Acariform mites (Acari: Acariformes) permanently parasitizing warm-blooded vertebrates in Sub-Saharan Africa and Madagascar: fauna genesis, phylogeny, and host-parasite relationships

2014/15/B/NZ8/00208

Keywords

Descriptors

  • NZ8_1: Biologia ewolucyjna
  • NZ8_12: Zoologia
  • NZ8_10: Taksonomia i filogenetyka

Panel

NZ8 – Evolutionary and environmental biology: evolution, ecology, population biology, biodiversity, biogeography

Host institution

Uniwersytet im. Adama Mickiewicza w Poznaniu, Wydział Biologii

Voivodeship: wielkopolskie

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Principal investigator (from the host institution)

dr hab. Maciej Konrad Skoracki

Number of co-investigators in the project: 4

Call

OPUS 8 – announced on 2014-09-15

Amount awarded
594 350 PLN
Project start date
2015-08-04
Project end date
2019-08-03
Project duration
48 months (the same as in the proposal)
Project status
Project settled

Equipment purchased [PL]

  1. Binokular Zeiss Discovery V12. Cost: 40 000 PLN
  2. Drukarka laserowa + skaner. Cost: 800 PLN
  3. Komputer stacjonarny Dell W8.1Pro64 + Monitor Dell 24''. Cost: 8 000 PLN
  4. Laptop Dell 15'' W8.1Pro64. Cost: 8 600 PLN
  5. Mała kamerka z wyposażeniem.
  6. Tablet graficzny Vacom LCD CINTIQ 24HD (DTK-2400). Cost: 9 400 PLN
  7. Tablet z możliwością podłączenia klawiatury.
  8. Zestaw do uszczelniania i zabezpieczania preparatów: urządzenie (1 szt.) + wosk zabespieczający. Cost: 5 000 PLN
  9. Zestaw fotograficzny (aparat fotograficzny+doposażenie). Cost: 4 500 PLN

Information in the final report

Publication in academic press/journals (35)

  1. A new quill mite Syringophiloidus plocei sp. nov. (Prostigmata: Syringophilidae) parasitizing ploceid birds (Passeriformes) in Gabon – a combined description using morphology and DNA barcoding

    Authors:
    Eliza Glowska, Lukasz Broda, Christina A. Gebhard, Miroslawa Dabert
    Academic press:
    Acta Parasitologica (year: 2016, volume: 61(3), pages: 562-566), Publisher: W. Stefański Institute of Parasitology, PAS
    Status:
    Published
    DOI:
    10.1515/ap-2016-0075 – link to the publication
  2. Ixobrychiphilus, a new genus of the family Syringophilidae (Acariformes: Prostigmata)

    Authors:
    Skoracki M., Zmudzinski M., Solarczyk P.
    Academic press:
    Acarologia (year: 2017, volume: 57 (2), pages: 269-273), Publisher: CBGP, CS 30016, 34988 MONTFERRIER-sur-LEZ Cedex, France
    Status:
    Published
    DOI:
    10.1051/acarologia/20164155 – link to the publication
  3. A new mite species Schizocoptes daberti sp. n. (Acariformes: Chirodiscidae) from Chrysochloris stuhlmanni Matsche (Afrosoricida: Chrysochloridae) in the Democratic Republic of the Congo

    Authors:
    Andre V. Bochkov
    Academic press:
    Folia Parasitologica (year: 2016, volume: 63:005, pages: 46031), Publisher: Institute of Parasitology, Biology Centre CAS
    Status:
    Published
    DOI:
    10.14411/fp.2016.005 – link to the publication
  4. Review of the fur-mite genus Soricilichus Fain, 1970 (Acariformes: Chirodiscidae)—symbionts of the African shrews of the subfamily Crocidurinae (Soricomorpha: Soricidae)

