Colinophilus Kethley, 1973

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Genus Colinophilus Kethley, 1973

Colinophilus Kethley, 1973: 2 .

Type species: Colinophilus wilsoni Kethley, 1973 by original designation.

This genus includes only one species, C. wilsoni Kethley, 1973 which is known to occur in two odontophorid host species ( Odontophoridae ), Colinus virginianus from Kentucky and Florida ( USA) and Calipepla squamata from Texas ( USA) ( Kethley 1973; Casto 1976).

Females of the Colinophilus , are large quill mites (total body length 1.100µm), with large gnathosoma, well developed dorsal shields, ornamented dorsal setae; and with full compliment of body and leg setae. These plesiomorphic characters show similarity of this genus to the representants of the genus Syringophilus . C. wilsoni , was recorded from wide spectrum of microhabitats: primaries, secondaries, coverts, alulars, rectrices, but the primaries are the most commonly infested feathers ( Casto 1976).