Two new species of quill mites (Acari: Syringophilidae) associated with the Chestnut-fronted Helmetshrike Prionops scopifrons (Peters) (Passeriformes: Vangidae) in Kenya.

Miroslava Klimovičová Maciej Skoracki Martin Hromada

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Laboratory and Museum of Evolutionary Ecology, Department of Ecology, Faculty of Humanities and Natural Sciences, University of Prešov, 17. novembra 1, 080 01 Prešov, Slovakia. Faculty of Biological Sciences, University of Zielona Góra, Szafrana 1, 65-516 Zielona Góra, Poland; Email: unknown.

Published: July 2016

Two new species of syringophilid mites collected from Prionops scopifrons (Peters) (Passeriformes: Vangidae) in Kenya are described: Neoaulonastus prionops sp. nov. and Picobia meru sp. nov. They are the first syringophilid records from birds of the family Vangidae.

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