    Authors:
    ANDRE V. BOCHKOV, SYLVESTRE G. MBALITINI, ERIK VERHEYEN
    Academic press:
    Zootaxa (year: 2016, volume: 4072, pages: 235-253), Publisher: Magnolia Press
    Status:
    Published
    DOI:
    10.11646/zootaxa.4072.2.6 – link to the publication
  5. New Species and New Records of Mites of the Family Myocoptidae (Acariformes: Sarcoptoidea) From African Rodents

    Authors:
    Andre V. Bochkov, Barry M. OConnor, Maciej Skoracki
    Academic press:
    Journal of Medical Entomology (year: 2016, volume: 0, pages: 46032), Publisher: OXFORD UNIVERSITY PRESS ON BEHALF OF ENTOMOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF AMERICA
    Status:
    Published
    DOI:
    10.1093/jme/tjw217 – link to the publication
  6. A review of mites of the subfamily Speleognathinae (Acariformes: Ereynetidae) parasitizing respiratory tracts of birds in the Afrotropical region

    Authors:
    Skoracki M., Schmidt KH., Marciniak N., Marciniak M.
    Academic press:
    Zootaxa (year: 2018, volume: 4403(3), pages: 401-440), Publisher: Magnolia Press
    Status:
    Published
    DOI:
    10.11646/zootaxa.4403.3.1 – link to the publication
  7. Castosyringophilus meropis sp. n. (Acariformes: Syringophilidae) – a new quill mite species parasitising the world population of Merops apiaster Linnaeus (Coraciiformes: Meropidae)

    Authors:
    Skoracki M., Hromada M., Sikora B.
    Academic press:
    Folia Parasitologica (year: 2017, volume: 64, pages: 024 (1-6)), Publisher: Institute of Parasitology, Biology Centre CAS
    Status:
    Published
    DOI:
    10.14411/fp.2017.024 – link to the publication
  8. Morphological phylogenetic conflict in the parasitic mite family Harpirhynchidae (Acariformes: Cheyletoidea) correlates with host associations

    Authors:
    Bochkov a.v., Klimov P.B., Skoracki M.
    Academic press:
    Zoologischer Anzeiger (year: 2017, volume: 271, pages: 33-48), Publisher: Elsevier GmbH
    Status:
    Published
    DOI:
    10.1016/j.jcz.2017.11.007 – link to the publication
  9. Peristerophila falcophila nov., a new species and first record of quill mites (Acariformes: Syringophilidae) parasitizing birds of the order Falconiformes

    Authors:
    Skoracki M., Hromada M., Kaszewska K., Unsoeld M.
    Academic press:
    Acta Parasitologica (year: 2018, volume: 64, pages: 744-749), Publisher: De Gruyter
    Status:
    Published
    DOI:
    10.1515/ap-2018-0088 – link to the publication
  10. Two new quill mite species of the genus Psittaciphilus Fain, Bochkov & Mironov, 2000 (Acariformes: Syringophilidae) associated with pigeons and doves (Columbiformes: Columbidae).

    Authors:
    Kaszewska K., Skoracki M.
    Academic press:
    Systematic Parasitology (year: 2018, volume: 95, pages: 953–958), Publisher: Springer
    Status:
    Published
    DOI:
    10.1007/s11230-018-9822-0 – link to the publication
  11. Crocidurobia faini n. sp. (Acariformes: Myobiidae), a new mite species parasitising shrews of the genus Crocidura Wagler (Soricomorpha: Soricidae) in DR Congo

    Authors:
    Andre V. Bochkov . Sylvestre G. Mbalitini . Erik Verheyen
    Academic press:
    Systematic Parasitology (year: 2016, volume: 93, pages: 493-499), Publisher: CrossMark
    Status:
    Published
    DOI:
    10.1007/s11230-016-9623-2 – link to the publication
  12. Tanopicobia gen. nov., a new genus of quill mites, its phylogenetic placement in the subfamily Picobiinae (Acariformes: Syringophilidae) and picobiine relationships with avian hosts

    Authors:
    Skoracki M., Sikora B., Jerzak L., Hromada M.
    Academic press:
    PLOS ONE (year: 2020, volume: 15(1), pages: 46037), Publisher: Public Library of Science
    Status:
    Published
    DOI:
    10.1371/journal.pone.0225982 – link to the publication
  13. New species and records of the quill mites of the genus Peristerophila Kethley, 1970 (Acariformes: Syringophilidae) associated with pigeons and doves (Aves: Columbiformes).

