Philoxanthornea Kethley, 1970

Skoracki, Maciej, Dabert, Jacek & Schmäschke, Ronald, 2006, Observations on the quill mites (Acari: Syringophilidae) from charadriiform birds, Zootaxa 1156, pp. 51-64 : 62

Genus Philoxanthornea Kethley, 1970

Type species: P. anoa Kethley, 1970

This genus includes three named species which are found in the flight feathers of charadriiform birds of the families Laridae and Sternidae . These small sized mites (520–600 µm) are morphologically closely related to the genus Syringophiloidus Kethley whose species are mainly restricted to passerines. Below we report new host species for P. clarki and P. dubinini and a key to species of this genus.