Two new species of quill mites of the family Syringophilidae (Acariformes: Cheyletoidea) associated with treronine doves (Columbiformes: Columbidae: Treroninae)

Abstract

Two new species of quill mites (Acariformes: Syringophilidae) associated with doves of the subfamily Treroninae (Columbiformes: Columbidae) from the Oceanian realm are described: Gunabopicobia masalaje sp. nov. from six avian host species, Ptilinopus iozonus Gray (type host) Ducula pistrinaria (Bonaparte), D. rosacea (Temminck), D. rufigaster (Quoy and Gaimard), D. spilorrhoa (Gray), D. luctuosa (Temminck), and Peristerophila lature sp. nov. also from six host species Ducula luctuosa (type host ), D. spilorrhoa, Ptilinopus jambu Gmelin, P. melanospilus Salvadori, P. porphyreus Temminck, P. regina Swainson. Additionally, Treron waalia (Meyer) is noted as a new host species for Meitingsunes columbicus Glowska and Skoracki, 2010.

Global Studies of the Host-Parasite Relationships between Ectoparasitic Mites of the Family Syringophilidae and Birds of the Order Columbiformes

“…The genus Peristerophila comprises 14 quill mites species and is the only genus that inhabits not only doves and parrots but also hosts belonging to hawks (Accipitriformes), falcons (Falconiformes), hoopoes (Bucerotiformes), rollers and bee-eaters (Coraciiformes) [ 43 , 46 , 48 , 75 , 85 , 86 ]. The Peristerophila mites associated with columbiform birds are recorded on hosts from all subfamilies, i.e., Columbinae, Raphinae, and Claravinae.…”

“…In the present study, we re-examined the ornithological collections of the columbiform specimens housed in the Bavarian State Collection of Zoology, Munich, Germany (ZSM) and Museum of Natural History, Nairobi, Kenya (NMK). These bird collections have been previously used as donors of mite species described or recorded in the several published papers (see Skoracki and Dabert [ 40 ]; Skoracki and Glowska [ 37 ]; Glowska and Skoracki [ 39 ], Skoracki [ 22 ]; Skoracki and Hromada [ 41 ]; Skoracki et al [ 47 ]; Kaszewska and Skoracki [ 42 ]; Kaszewska et al [ 42 , 43 , 44 , 45 , 46 ]). We also analyzed the host specimens collected from frozen collections housed in several veterinary centers.…”

“…Quill mite fauna associated with the members of Columbiformes comprises 25 quill mite species belonging to the following genera: Meitingsunes Glowska & Skoracki 2010, (8 species), Peristerophila Kethley, 1970 (6 species), Psittaciphilus Fain, Bochkov & Mironov 2000 (2 species), Terratosyrinophilus Bochkov & Pérez 2002, (2 species), and Gunabopicobia Skoracki & Hromada, 2013 (7 species), recorded from 65 bird species belonging to 22 pigeons and doves genera. The quill mites–columbiform fauna was studied by Hirst [ 27 ], Clark [ 28 ], Kethley [ 16 ], Lawrence [ 29 ], Casto [ 30 , 31 ], Bochkov and Mironov [ 32 ], Fain et al [ 33 ], Bochkov and Perez [ 34 ], Bochkov and Fain [ 35 ], Bochkov et al [ 36 ], Skoracki and Glowska [ 37 ], Nattres and Skoracki [ 38 ], Glowska and Skoracki [ 39 ], Skoracki [ 22 ], Skoracki and Dabert [ 40 ], Skoracki and Hromada [ 41 ], Kaszewska and Skoracki [ 42 ], and Kaszewska et al [ 43 , 44 , 45 , 46 ].…”

“…They also moved P. mucuya Casto, 1980 to Castosyringophilus . Subsequently, new quill mites species (12 species) from both genera with new hosts records belonging to the orders Columbiformes, Accipitriformes, and Falconiformes were given in the following papers: Bochkov and Fain [ 35 ], Skoracki et al [ 48 ]; Skoracki [ 22 ], Skoracki and Glowska [ 37 ]; Kaszewska et al [ 43 , 46 ]. In 2020, Skoracki et.al.…”

Host-Parasite Relationships of Quill Mites (Syringophilidae) and Parrots (Psittaciformes)

“…The genus comprises 15 species recorded on the broadest host spectrum among quill mite genera, and it consists of representatives of the following bird orders, Accipitriformes, Bucerotiformes, Columbiformes, Falconiformes, and Psittaciformes from the Holarctic, Afrotropical, Neotropical, Oriental, Oceanian, and Saharo-Arabian regions [12,51,[83][84][85][86][87][88][89].…”