Columbiphilus species

Skoracki, Maciej, 2011, Quill mites (Acari: Syringophilidae) of the Palaearctic region 2840, Zootaxa 2840 (1), pp. 1-414 : 383

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scientific name	Columbiphilus species
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Key to Columbiphilus species

(Females)

1. Setae f1 more than 4 times longer than f2 ................... C. alectoris ( Fain, Bochkov and Mironov, 2000) View in CoL comb. nov.

– Setae f1 subequal or shorter than f2 ...................................................................... 2

2. Claw pair of legs III and IV subequal in size. Setae h1 short, subequal to setae f1........................................................................................... C. pteroclesi View in CoL ( Skoracki and OConnor, 2010) comb. nov.

– Claw pair of legs III and IV unequal in size. Setae h1 long, more than 7 times longer than f1 ......................... 3

3. Setae ag2 and g1 subequal in length. Length ratio of setae ag1: ag2 3:1............................................................................................. C. polonica ( Skoracki, Magowski and Dabert, 2001) View in CoL comb. nov.

– Setae ag2 twice as long as g1. Length ratio of setae ag1: ag2 1.6:1.......... C. khushalkhani Kivganov and Sharafat, 1995

References

Fain, A., Bochkov, A. V. & Mironov, S. V. (2000) New genera and species of quill mites of the family Syringophilidae (Acari: Prostigmata). Bulletin de l'Institut Royal des Sciences Naturelles de Belgique, 70, 33 - 70.

Kivganov, D. A. & Sharafat, G. S. (1995) [Review of the family Syringophilidae (Acari) with the description of new genera and species]. Zoologichesky Zhurnal, 74, 82 - 91. [In Russian].

Skoracki, M., Magowski, W. & Dabert, J. (2001 c) Picobia polonica sp. n. (Acari: Prostigmata: Syringophilidae), a new species of quill mite from the domestic hen, Gallus gallus domesticus (Aves: Phasianidae). Folia Parasitologica, 48, 154 - 158.

Skoracki, M. & OConnor, B. (2010) New taxa of quill mites (Acari: Cheyletoidea: Syringophilidae). Zootaxa, 2341, 1 - 32.