Aulobia cisticolae Skoracki and Sikora, 2003

Klimovičová, Miroslava, Mikula, Peter, Kahure, Njoki & Hromada, Martin, 2014, A review of quill mites (Acari: Syringophilidae) parasitising Kenyan birds, Zootaxa 3857 (4), pp. 571-580 : 575-577

Aulobia cisticolae Skoracki and Sikora, 2003

Aulobia cisticolae Skoracki and Sikora 2003: 2 , figs. 1–4; Skoracki et al. 2009: 132 .

This species was originally described from Cisticola erythrops (Hartlaub) ( Passeriformes : Cisticolidae ) from Togo ( Skoracki & Sikora 2003). It was found also in quills of Cisticola cantans (Heuglin) in Congo, C. lateralis (Fraser) in Togo ( Skoracki & Sikora 2003) and C. chubbi Sharpe in Cameroon ( Skoracki et al. 2009). Below we give the records of one new host and one new locality from Kenya.

Material examined. 2 females from Cisticola hunteri Shelley ( Passeriformes : Cisticolidae ) (new host, new locality), KENYA: Nyandarua (Njabini), 0°44'35.60"S, 36°39'56.62"E, elev. 2528 m a.s.l., 22 November 2012, coll. W. Wamiti. 12 females and 1 male from Cisticola sp. ( Passeriformes : Cisticolidae ) (new locality), KENYA: Amboseli, 2°44'34.17"S, 37°22'34.24"E, elev. 1174 m a.s.l., 22 November 2012, coll. M. Hromada and N. Kahure. All material from Cisticola hunteri is deposited in the AMU (Reg. No. AMU–SYR.468), except 1 female in the LMEE (Reg. No. LMEE /S/7). All material from Cisticola sp. is deposited in the AMU (Reg. No. AMU–SYR.467) except 6 females and 1 male in the LMEE (Reg. No. LMEE /S/8).