Four new species of Aulonastus Kethley, 1970 (Acari: Syringophilidae) from North American passerines.

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Department of Animal Morphology, Faculty of Biology, Adam Mickiewicz University, Umultowska 89, 61-614, Poznan, Poland.

Published: June 2010

Four new species belonging to Aulonastus Kethley, 1970 (Acari: Prostigmata: Syringophilidae), which are found inside the quills of body feathers of North American passerines (Aves: Passeriformes), are described and figured: A. emberizicus n. sp. from Ammodramus savanarum (Gmelin) (Emberizidae) (type-host) in Texas, Zonotrichia atricapilla (Gmelin) (Emberizidae) in California and Passerculus sandwichensis (Gmelin) (Emberizidae) in Texas; A. euphagus n. sp. from Euphagus cyanocephalus (Wagler) (Icteridae) in California; A. pirangus n. sp. from Piranga ludoviciana (Wilson) (Cardinalidae) in California; and A. sturnellus n. sp. from Sturnella magna (Linnaeus) (Icteridae) in Texas. A key to females of the known species of Aulonastus is presented.

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