    Authors:
    Kaszewska K, Skoracki M, Kosicki JZ, Hromada M.
    Academic press:
    Zootaxa (year: 2020, volume: 4878, pages: 349–361), Publisher: Magnolia Press
    Status:
    Published
    DOI:
    10.11646/zootaxa.4878.2.8 – link to the publication
  14. Mites of the family Syringophilidae (Acariformes: Cheyletoidea) parasitizing waxbills of the genus Estrilda (Passeriformes: Estrildidae).

    Authors:
    Skoracki M., Hromada M., Prevuznakova P., Wamiti W.
    Academic press:
    Systematic & Applied Acarology (year: 2019, volume: 24, pages: 1799-1808), Publisher: Oxford University Press
    Status:
    Published
    DOI:
    10.11158/saa.24.9.15 – link to the publication
  15. Validation of the status of a species with high CO1 and low nuclear genetic divergences: the scab mite Caparinia ictonyctis stat. res. (Acariformes: Psoroptidae) parasitizing the African hedgehog Atelerix albiventris.

    Authors:
    Klimov P.B., Skoracki M., Bochkov A.V.
    Academic press:
    Zootaxa (year: 2019, volume: 4544, pages: 523-547), Publisher: Magnolia Press
    Status:
    Published
    DOI:
    10.11646/zootaxa.4544.4.4 – link to the publication
  16. First Record of Quill Mites (Acariformes: Syringophilidae: Picobiinae) Living in the Quill Walls of Parrots.

    Authors:
    Skoracki M., Sikora B., Hromada M.
    Academic press:
    Journal of Medical Entomology (year: 2019, volume: XX(X), pages: 46026), Publisher: Oxford University Press
    Status:
    Published
    DOI:
    10.1093/jme/tjz091 – link to the publication
  17. Females of the quill mite genera Peristerophila and Castosyringophilus (Acariformes: Syringophilidae) are two morphological forms: ontogenetic and population evidences.

    Authors:
    Skoracki M, Hromada M, Kaszewska K, Sikora B.
    Academic press:
    Systematic & Applied Acarology (year: 2020, volume: 25, pages: 1803–1820), Publisher: Systematic & Applied Acarology Society
    Status:
    Published
    DOI:
    10.11158/saa.25.10.6 – link to the publication
  18. Syringophiloidus bucerotidus sp. nov. (Acari: Syringophilidae), a new quill mite species parasitizing hornbills (Aves: Bucerotidae) in the Sub-Saharan Africa

    Authors:
    Skoracki M., Sikora B., Marciniak N., Znudzinski M.
    Academic press:
    INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF ACAROLOGY (year: 2017, volume: 1,79236111111111, pages: 39-43), Publisher: Taylor&Francis Group
    Status:
    Published
    DOI:
    10.1080/01647954.2016.1216598 – link to the publication
  19. Cox1 barcoding versus multilocus species delimitation: validation of two mite species with contrasting effective population sizes.

    Authors:
    Klimov P.B., Skoracki M., Bochkov A.V.
    Academic press:
    Parasites & Vectors (year: 2019, volume: 0,505555555555556, pages: 46037), Publisher: BMC
    Status:
    Published
    DOI:
    10.1186/s13071-018-3242-5 – link to the publication
  20. Quill mites of the family Syringophilidae (Acariformes: Prostigmata) associated with Cockatoos (Psittaciformes: Cacatuidae).

    Authors:
    Marciniak N., Skoracki M., Hromada M.
    Academic press:
    Zootaxa (year: 2019, volume: 4565, pages: 190-200), Publisher: Magnolia Press
    Status:
    Published
    DOI:
    10.11646/zootaxa.4565.2.3 – link to the publication
  21. 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.

