Aulonastus Kethley
Creators: name: Glowska, Eliza
name: Chrzanowski, Mateusz
name: Kaszewska, Katarzyna
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2015
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Arachnida
Trombidiformes
Syringophilidae
Aulonastus

description: Genus Aulonastus Kethley
Aulonastus Kethley, 1970: 47. Type-species: Aulonastus pipili Kethley, 1970, by original designation.
albus Skoracki, 2002: 304, figs. 14–21.
Type material. Holotype female at AMU, paratypes: females, male, nymphs at AMU, ZISP. Hosts and distribution. Motacilla alba (type host) (Passeriformes: Motacillidae), type-locality: POLAND, Swinoujscie (Skoracki 2002a).
Habitat. Body feathers.
anthus Skoracki, 2011: 150, figs. 111, 112.
Type material. Holotype female at AMU (Syr. 248), paratype: female at AMU. Hosts and distribution. Anthus trivialis (type host) (Passeriformes: Motacillidae), type-locality: POLAND, Wielkopolska, Katy (Skoracki 2011b); A. cervinus (Motacillidae), SLOVAKIA, Stropkov, Lomne, (AMU) (Skoracki 2011b).
Habitat. Covert and body feathers.
emberizicus Skoracki, Hendricks and Spicer, 2010: 132, figs. 1–9.
Type material. Holotype female at AMU (Syr. 275.1–9), paratypes: females, males, nymphs, larva at AMU, SNM. Hosts and distribution. Ammodramus savannarum (type host) (Passeriformes: Emberizidae), type locality: USA, Texas Jess Davis Co. (Skoracki et al. 2010b); Zonotrichia atricapilla (Emberizidae), USA, California, Lake Co., (AMU, SNM) (Skoracki et al. 2010b); Passerculus sandwichensis (Emberizidae), USA, Texas, Johnson Co., (AMU, SNM) (Skoracki et al. 2010b).
Habitat. Body feathers.
euphagus Skoracki, Hendricks and Spicer, 2010: 134, figs. 10–17.
Type material. Holotype female at AMU (Syr. 278.1–11), paratypes: females, males, nymph, larva at AMU, SNM. Hosts and distribution. Euphagus cyanocephalus (type host) (Passeriformes: Icteridae), type-locality: USA, California Mono Co. (Skoracki et al. 2010b).
Habitat. Body feathers.
fringillus Skoracki, 2011: 152, figs. 113, 114.
Type material. Holotype female at AMU (Syr. 249), paratypes: females, nymphs at AMU, ZISP. Hosts and distribution. Fringilla coelebs (Passeriformes: Fringillidae), type-locality: POLAND, Wielkopolska, Katy (Skoracki 2011b).
Habitat. Body feathers.
henicorhina Sikora and Skoracki, 2012: 60, figs. 7–10.
Type material. Holotype female at AMU (Syr. 350), paratypes: females, nymphs, larvae, eggs at AMU, ZISP, ZSM.
Hosts and distribution. Henicorhina leucosticta (type host) (Passeriformes: Troglodytidae), type-locality: ECUADOR, near Quito (Sikora et al. 2012).
Habitat. Body feathers.
lanius Skoracki, 2011: 146, figs. 107, 108.
Type material. Holotype female at AMU (Syr. 247), paratypes: females at AMU, ZISP. Hosts and distribution. Lanius senator (type host) (Passeriformes: Laniidae), type-locality: EUROPE (Skoracki 2011b).
Habitat. Covert feathers.
loxius Skoracki, 2011: 148, figs. 109, 110.
Type material. Holotype female at AMU (Syr. 281), paratype females at AMU. Hosts and distribution. Loxia curvirostra (type host) (Passeriformes: Fringillidae), type-locality: POLAND, Zachodniopomorskie, Darlowko Wschodnie, Bukowo-Kopan (Skoracki 2011b). Habitat. Covert feathers.
lusciniae Skoracki, 2002: 301, figs. 6–13.
Type material. Holotype female at AMU, paratypes: females, male, nymphs at AMU, ZISP, SMB. Hosts and distribution. Luscinia luscinia (type host) (Passeriformes: Turdidae), type-locality: SLOVAKIA (Skoracki 2002a).
Habitat. Secondary feathers.
pipili Kethley, 1970: 48, fig. 27.
Type material. Holotype female and female paratype at UGA. Hosts and distribution. Pipilo erythrophthalmus (type host) (Passeriformes: Emberizidae), type-locality: USA, Florida, Highlands Co., Lake Placid (Kethley 1970).
Habitat. Covert feathers.
pirangus Skoracki, Hendricks and Spicer, 2010: 138, figs. 18–26.
Type material. Holotype female at AMU, paratypes: female, males, nymphs, larvae at AMU (Syr. 279.1–12). Hosts and distribution. Piranga ludoviciana (Passeriformes: Cardinalidae), type-locality: USA, California, Sierra Co. (Skoracki et al. 2010b).
Habitat. Body feathers.
prunellae Bochkov and Mironov, 1999: 38, figs. 3, 4.
Type material. Holotype female at ZISP (T-Sy-10), paratypes: females, male at ZISP. Hosts and distribution. Type-host: Prunella modularis (type host) (Passeriformes: Prunellidae), type-locality: RUSSIA, Novogrod Prov., Chudovo Distr., Oskuy village (Bochkov & Mironov 1999). Habitat. Unknown.
pteroptochos Sikora, Kaszewska and Skoracki, 2014: 422, figs. 4, 5. Type material. Holotype female at AMU, paratypes: females at AMU, ZSM. Hosts and distribution. Pteroptochos tarnii (type host) (Passeriformes: Rhinocriptidae), type locality: CHILE, Valdivia (Sikora et al. 2014).
Habitat. Unknown.
sturnellus Skoracki, Hendricks and Spicer, 2010: 141, figs. 27–35.
Type material. Holotype female at AMU, paratypes: females, males, nymph at AMU (Syr. 276.1–12). Hosts and distribution. Sturnella magna (type host) (Passeriformes: Icteridae), type-locality: USA, Texas, Johnson Co. (Skoracki et al. 2010b).
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 8-10, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3968.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/288815