| abstract | A new genus (Rallicoptes) and five new species of quill wall mites are described and figured. The new species are: Fainocoptes columbicola and F. miniopterus from Streptopelia decaocto, F. palumbi from Columba palumbus, Calamicoptes monedulae from Corvus monedula, and Rallicoptes gallinulae from Gallinula chloropus. Biology of F. miniopterus and reactions of the host (S. decaocto) are given in detail. |