A review of mites of the subfamily Speleognathinae (Acariformes: Ereynetidae) parasitizing respiratory tracts of birds in the Afrotropical region Author Skoracki, Maciej Author Schmidt, Karl-Heinz Author Marciniak, Natalia Author Marciniak, Martyna text Zootaxa 2018 2018-04-05 4403 3 401 440 journal article 30335 10.11646/zootaxa.4403.3.1 88bca5aa-d612-4ca7-9c2b-a6eb82b280e6 1175-5326 1212849 EBC0B6E0-7308-47F4-A10F-1AF8D012AD11 Boydaia saxicolae Fain, 1969 Boydaia saxicolae Fain, 1969 : 370 , fig. 3, 1971: 98, 102, 108, fig. 4. Holotype in RMCA, examined. Type host: Saxicola torquatus axillaris (Shelley) ( Passeriformes : Muscicapidae ) from Rwanda. Diagnosis. Hypostome with 2 pairs of setae. Setae ve present. Setae vi situated posterior to level of setae si . Sensillae SEa-type. Agenital and pseudanal series with 2 pairs of setae, each. Number of leg setae: coxae 2–1–1–0, trochanters 1–1–0–0, femora 7–4–3–3, genua 4–4–3–3, tibiae 5–3–3–3. All setae on genu and tibia of leg I similar in shape. Claws of legs I–IV without basal angles. In larvae, antaxial and paraxial claw pair of leg I unequal, antaxial sharp-ended, paraxial blunt-ended. Hosts and distribution. Passeriformes (Muscicapidae) : MOnticOla angOlensis de Sousa from Rwanda [ Southern Prov., Akanyaru] , MyrmecOcichla nigra (Vieillot) from Rwanda [ Southern Prov., Butare], and SaxicOla tOrquatus axillaris (Shelley) from Rwanda [ Southern Prov., Butare, Akanyaru and Western Prov., Cyangugu] ( Fain 1969 ).