Linnaeus) (new host) from Macedonia, Hungary, Germany, and Greece (this study).

New material examined herein. Columbiformes (Columbidae) — 10 females (HOM) (reg. no. AMU-SYR.908) from Columba arguatrix , KENYA: Central Province , Kikuyu, December 1894, coll. Neumann [host in the ZSM, uncatalogued]. 4 females (HOM) (reg. no. AMU-SYR.909) from Columba guinea Linnaeus , SOUTH AFRICA: February 1911, coll. Kattwinkel [host reg. no. ZSM 11.2614 ]. 7 females (HOM) (reg. no. AMU-SYR.910) from same host species, TANZANIA: 8 June 1961, coll. Th. Andersen [host reg. no. ZSM 62.40 ]. 6 females (HOM) deposited in the AMU (reg. no. AMU-SYR.912) from same host species, TANZANIA: Dodoma Distr., 12 March 1953, coll. Th. Andersen [host reg. no. ZSM 1428 ]. 9 females (HOM) (reg. no. AMU-SYR.912) from Columba leuconota , NEPAL: Himalayas, 30 June 1962, coll. unknown [host in the ZSM, uncatalogued]. 2 females (HOM) (reg. no. AMU-SYR.913) from Columba livia , MACEDONIA: 20 February 1918, coll. L. Mueller [host reg. no. ZSM 18.1764 ]. 1 female (HOM) (reg. no. AMU-SYR.914) from same host species, CANADA: March 2005, coll. Edmonton. 9 females (HOM) (reg. no. AMU-SYR.915) from Columba oenas , GERMANY: Westheim Pfalz, 18 May 1909, coll. Laubmann [host in the ZSM, uncatalogued]. 10 females (HOM) (reg. no. AMU-SYR.916) from Columba palumbus , GERMANY: no other data [host in the ZSM, uncatalogued]. 7 females (HOM) (reg. no. AMU- SYR.917) from same host species, ENGLAND: no other data [host in the ZSM uncatalogued]. 3 females (HOM) (reg. no. AMU-SYR.918) from Columba trocaz , PORTUGAL: Madeira Isl., no other data [host in the ZSM, uncatalogued]. 8 females (HOM) (reg. no. AMU-SYR.919) from Geotrygon chiriquensis , PANAMA: Chiriqui, 1895, coll. Dalmas [host reg. no. ZSM 09.3564 ]. 4 females (HOM), 1 tritonymph (reg. no. AMU-SYR.920) from Patagioenas speciosa , SURINAM: Paramaribo,1843, no other data [host in the ZSM, uncatalogued]. 5 females (HOM) deposited in the AMU (reg. no. AMU-SYR.921) from Streptopelia capicola , ANGOLA: Entre Rios, 27 June 1953, coll. W. Hellmid [host reg. no. ZSM 55.43 ]. 9 females (HOM) (reg. no. AMU-SYR.922) from Streptopelia decaocto , MACEDONIA: Veles, 7 March 1918, coll. L. Mueller [host reg. no. ZSM 18.1863 ]. 7 females (HOM), 1 protonymph, 1 tritonymph (reg. no. AMU-SYR.923) from Streptopelia tranquebarica , CHINA: Yangtze, 29 July 1899, coll. Haberer [host in the ZSM uncatalogued]. 2 females (HOM) (reg. no. AMU-SYR.924) from Streptopelia decipiens , TANZANIA: Maasailand, December 1893, coll. O. Neumann host in the ZSM , uncatalogued]. 2 females (HOM) (reg. no. AMU-SYR.925) from Streptopelia orientalis , JAPAN: Nara, 7 December 1904, coll. Doflein [host in the ZSM, uncatalogued]. 6 females (HOM) (reg. no. AMU-SYR.927) from Streptopelia semitorquata , TAN-ZANIA : Mtwara Distr. Mikindami, 19 September 1962, coll. Th. Andersen [host reg. no. ZSM 63.276 ]. 3 females (HOM) (reg. no. AMU-SYR.928) from same host species, ANGOLA: 26 June 1953, coll. W. Hellmid [host reg. no. ZSM 55.41 ]. 3 females (HOM) (reg. no. AMU-SYR.929) from same host species, D. R . CONGO: Katanga, coll. Michell, no other data [host in the ZSM, uncatalogued]. 5 females (HOM) (reg. no. AMU-SYR.930) from Streptopelia turtur , MACEDONIA: Veles, 26 May 1918, coll. Mueller [host reg. no. ZSM 18.2663 ]. 5 females (HOM) (reg. no. AMU-SYR.930a) from same host species, GREECE: Thessaloniki, 10 May 1931, coll. Kattinger [host reg. no. ZSM 33.403 ]. 4 females (HOM) (reg. no. AMU-SYR.931) from same host species, HUNGARY: Dabas, Tatarszentgyorgy , 11 July 1924, coll. M. Kiefer [host reg. no. ZSM 24.373 ]. 2 females (HOM), 1 protonymph and 1 larva (reg. no. AMU-SYR.932), GERMANY: Bayern, 9 June 1925, coll. unknown [host reg. no. ZSM 24.373 ] .