| Autor: |
Sikora B; Department of Animal Morphology, Faculty of Biology, Adam Mickiewicz University, Uniwersytetu Poznańskiego 6, 61-614 Poznań, Poland., Unsoeld M; SNSB-Bavarian State Collection of Zoology, Sektion Ornithology, Münchhausenstr. 21, 81247 Munich, Germany., Melzer RR; SNSB-Bavarian State Collection of Zoology, Sektion Arthropoda Varia, Münchhausenstr. 21, 81247 Munich, Germany.; Faculty of Biology, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München, 82152 Planegg-Martinsried, Germany.; GeoBio-Center, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München, Richard-Wagner-Str. 10, 80333 Munich, Germany., Friedrich S; SNSB-Bavarian State Collection of Zoology, Sektion Arthropoda Varia, Münchhausenstr. 21, 81247 Munich, Germany.; Faculty of Biology, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München, 82152 Planegg-Martinsried, Germany., Skoracki M; Department of Animal Morphology, Faculty of Biology, Adam Mickiewicz University, Uniwersytetu Poznańskiego 6, 61-614 Poznań, Poland. |
| Abstrakt: |
While birds-of-paradise (Passeriformes: Paradisaeidae) are a well-known group of birds, our understanding of their parasites is still limited. This study reports on parasitic quill mites of the subfamily Picobiinae (Acariformes: Syringophilidae), which have never before been recorded on this group of birds. The mite specimens presented in this paper were collected from birds-of-paradise that had been captured in Papua New Guinea and Indonesia in the years 1910-1911 and are now deposited in the Bavarian State Collection of Zoology, Munich, Germany. Two syringophilid species are described as new to science: (i) Picobia frankei sp. n. from the magnificent riflebird Lophorina magnifica , the glossy-mantled manucode Manucodia ater , and the crinkle-collared manucode Manucodia chalybatus , and (ii) Gunabopicobia garylarsoni sp. n. from the twelve-wired bird-of-paradise Seleucidis melanoleucus and the lesser bird-of-paradise Paradisaea minor . We hypothesise that the presence of both picobiine species on phylogenetically unrelated paradisaeids may be caused by the sexual behaviour of these birds, where interspecific copulations may play a role in the switching of parasites between non-closely related host species. |
