首次记录生活在鹦鹉羽管内的笔虱（蜱螨目：食毛目：笔虱亚科）。

First Record of Quill Mites (Acariformes: Syringophilidae: Picobiinae) Living in the Quill Walls of Parrots.

机构信息

Department of Animal Morphology, Faculty of Biology, Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznan, Umultowska, Poznan, Poland.

Laboratory and Museum of Evolutionary Ecology, Department of Ecology, Faculty of Humanities and Natural Sciences, University of Presov, novembra, Prešov.

出版信息

J Med Entomol. 2019 Oct 28;56(6):1610-1613. doi: 10.1093/jme/tjz091.

DOI:10.1093/jme/tjz091

PMID:31206583

Abstract

Quill mites (Acariformes: Prostigmata: Syringophilidae) are a family of about 400 ectoparasite species known to infest birds for over 140 yr. All previously identified quill mites occur in the calamus, a cavity of the bird feather, where they spent their entire life except for a short dispersion period. In this study, we report the first record of quill mites dwelling in the quill walls during their entire life cycle. In short, we found all of the different life stages of the species Lawrencipicobia poicephali (Skoracki & Dabert 2002) (Acariformes: Syringophilidae) in the quill wall in 33 host individuals of six different host species from many different locations in Sub-Saharan Africa. Hosts were collected over a time period spanning more than 70 yr. Lastly, we report six new avian hosts for this ectoparasite species.

摘要

针尾螨科（蜱螨目： Prostigmata：Syringophilidae）是一个约有 400 种外寄生虫物种的科，已知它们寄生鸟类已有超过 140 年的历史。所有以前鉴定的针尾螨都存在于鸟类羽毛的羽腔中，在那里它们度过了整个生命周期，除了短暂的扩散期。在这项研究中，我们报告了针尾螨在整个生命周期中都寄居在羽管中的第一个记录。简而言之，我们在来自撒哈拉以南非洲的许多不同地点的 6 个不同宿主物种的 33 个宿主个体中发现了 Lawrencipicobia poicephali（Skoracki & Dabert 2002）（蜱螨目：Syringophilidae）的所有不同生命阶段。宿主是在超过 70 年的时间跨度内收集的。最后，我们报告了这种外寄生虫的六个新的鸟类宿主。