Klimovičovtá Miroslava, Skoracki Maciej, Wamiti Wanyoike, Hromada Martin
Department of Ecology, University of Prešov, Slovakia.
Folia Parasitol (Praha). 2014 Oct;61(5):394-400.
Two new species of the subfamily Picobiinae (Acari: Prostigmata: Syringophilidae) are described: Picobia ploceus sp. n. from Ploceus ocularis Smith (Passeriformes: Ploceidae) and Picobia lamprotornis sp. n. from Lamprotornis superbus (Rüppell) (Passeriformes: Sturnidae), both from Kenya. Additionally, new hosts are recorded: Turdoides jardineii (Smith) (Passeriformes: Leiothrichidae) from Kenya and Tanzania, T. rubiginosa (Rüppell) from Kenya, T. leucopygia (Rüppell) from Zambia and Namibia, for Picobia dziabaszewskii Glowska, Dragun-Damian et Dabert, 2012; Pycnonotus barbatus (Desfontaines) (Passeriformes: Pycnonotidae) from Kenya, for Picobia pycnonoti Glowska, Skoracki et Khourly, 2007; Dendropicos griseocephalus (Boddaert) (Piciformes: Picidae) from Tanzania and D. goertae (St. Müller) from Kenya, for Neopicobiafreya Skoracki et Unsoeld, 2014; Dendropicos fuscescens (Vieillot) from Zambia and Campethera nubica (Boddaert) from Kenya, for Picobia dryobatis (Fritsch, 1958).
描述了皮螨亚科（蜱螨亚纲：前气门目：嗜鸟螨科）的两个新物种：来自眼斑织布鸟史密斯（雀形目：织布鸟科）的眼斑织布鸟嗜鸟螨新种Picobia ploceus sp. n.，以及来自华丽辉椋鸟（吕佩尔）（雀形目：椋鸟科）的华丽辉椋鸟嗜鸟螨新种Picobia lamprotornis sp. n.，二者均来自肯尼亚。此外，还记录了新宿主：来自肯尼亚和坦桑尼亚的雅氏鸫鹛（史密斯）（雀形目：噪鹛科）、来自肯尼亚的锈色鸫鹛（吕佩尔）、来自赞比亚和纳米比亚的白臀鸫鹛（吕佩尔），为2012年的兹氏嗜鸟螨Picobia dziabaszewskii Glowska、Dragun-Damian及Dabert的宿主；来自肯尼亚的须凤头鹃鵙（德方丹）（雀形目：鹃鵙科），为2007年的凤头鹃鵙嗜鸟螨Picobia pycnonoti Glowska、Skoracki及Khourly的宿主；来自坦桑尼亚的灰头啄木鸟（博达特）（鴷形目：啄木鸟科）和来自肯尼亚的戈氏啄木鸟（圣·米勒），为2014年新嗜鸟螨属新种Neopicobia freya Skoracki及Unsoeld的宿主；来自赞比亚的棕褐啄木鸟（维约）和来自肯尼亚的努比亚三趾啄木鸟（博达特），为1958年弗里奇的栎林嗜鸟螨Picobia dryobatis的宿主。