    Authors:
    Kaszewska K., Skoracki M., Hromada M.
    Academic press:
    International Journal of Acarology (year: 2020, volume: 46, pages: 439-445), Publisher: Taylor & Francis Group
    Status:
    Published
    DOI:
    10.1080/01647954.2020.1805005 – link to the publication
  22. Quill mites of the family Syringophilidae (Acariformes: Prostigmata) parasitizing coraciiform birds (Aves: Coraciiformes).

    Authors:
    Skoracki M., Hromada M., Sikora B
    Academic press:
    Zootaxa (year: 2020, volume: 4802, pages: 169–181), Publisher: Magnolia Press
    Status:
    Published
    DOI:
    10.11646/zootaxa.4802.1.11 – link to the publication
  23. Aulonastus paridus spec. nov. – a parasite of two bird species of the genus Melaniparus in Kenya and Tanzania

    Authors:
    Bozena Sikora, Markus Unsöld, Maciej Skoracki
    Academic press:
    Spixiana (year: 2016, volume: 39(2), pages: 149-152), Publisher: BAVARIAN STATE COLLECTION OF ZOOLOGY
    Status:
    Published
  24. First Records of the Syringophilid Mites (Acariformes: Prostigmata) Parasitizing Ibises and Spoonbills (Pelecaniformes: Threskiornithidae), With Description of Four New Species

    Authors:
    Maciej Skoracki, Mateusz Zmudzinski, Markus Unsoeld, Bozena Sikora
    Academic press:
    Journal of Medical Entomology (year: 2016, volume: 53(6), pages: 1312-1321), Publisher: Oxford University Press on behalf of Entomological Society of America
    Status:
    Published
    DOI:
    10.1093/jme/tjw126 – link to the publication
  25. A review of the quill mites of the genus Gunabopicobia Skoracki and Hromada (Acariformes: Prostigmata: Syringophilidae) associated with birds of the order Columbiformes.

    Authors:
    Kaszewska K., Skoracki M., Hromada M.
    Academic press:
    International Journal of Acarology (year: 2018, volume: 0, pages: 46035), Publisher: Taylor&Francis
    Status:
    Published
    DOI:
    10.1080/01647954.2018.1515982 – link to the publication
  26. Two New Species of the Family Syringophilidae (Prostigmata: Syringophilidae) Parasitising Bushshrikes (Passeriformes: Malaconotidae)

    Authors:
    M.Klimovičová, M.Skoracki, P.Njoroge, M.Hromada
    Academic press:
    Journal of Parasitology, (year: 2016, volume: 102(2), pages: 187-192), Publisher: BioOne
    Status:
    Published
    DOI:
    10.1645/15-870 – link to the publication
  27. Parasitic quill mites of the family Syringophilidae (Acariformes: Prostigmata) associated with Sub-Saharan Sunbirds (Passeriformes: Nectariniidae); species composition and host-parasite relationships

    Authors:
    Skoracki M., Hromada M., Zmudzinski M., Unsoeld M., Sikora B.
    Academic press:
    Journal of Medical Entomology (year: 2018, volume: 55, pages: 1464–1477), Publisher: Oxford Academic
    Status:
    Published
    DOI:
    10.1093/jme/tjy106 – link to the publication
  28. Niglarobia vanelli, a new species of syringophilid quill mite associated with lapwings (Charadriiformes: Charadriidae)

    Authors:
    Zmudzinski M., Skoracki M., Hromada M., Unsoeld M
    Academic press:
    Acta Parasitologica (year: 2018, volume: 63, pages: 704-708), Publisher: De Gruyter
    Status:
    Published
    DOI:
    10.1515/ap-2018-0082 – link to the publication
  29. Diversity of Quill Mites of the Family Syringophilidae (Acari: Prostigmata) Parasitizing Owls (Aves: Strigiformes) With Remarks on the Host–Parasite Relationships

