Philoxanthornea clarki Kivganov, 1995

Skoracki, Maciej, Dabert, Jacek & Schmäschke, Ronald, 2006, Observations on the quill mites (Acari: Syringophilidae) from charadriiform birds, Zootaxa 1156, pp. 51-64 : 62-63

Philoxanthornea clarki Kivganov, 1995

This species was reported from Sterna albifrons Pallas (Sternidae) from the Ukraine and from Larus canus L ( Laridae ) from Russia ( Kivganov & Sharafat 1995; Bochkov & Mironov 1998). We recollected this species from Sterna hirundo L. ( Sternidae ) from Poland.

Material deposition. Whole material is deposited at UAM except 2 females at ZIN and 2 females at ZSM.

Key to the species of the genus Philoxanthornea (females)

1. Setae l1, d2 and l2 subequal in length........................................................................... 2

­ Setae l1 2 times longer than d2 and l2 ............... P. dubinini Bochkov et Mironov, 1998

2. Setae h 3.3 times longer than vi, setae pg2 2 times shorter than pg1 .............................. ................................................................................................. P. clarki Kivganov, 1995

­ Setae h 5 times shorter than vi, setae pg2 no more than 1.5 times shorter than pg1 ....... ...................................................................................................... P. anoa Kethley, 1970