Syringophilopsis acrocephali Skoracki, 1999

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 : 216

Syringophilopsis acrocephali Skoracki, 1999

Hosts and distribution – Reed Warbler – Acrocephalus scirpaceus (type host) ( Acrocephalidae ): Poland, Russia; Marsh Warbler – Acrocephalus palustris : Poland, Slovakia, Ukraine (first record); Sedge Warbler – Acrocephalus schoenobaenus : Egypt, Poland, Slovakia, Ukraine (first record) (Skoracki 1999, 2011; Klimovičová and Hromada 2014; Glowska et al. 2015).

Material examined – From Acrocephalus palustris , 10.05.2004, 1 male, 3 females [1]; from Acrocephalus schoenobaenus , 31.04.2004, 2 males, 5 females [1]; same host, 26.09.2010, 8 females [2].

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 acrocephali differs from all congeners of turdi group occurring in Palaearctic by the following combination of characters: hypostomal apex with 1 pair of protuberances; seta ve 4–4.5 times longer than vi; setae ag2 1.5 times longer than g1.

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