Genus Syringophiloidus Kethley, 1970

Syringophiloidus Kethley, 1970: 48; Skoracki 2011: 35.

Type species: Syringophilus bipectinatus minor Berlese, 1887, by original designation.

Members of the genus Syringophiloidus inhabit feather quills of secondaries, tertiaries, rectrices, greater-, primary- and median-coverts. They are widely distributed on passeriform birds, and have been recorded from representatives of the families: Artamidae, Bombycillidae, Cardinalidae, Corviidae, Estrildidae, Emberizidae, Fringillidae, Hirundinidae, Icteridae, Laniidae, Monarchidae, Oriolidae, Paridae, Parulidae, Passeridae, Ploceidae, Rhinocryptidae, Sturnidae, Turdidae, Thraupidae, and Troglodytidae . However, recent reports indicate their presence also on non-passeriform hosts from the orders: Apodiformes (fam. Apodidae), Piciformes (Picidae), and Trogoniformes (Trogonidae) .

This genus includes 38 species and 16 of them are recorded in the Nearctic region. Species group glandarii: S. agelaius Bochkov et al., 2011, S. auduboni sp. nov., S. carolae Skoracki et al., 2009, S. daberti Bochkov et al., 2004, S. delichonum Bochkov, 2001, S. glandarii (Fritsch, 1958), S. jackowiaki Bochkov et al., 2011, S. molothrus Skoracki et al., 2009, S. parapresentalis Skoracki, 2011, S. presentalis Chirov and Kravtsova, 1995, S. sialius Skoracki et al., 2009, S. thryothorus Skoracki et al., 2009, S. weiszii Skoracki et al., 2001, and S. xanthocephalus Bochkov et al., 2011 .

Species group minor: S. bombycillae Skoracki, 2002 and S. minor (Berlese, 1887) .