Columbiphilus Kivganov and Sharafat
Creators: name: Glowska, Eliza
name: Chrzanowski, Mateusz
name: Kaszewska, Katarzyna
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2015
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Arachnida
Trombidiformes
Syringophilidae
Columbiphilus

description: Genus Columbiphilus Kivganov and Sharafat
Columbiphilus Kivganov and Sharafat, 1995: 82; Picobia, Bochkov & Mironov 1998: 15. Type-species: Columbiphilus khushalkhani Kivganov and Sharafat, 1995, by original designation.
alectoris (Fain, Bochkov and Mironov, 2000), Picobia alectoris Fain, Bochkov and Mironov, 2000: 65, figs. 103– 109; Columbiphilus alectoris, Skoracki 2011b: 374.
Type material. Holotype female at MRAC (187373).
Hosts and distribution. Alectoris sp. (type host) (Galliformes: Phasianidae), type-locality: RWANDA (Fain et al. 2000); Alectoris rufa (Phasianidae), FRANCE, (AMU) (Skoracki & Sikora 2011). Habitat. Unknown.
khushalkhani (Kivganov and Sharafat, 1995), Columbiphilus khushalkhani Kivganov and Sharafat, 1995: 83, fig. 2; Picobia khushalkhani, Bochkov & Mironov 1998: 16.
Type material. Holotype female at OCU (G-N-18), female paratypes at OCU. Hosts and distribution. Columba livia (type host) (Columbiformes: Columbidae), type-locality: AFGHANISTAN, Kabul (Kivganov & Sharafat 1995).
Habitat. Body feathers.
odontophoridus Skoracki and Sikora, 2011: 27, figs. 31–40.
Type material. Holotype female at AMU (Syr. 322), paratypes: females, nymphs at ZSM. Hosts and distribution. Colinus cristatus leucopogon (type host) (Galliformes: Odontophoridae), type-locality: COLOMBIA, Bogota (Skoracki & Sikora 2011); Colinus cristatus (Odontophoridae), SURINAME, Zanderij, (AMU) (Skoracki & Sikora 2011), COLOMBIA, Cauca Popayan, (AMU) (Skoracki & Sikora 2011). Habitat. Body feathers.
polonica (Skoracki, Magowski and Dabert, 2001), Picobia polonica Skoracki, Magowski and Dabert, 2001: 154, figs. 1–9.; Columbiphilus polonica, Skoracki 2011b: 375, figs. 280–283.
Type material. Holotype female at AMU (Syr. 9), paratypes: females, males, nymphs at ZMH, USIMC, CNCI. Hosts and distribution. Gallus gallus domesticus (type host) (Galliformes: Phasianidae), type-locality: POLAND, Wielkopolska, Zasutowo, (Skoracki et al. 2001c); GERMANY (Skoracki 2011b, Skoracki & Sikora 2011), USA, Kansas, Wyandotte Co., Kansas City, Rosedale, (FMNH) (Skoracki et al. 2014b); Gallus sonneratii (Phasianidae), INDIA, (AMU) (Skoracki & Sikora 2011).
Habitat. Body feathers.
pteroclesi (Skoracki and OConnor, 2010), Picobia pteroclesi Skoracki and OConnor, 2010: 27, figs. 78–88; Columbiphilus pteroclesi, Skoracki 2011b: 379, figs. 284–286.
Type material. Holotype female at UMMZ (BMOC 83-0307-33), paratypes: females, males, nymphs at UMMZ, AMU, ZISP.
Hosts and distribution. Pterocles senegallus (type host) (Pterocliformes: Pteroclidae), type-locality: EGYPT, Red Sea, Governate, Wadi el Metuli, 45 km. E Governet (Skoracki & OConnor 2010); Pterocles coronatus (Pteroclidae), EGYPT, Governate, Bir Beida, 6.5 km. W. Quseir, (UMMZ, AMU) (Skoracki & OConnor 2010). Habitat. Body feathers.
description: Published as part of Glowska, Eliza, Chrzanowski, Mateusz & Kaszewska, Katarzyna, 2015, Checklist of the Quill mites (Acariformes: Syringophilidae) of the World, pp. 1-81 in Zootaxa 3968 (1) on pages 46-47, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3968.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/288815