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Two new species of the genus Syringophilopsis Kethley, 1970 (Acari: Syringophilidae) parasitizing quills of true shrikes (Aves: Laniidae)

Description de deux nouvelles espèces du genre Syrincophilopsis Kethley, 1970 (Acari : Syringophilidae) parasites des plumes de pies (Aves : Laniidae)

¹ Department of Animal Morphology, A. Mickiewicz University, 28 czerwca 1956/198, PL 61-485 Poznań, Poland.
² Department of Avian Biology & Ecology, Institute of Environmental Biology, A. Mickiewicz University, Fredry 10, PL 61-701 Poznań, Poland. E-mail : ptasiek@main.amu.edu.pl
³ Department of Zoology, Biological Faculty, University of South Bohemia, Branišovská 31, CZ-37005 Česke Budějovice, Czech Republic. E-mail : martinhromada@hotmail.com

^* Correspondence : Maciej Skoracki. E-mail : skoracki@main.amu.edu.pl

Received: 23 May 2001
Accepted: 29 November 2001

Abstract

Two new species of syringophilid mites (Acari: Syringophilidae) are described from quills of true shrikes (Passeriformes: Laniidae) : Syringophilopsis kristini sp. n. from Lesser Grey Shrike, Lanius minor, from Slovakia, and Syringophiopsis yosefi sp. n. from Lanius sp. from Cameroun.

Résumé

Deux nouvelles espèces d'acariens (Acari : Syringophilidae) sont décrites au niveau des plumes de pies (Passeriformes : Laniidae) : Syringophilopsis kristini sp. n. chez Lanius minor, en Slovaquie, et Syringophilopsis yosefi sp. n. chez Lanius sp. au Cameroun.