Torotrogla merulae Skoracki, Dabert and Ehrnsberger, 2000

Skoracki, Maciej, Spicer, Greg S. & Oconnor, Barry M., 2016, A systematiC review of the subfamily Syringophilinae (ACari: Syringophilidae) of the NearCtiC region. Part 1: quill mites assoCiated with passerines (Aves: Passeriformes), Zootaxa 4084 (4), pp. 451-494 : 483

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scientific name	Torotrogla merulae Skoracki, Dabert and Ehrnsberger, 2000
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Torotrogla merulae Skoracki, Dabert and Ehrnsberger, 2000 View in CoL

Torotrogla merulae Skoracki et al., 2000: 192 View in CoL , figs. 1–10; Skoracki 2011: 228, figs. 166–168. Types deposited in AMU, ZISP and ZSM examined.

Type host: Turdus merula Linnaeus ( Passeriformes : Turdidae ). Type locality: Poland.

Material examined. One female (FMNH uncatalogued) from Turdus migratorius Linnaeus ( Passeriformes : Turdidae ), USA: Georgia, Green Co., 22 February 1968, coll. J. Taylor, specimen in FMNH.

Hosts and distribution. Turdus merula Linnaeus (Turdidae) from Poland (Skoracki et al. 2000; Skoracki 2011), Germany ( Schmaschke et al. 2003) Russia ( Bochkov et al. 2009), Jordan ( Glowska et al. 2007), T. migratorius Linnaeus [new host] from USA ( Georgia) (present paper), T. philomelos Brehm from Poland ( Skoracki 2004c), Germany (Skoracki 2011) and Jordan ( Glowska et al. 2007), T. torquatus Linnaeus from Slovakia (Skoracki 2011), and T. viscivorus Linnaeus from Romania and Poland ( Skoracki 2004c).

References

Bochkov, A. V., Flannery, M. E. & Spicer, G. S. (2009) Mites of the genus Torotrogla (Prostigmata: Syringophilidae) from North American passerines. Journal of Medical Entomology, 46, 183 - 197. http: // dx. doi. org / 10.1603 / 033.046.0203.

Glowska, E., Skoracki, M. & Khourly, F. (2007) A new species and new records of syringophilid mites (Acari: Prostigmata: Syringophilidae) from birds of Jordan. Zootaxa, 1635, 63 - 68.

Schmaschke, R., Sachse, M., Eulenberger, K. & Schone, R. (2003) Quill mites - little known parasites of birds. Verhandlungsbericht des 41. Internationalen Symposiums uber die Erkrankungen der Zoo - und Wildtiere, 41, 127 - 133.

Skoracki, M., Dabert, J. & Ehrnsberger, R. (2000) A new quill mite (Acari: Syringophilidae) from the Blackbird. Osnabrucker Naturwissenschaftliche Mitteilungen, 26, 191 - 198.

Skoracki, M. (2004 c) New data on systematics of the quill mites of the genus Torotrogla Kethley, 1970 (Acari: Syringophilidae). Belgian Journal of Entomology, 6, 303 - 314.