Aulobia KETHLEY, 1970

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 : 132

Genus: Aulobia KETHLEY, 1970

Mites of the genus Aulobia are medium-sized syringophilids (700–900 µm) inhabiting quills of secondary feathers and coverts. This uniform genus comprises five named species, mainly restricted to passerines of the family Sylviidae , except A. dendroicus (CLARK, 1964) , recorded from a species of Parulidae (SKORACKI & DABERT 2001) .

Only three species of this genus have been reported from the Ethiopian Region: A. erythroptera SKORACKI et DABERT, 2001 described from the Red-winged Warbler, Heliolais erythropterus (JARDINE) and A. virens SKORACKI et DABERT, 2001 described from the Green Crombec, Sylvietta virens CASSIN , both of them have been collected in Togo (SKORACKI & DABERT 2001). Aulobia cisticolae is discussed below.