| abstract | Three new genera and 18 new species of Syringophilidae (Acari: Prostigmata) are described. All these mites were collected from the quills of birds belonging to seven different orders and 11 families of birds. The following new taxa are described: Megasyringophilus kethleyi nov.gen., nov. spec. (type species) ex Aratinga jandaya from Brazil, M. trichoglossus nov.spec. ex Trichoglossus sp. from New Guinea, M. cyanocephala nov.spec. ex Psittacula cyanocephala from India; Neoaulobia aratingae nov.gen., nov.spec. (type species) ex Aratinga jandaya from Brazil, N. agapornis nov.spec. ex Agapornis nigrigenis from Zambia, N. psittaculae nov.spec. ex Psittacula cyanocephala from India; Psittaciphilus amazonae nov.gen., nov.spec (type species) ex Amazona amazonica from Colombia, P. fritschi nov.spec. ex a parrot from the Zoo of Antwerp; Syringophiloidus cypsiuri nov.spec. ex Cypsiurus parvus vrom Congo, S. graculae nov.spec. ex Gracula religiosa intermedia from SE Asia, S. dendrocittae nov.spec. ex Dendrocitta rufa rufa from E. Asia; Syriingophilopsis cimberizae nov.spec. ex Emberiza luteola from Rwanda, S. sylviettae nov.spec. ex Sylvietta whytti johnstoni from Rwanda; Niglarobia rhinoptili nov.spec. ex Rhinoptilus africanus from South Africa: Picobia brotogeris nov.spec. ex Brotoberis jugularis cyanopterus from Brazil, P. ramphastos nov.spec. ex Ramphastos sulvuratus from Guatemala, P. alectoris nov.spec. ex Alectoris sp. from Rwanda, P. phoeniculi nov.spec. ex Phoeniculus purpureus ruwenczoriae from Rwanda. Keys to the family and all the gnerea represented in this material are provided. |