Mites of the Genus Torotrogla (Prostigmata: Syringophilidae) From North American Passerines

Andre V. Bochkov; Maureen E. Flannery; Greg S. Spicer

doi:10.1603/033.046.0203

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1 March 2009 Mites of the Genus Torotrogla (Prostigmata: Syringophilidae) From North American Passerines

Andre V. Bochkov, Maureen E. Flannery, Greg S. Spicer

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J. of Medical Entomology, 46(2):183-197 (2009). https://doi.org/10.1603/033.046.0203

Abstract

Five new quill mite species of the genus Torotrogla Kethley, 1970 (Acari: Syringophilidae) are described from North American passerines: T. aphelocoma sp.n. from Aphelocoma californica (Corvidae) and T. cardinalis sp.n. from Cardinalis cardinalis (Cardinalidae) in Texas; and T. coccothraustessp.n. from Coccothraustes vespertinus (Fringillidae), T. cyanocitta sp.n. from Cyanocitta stelleri (Corvidae), and T. piranga sp.n. from Piranga ludoviciana (Thraupidae) in California. A key to females of all known Torotrogla spp. and a table with their host associations and distributions are given.

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Andre V. Bochkov, Maureen E. Flannery, and Greg S. Spicer "Mites of the Genus Torotrogla (Prostigmata: Syringophilidae) From North American Passerines," Journal of Medical Entomology 46(2), 183-197, (1 March 2009). https://doi.org/10.1603/033.046.0203

Received: 7 July 2008; Accepted: 1 October 2008; Published: 1 March 2009

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