Syringophilopsis kirgizorum BOCHKOV, MIRONOV et KRAVTSOVA, 2000

Skoracki, M., Antczak, M., Riegert, J., Fainova, D. & Mikes, V., 2009, New Species And New Records Of Quill Mites (Acari: Syringophilidae) Inhabiting African Passerines (Aves: Passeriformes), Acta Zoologica Academiae Scientiarum Hungaricae 55 (2), pp. 123-137 : 128

Syringophilopsis kirgizorum BOCHKOV, MIRONOV et KRAVTSOVA, 2000

This species has been reported from three cardueline hosts ( Fringillidae : Carduelinae ): the European Greenfinch, Carduelis chloris (LINNAEUS) (type host), from Kirghizia, the Desert Finch, Rhodospiza obsoleta (LICHTENSTEIN) , also from Kirgizia ( BOCHKOV et al. 2000), and the European Goldfinch, Carduelis carduelis (LINNAEUS) , from Poland (SKORACKI 2004). Below, we record a new host for S. kirgizorum .

Material examined. From quill of secondary of the Oriole Finch, Linurgus olivaceus (FRASER, 1842) ( Passeriformes : Fringillidae ); 7 females (Syr. 230), Western Africa, Cameroon, 05.12.2007, coll. J. Riegert. Specimens deposited: 4 females at AMU, 1 female at ZIN , 2 females at MRAC .

Remark. The new host species for Syringophilopsis kirgizorum , the Oriole Finch, is the only species within the genus Linurgus ( Carduelinae ) which is common in African tropical mountain forests. Syringophilopsis kirgizorum found on this host is the first record of the quill mite of the genus Syringophilopsis found in both the Palaearctic and Ethiopian Regions. Our results also support the hypothesis that the Oriole Finch is a basal and distinct species, closely related to Carduelis and Rhodospiza ( ARNAIZ-VILLENA et al. 2007) .