Glowska Eliza
Department of Animal Morphology, Faculty of Biology, Adam Mickiewicz University, Umultowska 89, 61-614, Poznań, Poland.
Acta Parasitol. 2013 Mar;58(1):18-20. doi: 10.2478/s11686-013-0111-4. Epub 2013 Feb 2.
A new quill mite species Neoaulonastus grewlingi sp. nov. parasitizing Australian endemic Falcunculus frontatus (Latham) (Passeriformes: Falcunculidae) is described. This new species differs from N. caligatus Skoracki by the following characters: apunctate pygidial shield and coxal fields I-IV, setae c1 1.4 times longer than d1, and lengths of setae ve 20, si 15-25, se 155-175 and c2 145-155. This is the first record of syringophilid mites from hosts of the family Falcunculidae and first register of Neoaulonastus genus in Australian region.
描述了一种寄生于澳大利亚特有物种红脸食蜜鸟(Falcunculus frontatus (Latham),雀形目:食蜜鸟科)的新羽管螨物种——格鲁林新奥羽管螨(Neoaulonastus grewlingi sp. nov.)。该新物种与卡利加新奥羽管螨(N. caligatus Skoracki)的区别在于以下特征:肛盾和第Ⅰ - Ⅳ基节无小孔,刚毛c1长度是d1的1.4倍,刚毛ve长20,si长15 - 25,se长155 - 175,c2长145 - 155。这是食蜜鸟科宿主上羽管螨科螨类的首次记录,也是新奥羽管螨属在澳大利亚地区的首次记录。