Species Composition of Parasitic Mites of the Subfamily Picobiinae (Acariformes: Syringophilidae) Associated with African Barbets (Piciformes: Lybiidae)

In this study, we conducted a parasitological investigation of the quill mite fauna of the subfamily Picobiinae (Acariformes: Prostigmata: Syringophilidae) associated with African barbets (Aves: Piciformes: Lybiidae). We examined twenty-seven host species, representing 57% of the forty-seven known h...

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Main Authors: Bozena Sikora, Mathieu Mahamoud-Issa, Markus Unsoeld, Martin Hromada, Maciej Skoracki
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2023-06-01
Series:Animals
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Online Access:https://www.mdpi.com/2076-2615/13/12/2007