Syringophilopsis kazmierski Skoracki, 2004

Pidhorna, Svitlana Ya., Chernychko, Kateryna J., Kivganov, Dmytro A., Trach, Viacheslav A. & Deli, Olga F., 2020, New and interesting records of quill mites (Acari: Prostigmata: Syringophilidae) of passerine birds of southwestern Ukraine, Persian Journal of Acarology 9 (3), pp. 213-223 : 217

Syringophilopsis kazmierski Skoracki, 2004

Hosts and distribution – Pied Flycatcher – Ficedula hypoleuca (type host) ( Muscicapidae ): Poland, Slovakia, Germany, Ukraine (first record); Red-breasted Flycatcher – Ficedula parva : Poland, Romania, Slovakia, Ukraine (first record); Redstart – Phoenicurus phoenicurus : Jordan (Skoracki 2004, 2011; Klimovičová and Hromada 2014; Glowska et al. 2015; Zmudzinski and Unsoeld 2019). Material examined – From Ficedula hypoleuca , 26.04.2004, 3 males, 2 females [1]; from Ficedula parva , 29.04.2004, 13 males, 22 females [1].

Differential diagnosis – This species is a representative of the turdi species group characterized by terminal setae f1 and h1 short, f2 and h2 long in females. Syringophilopsis kazmierski differs from all congeners of turdi group occurring in Palaearctic by the following combination of characters: hypostomal apex with 2 pairs of protuberances; both genital setae and aggenital setae ag2 subequal in length or genital setae slightly longer than setae ag2; propodonotal setae vi and ve subequal in length.

Remarks – This is the first record of this species in Ukraine.