Skoracki Maciej, Nielsen Ólafur K, Sikora Bozena
Department of Animal Morphology, Faculty of Biology, Adam Mickiewicz University, Uniwersytetu Poznańskiego 6, 61-614 Poznań, Poland.
Icelandic Institute of Natural History, Urriðaholtsstræti 6-8, IS-210 Garðabær, Iceland.
Animals (Basel). 2024 Sep 26;14(19):2790. doi: 10.3390/ani14192790.
Syringophilidae is one of the most species-rich families in the superfamily Cheyletoidea, comprising approximately 420 species across 62 genera and two subfamilies. In this paper, we propose a new genus, , and a new species, gen. n. et sp. n., found in the wing covert quills of the Common Raven, Linnaeus, in Iceland. is placed among the primitive genera of syringophilid mites, which possess the full complement of idiosomal and leg setae. Phylogenetic analysis based on morphological characters suggests that this genus forms a sister clade to Skoracki & Sikora, 2008, and Bochkov & Mironov, 1998, which inhabit birds of the orders Musophagiformes and Charadriiformes, respectively. The study proposes that the current distribution patterns of quill mites, based on their morphological characteristics, may result from multiple host switching followed by co-speciation events, highlighting the complex evolutionary dynamics within this family.
羽管螨科是蠕形螨总科中物种最为丰富的科之一，包含约420个物种，分属于62个属和两个亚科。在本文中，我们描述了一个新属， ，以及一个新物种， 新属 新种，该物种发现于冰岛的普通渡鸦（ ，林奈）的翅覆羽羽管中。 属被置于羽管螨类的原始属之中，这些属具有完整的体躯和足刚毛。基于形态特征的系统发育分析表明，该属与2008年的斯科拉茨基螨属（Skoracki & Sikora）和1998年的博奇科夫螨属（Bochkov & Mironov）形成姐妹分支，后两者分别寄生于鹃形目和鸻形目的鸟类。该研究表明，基于形态特征的羽管螨当前分布模式可能是由多次宿主转换以及随后的共同物种形成事件导致的，这突出了该科内部复杂的进化动态。
