Picobia Haller

Sikora, Bozena, Fajfer, Monika, Kavetska, Katarzyna & Skoracki, Maciej, 2012, Three new species of quill mites (Acari: Syringophilidae) parasitizing the wrens (Aves: Troglodytidae), Zootaxa 3167, pp. 57-65 : 62

publication ID	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.212830
DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6181898
persistent identifier	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/2F7F87FC-FFA5-4C02-1AED-A91AFA34FABB
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scientific name	Picobia Haller
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Genus Picobia Haller View in CoL

Members of the genus Picobia occupy only quills of body feathers. They are associated with three bird orders: Passeriformes (families Aegithalidae , Alaudidae , Corcoracidae , Corvidae , Fringillidae , Hirundinidae , Nectariniidae , Panuridae , Paradisaeidae , Pycnonotidae , Sturnidae , Sylviidae and Troglodytidae (a new host family for Picobia )); Piciformes (Picidae) and Upupiformes (Phoeniculidae) . This genus includes 20 species recorded from the Palaearctic, Australian, Ethiopian, Oriental and Neotropical regions ( Skoracki et al. 2010b; Skoracki 2011, present paper).

Skoracki, M., Hendricks, S. & Spicer, G. S. (2010 b) New species of parasitic quill mites of the genus Picobia (Acari: Syringophilidae: Picobiinae) from North American birds. Journal of Medical Entomology, 47, 727 - 742.

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Taxonomy

Kingdom	Animalia
Phylum	Arthropoda
Class	Arachnida
Order	Trombidiformes
Family	Syringophilidae

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