    Authors:
    Maciej Skoracki, Markus Unsoeld, Natalia Marciniak, Bozena Sikora
    Academic press:
    Journal of Medical Entomology (year: 2016, volume: 53(4), pages: 815-826), Publisher: Oxford University Press on behalf of Entomological Society of America.
    Status:
    Published
    DOI:
    10.1093/jme/tjw065 – link to the publication
  30. New species and records of syringophilid mites (Acariformes: Syringophilidae) associated with Malagasy birds

    Authors:
    MACIEJ SKORACKI, BARRY M. OCONNOR, STEVEN M. GOODMAN, NATALIA MARCINIAK, BOZENA SIKORA
    Academic press:
    Systematic & Applied Acarology (year: 2016, volume: 21(11), pages: 1534-1546), Publisher: Systematic & Applied Acarology Society
    Status:
    Published
    DOI:
    10.11158/saa.21.11.9 – link to the publication
  31. Combined description (morphology with DNA barcode data) of a new quill mite Torotrogla paenae n. sp. (Acariformes: Syringophilidae) parasitising the Kalahari scrub-robin Cercotrichas paena (Smith) (Passeriformes: Muscicapidae) in Namibia

    Authors:
    Glowska E., Romanowska K., Schmidt B.K., Dabert M.
    Academic press:
    Systematic Parasitology (year: 2018, volume: 0, pages: 46029), Publisher: Springer
    Status:
    Published
    DOI:
    10.1007/s11230-018-9815-z – link to the publication
  32. New data on the species Metacheyletia degenerata Fain and Bochkov (Acariformes: Cheyletidae)

    Authors:
    Maciej Skoracki
    Academic press:
    Annales of Parasitology (year: 2016, volume: 62(4), pages: 349-350), Publisher: Polish Parasitological Society
    Status:
    Published
    DOI:
    10.17420/ap6204.72 – link to the publication
  33. Two new Meitingsunes species (Acari: Syringophilidae) from Indonesian doves (Columbiformes: Columbidae)

    Authors:
    KATARZYNA KASZEWSKA, MACIEJ SKORACKI, KATARZYNA KAVETSKA
    Academic press:
    Zootaxa (year: 2016, volume: 4109(4), pages: 479-486), Publisher: Magnolia Press
    Status:
    Published
    DOI:
    10.11646/zootaxa.4109.4.6 – link to the publication
  34. Two new species of quill mites (Acari: Syringophilidae) associated with the Chestnut-fronted Helmetshrike Prionops scopifrons (Peters) (Passeriformes: Vangidae) in Kenya

    Authors:
    MIROSLAVA KLIMOVIČOVÁ, MACIEJ SKORACKI, MARTIN HROMADA
    Academic press:
    Zootaxa (year: 2016, volume: 4137(4), pages: 578-584), Publisher: Magnolia Press
    Status:
    Published
    DOI:
    10.11646/zootaxa.4137.4.10 – link to the publication
  35. Host-parasite relationships in the system composed by cuckoos and quill mites

    Authors:
    MARTIN HROMADA, MIROSLAVA KLIMOVIČOVÁ, MARKUS UNSÖLD, MACIEJ SKORACKI
    Academic press:
    Systematic & Applied Acarology (year: 2016, volume: 21(4), pages: 528-536), Publisher: Systematic & Applied Acarology Society
    Status:
    Published
    DOI:
    10.11158/saa.21.4.11 – link to the publication

Book publications / chapters in book publications (1)

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    Authors:
    MACIEJ SKORACKI, BOZENA SIKORA, GREG S. SPICER
    Book:
    MONOGRAPH: A review of the subfamily Picobiinae Johnston and Kethley, 1973 (Acariformes: Prostigmata: Syringophilidae) (year: 2016, volume: 4113(1), pages: 34700), Publisher: Magnolia Press
    Status:
    Published
    DOI:
    link to the publication

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