Maciej Skoracki

Maciej Skoracki, Polish entomologist and acarologist.

Author abbreviation: Skoracki

Department of Animal Morphology, Faculty of Biology, Adam Mickiewicz University, Umultowska 89, 61–614 Poznan, Poland

Taxon names authored

(List may be incomplete)

(List may be incomplete)

Skoracki, M. & Kiljan, G. 2002. Picobia paludicola sp. n. a new species of quill mite (Acari: Prostigmata: Syringophilidae) from the Aquatic Warbler Acrocephalus paludicola (Passeriformes: Sylviidae). Zootaxa 91: 1–6. Abstract & excerpt Reference page.
Skoracki, M. & Sikora, B. 2002. New ectoparasitic mites of the family Syringophilidae (Acari: Prostigmata: Cheyletoidea) associated with birds from Argentina. Zootaxa 27: 1–8. Abstract & excerpt Reference page.

Skoracki, M. & Sikora, B. 2003. Quill mites (Acari: Prostigmata: Syringophilidae) from African passeriform birds. Zootaxa 129: 1–10. Abstract & excerpt Reference page.

Skoracki, M. 2004. A new name for Dissonus Skoracki, 1999 not Wilson, 1906 (Acari: Prostigmata: Syringophilidae). Genus 15(3): 445–446. PDF. Reference page.
Skoracki, M., Bochkov, A.V. & Wauthy, G. 2004. Revision of the quill mites of the genus Picobia Haller, 1878 (Acari: Syringophilidae) with notes on their host-parasites relationships. Insect Systematics & Evolution 35(2): 155–176. DOI: 10.1163/187631204788912409 . Reference page.

Skoracki, M.; Sikora, B. 2005: Neosyringophilopsis, a new genus of the subfamily Syringophilinae (Acari: Syringophilidae). Zootaxa 1052(1): 21–28. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.1052.1.2 . Reference page.

Glowska, E. & Skoracki, M. 2011. Two new quill mite species (Acari, Cheyletoidea, Syringophilidae) parasitizing Dinemellia dinemelli (Rüppell) (Passeriformes, Ploceidae). Zootaxa 3114: 63–68. Preview Reference page.
Skoracki, M. 2011. Quill mites (Acari: Syringophilidae) of the Palaearctic region. Zootaxa 2840: 1–414. Preview Reference page.

Bochkov, A.V., Labrzycka, A., Skoracki, M. & Saveljev, A.P. 2012. Fur mites of the genus Schizocarpus Trouessart (Acari: Chirodiscidae) parasitizing the Eurasian beaver Castor fiber belorussicus Lavrov (Rodentia: Castoridae) in NE Poland (Suwałki). Zootaxa 3162: 39–59. Preview Reference page.
Skoracki, M., Zabludovskaya, S.A. & Bochkov, A.V. 2012. A review of Prostigmata (Acariformes: Trombidiformes) permanently associated with birds. Acarina 20(2): 67–107. Reference page.

Kaszewska, K., Kavetska, K. & Skoracki, M. 2014. Two new species of quill mites of the family Syringophilidae (Acariformes: Cheyletoidea) associated with treronine doves (Columbiformes: Columbidae: Treroninae). Zootaxa 3846(2): 293–300. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3846.2.9 Reference page.
Sikora, B., Kaszewska, K. & Skoracki, M. 2014. Two new quill mites of the family Syringophilidae (Acari: Prostigmata) parasitising the tapaculos (Passeriformes: Rhinocryptidae) in South America. Zootaxa 3895(3): 419–426. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3895.3.6 Reference page.

Skoracki, M., Kaszewska, K. & Kavetska, K.M. 2015. Two new species of the syringophilid quill mites (Acari: Prostigmata: Syringophilidae) parasitizing apodiform birds (Aves: Apodiformes). Zootaxa 4052(5): 583–587. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4052.5.7. Preview (PDF) Reference page.

Kaszewska, K., Skoracki, M. & Kavetska, K.M. 2016. Two new Meitingsunes species (Acari: Syringophilidae) from Indonesian doves (Columbiformes: Columbidae). Zootaxa 4109(4): 479–486. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4109.4.6. Reference page.
Klimovičová, M., Skoracki, M. & Hromada, M. 2016. Two new species of quill mites (Acari: Syringophilidae) associated with the Chestnut-fronted Helmetshrike Prionops scopifrons (Peters) (Passeriformes: Vangidae) in Kenya. Zootaxa 4137(4): 578–584. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4137.4.10. Reference page.
Skoracki, M., Mironov, S.V., Hernandes, F.A. & Valim, M.P. 2016. Syringophilid quill mites (Acari: Syringophilidae) parasitizing passerines (Aves: Passeriformes) in Brazil. International Journal of Acarology 42(5): 252–257. DOI: 10.1080/01647954.2016.1179673 Reference page.
Skoracki, M., Sikora, B. & Spicer, G.S. 2016. A review of the subfamily Picobiinae Johnston and Kethley, 1973 (Acariformes: Prostigmata: Syringophilidae). Zootaxa 4113(1): 1–95. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4113.1.1. Reference page.
Skoracki, M., Spicer, G.S. & OConnor, B.M. 2016. A systematic review of the subfamily Syringophilinae (Acari: Syringophilidae) of the Nearctic region. Part 1: quill mites associated with passerines (Aves: Passeriformes). Zootaxa 4084(4): 451–484. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4084.4.1 Reference page.

Skoracki, M. 2017. Quill mites (Acariformes: Syringophilidae) associated with birds of Mexico. Zootaxa 4282(1): 179–191. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4282.1.11. Reference page.

Skoracki, M., Schmidt, K-H., Marciniak, N. & Marciniak, M. 2018. A review of mites of the subfamily Speleognathinae (Acariformes: Ereynetidae) parasitizing respiratory tracts of birds in the Afrotropical region. Zootaxa 4403(3): 401–440. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4403.3.1 Reference page.

Bochkov, A.V., Klimov, P.B., Kim, D-H. & Skoracki, M. 2019. 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. Zootaxa 4544(4): 523–547. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4544.4.4 Reference page.
Marciniak, N., Skoracki, M. & Hromada, M. 2019. Quill mites of the family Syringophilidae (Acariformes: Prostigmata) associated with Cockatoos (Psittaciformes: Cacatuidae). Zootaxa 4565(2): 190–200. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4565.2.3 Reference page.
Zmudzinski, M., Skoracki, M. & Hromada, M. 2019. Neoaulonastus sidorchukae, a new species of quill mites (Acariformes: Syringophilidae) associated with the purple-rumped sunbird Leptocoma zeylonica (Linnaeus) (Passeriformes: Nectariniidae) from Sri Lanka. Pp 83–87 In Zhang, Z-Q., Pfingstl, T., Norton, R., Mironov, S.V. & Seeman, O.D. (eds.). Systematic acarology and palaeoacarology: a special volume in memory of Ekaterina Alekseevna Sidorchuk (1981–2019). Zootaxa 1–505. Reference page. Zootaxa 4647(1): 83–87. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4647.1.8 Reference page.

Skoracki, M., Sikora, B., Jerzak, L., Hromada, M. 2020. Tanopicobia gen. nov., a new genus of quill mites, its phylogenetic placement in the subfamily Picobiinae (Acariformes: Syringophilidae) and picobiine relationships with avian hosts. PLoS ONE. 15(1): e0225982. DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0225982 Reference page.

Prof. dr hab. Maciej Skoracki. Faculty of Biology, Department of Animal Morphology, Adam Mickiewicz University.