Peristerophila

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Cheyletoidea
Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Kingdom: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: ParaHoxozoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Cladus: Protostomia Cladus: Ecdysozoa Cladus: Panarthropoda Phylum: Arthropoda Subphylum: Chelicerata Classis: Arachnida Subclassis: Acari Superordo: Acariformes Ordo: Trombidiformes Subordo: Prostigmata Cohort: Eleutherengona Superfamilia: Cheyletoidea

Familia: Syringophilidae
Genus:
Species: P. accipitridicus – P. claravis – P. columbae – P. coraciidus – P. falcophila – P. forpi – P. geopelis – P. lature – P. leucomela – P. meropis – P. mucuya – P. nestoriae – P. upupi – P. zenadourae

Name

Peristerophila Kethley, 1970: 53

Type species: Peristerophila columbae Hirst, 1920, by original designation.

References

Primary references

Kethley, J.B. 1970. A revision of the family Syringophilidae (Prostigmata: Acarina). Contributions of the American Entomological Institute 6: 1–76. [original description]

Additional references

Kaszewska, K., Skoracki, M., Kosicki, J. & Hromada, M. 2020. New species and records of the quill mites of the genus Peristerophila Kethley, 1970 (Acariformes: Syringophilidae) associated with pigeons and doves (Aves: Columbiformes). Zootaxa 4878(2): 349–361. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4878.2.8 Reference page.
Skoracki, M., Hromada, M. & Sikora, B. 2020. Quill mites of the family Syringophilidae (Acariformes: Prostigmata) parasitizing coraciiform birds (Aves: Coraciiformes). Zootaxa 4802(1): 169–181. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4802.1.11 Reference page.