Two new Meitingsunes species (Acari: Syringophilidae) from Indonesian doves (Columbiformes: Columbidae)

• Published in: Zootaxa Vol. 4109; no. 4; p. 479
• Main Authors: Kaszewska, Katarzyna, Skoracki, Maciej, Kavetska, Katarzyna
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: New Zealand 10-05-2016
• Subjects: Animal Distribution; Animal Structures - anatomy & histology; Animal Structures - growth & development; Animals; Bird Diseases - parasitology; Body Size; Columbidae - parasitology; Ecosystem; Female; Indonesia; Male; Mite Infestations - parasitology; Mite Infestations - veterinary; Mites - anatomy & histology; Mites - classification; Mites - growth & development; Organ Size
• DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4109.4.6
• EISSN: 1175-5334

We describe two new quill mite species of the genus Meitingsunes Glowska and Skoracki, 2010 (Acari: Prostigmata: Syringophilidae) parasitizing columbiform birds (Columbiformes: Columbidae): M. chalcophaps sp. nov. collected from the Emerald Dove, Chalcophaps indica (Linnaeus) and M. turacoenas sp. nov. from the White-faced Cuckoo Dove, Turacoena manadensis (Quoy and Gaimard) (type host) and the Black Cuckoo-Dove, Turacoena modesta (Temminck). All host species were collected in Indonesia. These represent two new genus-level host records for Meitingsunes. In addition, we summarize the diversity of Meitingsunes and present a key to species in this genus.