Syringophiloidus Kethley

Sikora, Bozena, Kaszewska, Katarzyna & Skoracki, Maciej, 2014, Two new quill mites of the family Syringophilidae (Acari: Prostigmata) parasitising the tapaculos (Passeriformes: Rhinocryptidae) in South America, Zootaxa 3895 (3), pp. 419-426 : 420

Genus Syringophiloidus Kethley

To date, this genus has included 38 species inhabiting quills of the wing and tail feathers ( Skoracki 2011). Members of the genus Syringophiloidus are associated with birds of the orders: Passeriformes (35 species), Piciformes (1 species, found also on passerines), Trogoniformes (1 species) and Apodiformes (1 species) ( Skoracki et al. 2012, 2013; Glowska et al. 2012; Glowska & Schmidt 2014). Below we give a description of a new species which is the second representative of the genus Syringophiloidus parasitising birds of the family Rhinocryptidae .