Mironovia lagopus Bochkov and Skirnisson 2010

• Main Authors: Skoracki, Maciej, Sikora, Bozena
• Format: Other/Unknown Material
• Language: unknown
• Published: Zenodo 2011
• Subjects: Biodiversity; Taxonomy; Animalia; Arthropoda; Arachnida; Trombidiformes; Syringophilidae; Mironovia; Mironovia lagopus; Iceland; Lagopus muta; Mite
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5296693; http://treatment.plazi.org/id/03D987CDFFF5FFDCFF61FB55FD17FA16

Mironovia lagopus Bochkov and Skirnisson, 2010 Mironovia lagopus Bochkov and Skirnisson, 2010: 2, figs. 1–5. Type host: Lagopus muta (Montin) (Phasianidae). Type locality: Iceland. This species was recently described from Lagopus muta (Montin) (Phasianidae) from Iceland (Bochkov & Skirnisson 2010). Below we give a new host for this quill mite species. Material examined. From quill of covert of Lagopus lagopus (Linnaeus) ( new host ): 6 females (AMU- SYR.324); NORWAY , Setesdal, 25 July 1926, coll. Bernhoft-Osa. Mites collected by M. Skoracki. All material is deposited in the AMU except 2 females in the ZSM. Published as part of Skoracki, Maciej & Sikora, Bozena, 2011, Quill mites (Acari: Syringophilidae) associated with galliform birds (Aves: Galliformes), pp. 13-30 in Zootaxa 2966 on page 19, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.278233