The mites of the genus Meitingsunes Glowska and Skoracki (Acariformes: Syringophilidae) associated with pigeons and doves (Aves: Columbiformes): taxonomic studies with description of two new species

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ABSTRACT Quill mite fauna of the genus Meitingsunes Glowska and Skoracki, 2010 associated with birds of the order Columbiformes is revised. Two new species are described: Meitingsunes ptilinopus sp. nov. from Ptilinopus magnificus (Temminck) in Australia and Papua New Guinea and from P. rivoli (Prévost) in Papua New Guinea, and M. lengai sp. nov. from Columba delegorguei Delegorgue in Tanzania, Streptopelia semitorquata (Rüppell) in Tanzania, and Streptopelia orientalis (Latham) in Kazakhstan and Kyrgyzstan. Additionally, we report several new hosts for previously known species of the genus and provide a key to all species of the genus. http://www.zoobank.org/lsid:zoobank.org:act:0BA5B8AD-F161-4BBD-97D0-7B2B51994066 http://www.zoobank.org/lsid:zoobank.org:pub:941505D8-D375-4933-9E36-AAF263DBA274