Three new species of picobiine mites (Acari: Syringophilidae) parasitising African flycatchers (Aves: Muscicapidae)

Three new species of quill mites of the subfamily Picobiinae Johnston & Kethley, 1973 (Acari: Syringophilidae) are described from African flycatchers (Passeriformes: Muscicapidae): Picobia cichladusa n. sp. on Cichladusa arquata Peters and P. myrmecocichla n. sp. on Myrmecocichla arnotti (Tristr...

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Autores principales: Skoracki, Maciej, Solarczyk, Piotr, Sikora, Bozena
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Springer Netherlands 2012
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3443350/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22983800
http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s11230-012-9376-5
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Sumario:Three new species of quill mites of the subfamily Picobiinae Johnston & Kethley, 1973 (Acari: Syringophilidae) are described from African flycatchers (Passeriformes: Muscicapidae): Picobia cichladusa n. sp. on Cichladusa arquata Peters and P. myrmecocichla n. sp. on Myrmecocichla arnotti (Tristram), both from Tanzania, and P. echo n. sp. on Cossypha heuglini Hartlaub from the Democratic Republic of the Congo.

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